MEXICO CITY, Feb 2 (Reuters) – Cargo airways working out of Mexico’s busiest airport could have till July to go away the hub, a decree revealed within the nation’s nationwide gazette Thursday night mentioned.
The decree comes from President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who has mentioned he would have cargo flights moved resulting from lack of house on the Benito Juarez Worldwide Airport in Mexico Metropolis.
Round 3% of flights on the airport in 2022 had been for cargo, based on flight knowledge.
The closest airport is the Felipe Angeles Worldwide Airport on the northern outskirts of town, one among Lopez Obrador’s flagship public works initiatives opened final March.
Whereas the decree doesn’t stipulate airways should transfer their operations to Felipe Angeles, Lopez Obrador has mentioned the airport has the house and “safety situations” to make the change.
Mexico has additionally been beneath the Class 2 aviation score by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) because it was downgraded in Could 2021 on security issues, which means Mexican airways can not launch new routes to the USA.
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Mexico just lately got here to an settlement with the FAA to have the ability to transfer worldwide flights from Benito Juarez to the Felipe Angeles airport with out counting as a “new route,” Mexican transportation ministry officers have mentioned.
Mexican aviation unions fought the change, whereas different teams requested extra time to implement the swap.
The decree revealed Thursday offers airways 108 enterprise days to maneuver out of Benito Juarez. It didn’t specify penalties of non-compliance. Cargo service Estafeta had requested to be given a yr to 16 months to maneuver operations, its operations director instructed native media.
The decree will nonetheless enable flights carrying each cargo and passengers to function out of the Benito Juarez airport.
Reporting by Kylie Madry; Modifying by Christopher Cushing
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