Although the volume of passenger transport at AIFA has increased gradually, it has not progressed faster because it is not a terminal that has inaugurated a new route, but rather complements an existing airport
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López Obrador’s argument that this measure would lower the price of plane tickets is wrong
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The ideal one-year period that Canaero is proposing would allow other airports and service providers to absorb the new cargo operations under the same technical and operational conditions that currently exist in the AICM
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By KELIN DILLON Just one week after hacktivist group Guacamaya leaked the Mexican Secretariat of Defense’s (Sedena) intentions to create its own self-run airline to the public, Mexico’s in-power party, the National Regeneration Movement (Morena), proposed a legislative reform that would allow the Sedena to run both a commercial airline and operate the nation’s airports at the same time. First
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By MARK LORENZANA Several experts in the Mexican aviation industry on Tuesday, July 26, expressed concern for the continued deterioration of the Mexico City International Airport (AICM), as another aviation analyst lamented the U.S. downgrade of Mexico’s air safety rating in 2021, which he believed does not bode well for the country’s airline industry in the long term. Aviation analyst
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By MARK LORENZANA Passengers continue to encounter problems at the Mexico City International Airport (AICM), chief among them late arrivals, long wait times for checked luggage, delays at customs, lack of water and, now, the banning of ride-hailing applications. In addition to these problems, as of May 25, 2021, the AICM was downgraded to category 2 from category 1 in
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By KELIN DILLON Following an investigative report conducted by Mexican daily newspaper El Financiero, dozens of high and mid-level officials from Mexico’s Federal Civil Aviation Agency (AFAC) revealed to the outlet that the aeronautics organization has been fraught with corruption, illegal wiretapping and impunity issues throughout recent years, problems that have come to a head as the AFAC attempts (and
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By KELIN DILLON Analysts say Mexico’s international tourism could massively suffer as a result of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) downgrading its airspace ranking on Tuesday, May 25, from a category one to a category two, effectively limiting the country from opening new air routes or flying Mexican airlines into the United States. The downgrade came after a less-than-stellar
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The problems with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s controversial Santa Lucía Airport project just keep adding up. In addition to work delays and over-expenditures, a high rate of workplace accidents and countless lawsuits over its prioritization and the cancelation of the previous private-sector New International Mexico Airport (NAIM) — not to mention the
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