The Ministry of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation (SICT) reaffirmed its “commitment to a safe, efficient and competitive aviation”, after the United States government announced the imposition of restrictions on Mexican airlines, especially the alliance between the aeromexico and Delta companies, which it considers breaking with bilateral agreements.
“As part of a comprehensive strategy to strengthen the airport system of the Valley of Mexico, measures aimed at improving the security, efficacy and competitiveness of the air sector have been implemented. These actions have included the programmed reduction of operations at the International Airport of Mexico City (AICM),” said the SICT from a statement.
In addition, he clarified that the transfer of cargo operations to the new Felipe Ángeles (AIFA) airfield – subverted in the state of Mexico – “improved the conditions of aeronautical safety and safety that occurred as a result of the saturation of the AICM.”
The SICT stressed that these actions derived after noticing “the risk for users and breach of the minimum service spaces”, which was revealed by the ‘study of capacity by service levels of the terminal buildings of the AICM’.
“The decision was made to privilege the security of passengers and operational efficiency,” he said.
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The above, the document said, resulted in the 22% reduction of the occupation time on the track, 83% less waiting in migration, going from 45 to 8 minutes.
In addition, the SICT stressed that the results of the AICM to AIFA transfer are translated into 161% plus cargo airlines, passing from 18 in the AICM to 47 operating in the second, as well as “the total availability of slots, unchanged without time restrictions, in a modern, robust and specialized infrastructure”.
This response from the Mexican government occurs after the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) declared that Mexico stopped complying with the bilateral air pact since 2022, when it forced the cargo airlines to relocate their operations at the main AICM airport to the AIFA, almost 50 kilometers away, to relieve the congestion in the main port.
“When restricting the time slots (slots) and demanding that the load operations move outside the Mex (AICM), Mexico has breached its promise, has disturbed the market and has left US companies empty by millions in millions in additional costs,” added the DOT.
Along the same lines, the US Transportation Secretary, Sean Duffy also proposed to revoke the antitrust immunity (ATI) under which the alliance between the American Delta and the Aeromexico company, one of the most relevant in the field of aviation between the two countries operates.
The decision to move the AICM Load Flights to AIFA occurred during the administration of former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador (2018-2024), with the aim of leaving the saturation of the capital airport, a purpose that now endorses the current government of President Claudia Sheinbaum.
With EFE information.
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