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Fernández Noroña complained about poor customer service at the AICM.
The Mexican politician denounced that he was 45 minutes late due to the lack of fuel supply.
Likewise, he accused Mexican society of refusing to use the AIFA.
Gerardo Fernández Noroña, federal deputy for the Labor Party (PT) in the LXIV Legislature of the Congress of the Union, witnessed the saturation of the International Airport of Mexico City (AICM), “Benito Juárez”, since it had a delay of plus 45 minutes on an Aeromexico flight. Given this, he asked to stop sabotaging the Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA).
The AICM has been involved in controversy, since runway saturation and excessive air traffic have been cataloged in recent weeks.
According to the Federal Civil Aviation Agency (AFAC), the airport is the main airport in Mexico for the influx of passengers served. From January to March 2022, the AICM has registered the influx of more than 10 million national and international passengers.
According to According to the AICM report in figures for March 2022, in January 3 million 249 thousand 487 total passengers were registered, in February 3 million 8 thousand 316 and in March 3 million 944 thousand 602 passengers.
Until March, the terminal that registered the most influx was terminal 1 with a total of 6 million 19 thousand 160 passengers and terminal 2 had a total of registered passengers of 4 million 183 thousand 245.
excess demand and the saturation of the airspace of the AICM is not a novelty, Already since 2014, a decree was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) announcing the oversaturation of runways and due to this, it was established that the airport only had a capacity of 61 operations per hour with a maximum of 40 arrivals with a separation of 4 successive nautical miles.
Gerardo Fernández Noroña waits 45 minutes at the AICM and asks not to sabotage the AIFA
For people who continually travel by plane, AICM delays are common. On this occasion it was the deputy’s turn to experience the situation that millions of tourists face each year and he denounced it on social networks.
“Now we have been waiting for 45 minutes at AICM because the tanker has not loaded the Aeromexico plane with fuel. But they keep sabotaging AIFA,” he commented in a tweet.
Now we have been waiting for 45 minutes in @AICM_mx because the pipe has not loaded the plane with fuel @Aeromexico. But they keep sabotaging the @aifa_airport.
– Fernández Noroña (@fernandeznorona) May 28, 2022
And it is that the AIFA has been strongly criticized for the distance and the little infrastructure around it to facilitate the flow of transport; however, it represents an option to free up the traffic and logistics problems of the AICM.
The deputy is in favor of expanding the flights so that the customer experience at the AICM does not continue to worsen.
“The Aeromexico pilot comments that the delay is due to the fact that the tanker does not arrive to refuel at AICM; which is not attributable to the airline. If it is, because they refuse to use the AIFA despite the barbaric situation of Benito Juárez, ”said the politician in a second tweet.
It is not the first time that the deputy complains about the situation of the AICM, also on the 27th of this month he assured that the population is “foolish” to use the AIFA. This, when the official returned from Puerto Escondido to Mexico City.