Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced this Monday that this year Mexicana de Aviación will start operationsafter last Friday the country’s Senate approved the creation of a military airline, which will have the brand of said company.
Without giving too many details, the president pointed out that he has spoken with executives of the Boeing company to ensure the fleet of planes that will operate for this new airline.
I spoke with the general manager of Boeing so that they insure the planes that are going to be used in the Mexicana de Aviación line that is going to start operations this year”, revealed the president during his morning press conference.
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The last friday, The Senate approved the reform of the law that allows the creation of a new airline that will be in charge of the Army.
This airline, as announced last October by López Obrador, would bear the name of Mexicana, which was the oldest in the country since 1921 and had State participation, but declared bankruptcy in 2010 in a controversial process that has not yet been resolved. and keeps his ex-workers in the fight.
At that time, the president reported that this new airline would be in charge of the Olmeca-Maya-Mexica company.
Said company, in charge of the Secretary of National Defense (Sedena), is also in charge of managing the Mayan Train, the Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA) in the capital and other airports in the Mexican Caribbean.
As the president explained at the time, the state airline, which would join the private Aeroméxico, Volaris and VivaAerobus, would initially operate with 10 leased planes.
Likewise, López Obrador asserted that his government is progressing “very well” in the recovery of category 1 in aviation security, since he said that all the requirements of the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have already been met.
Progress is being made very well, all the requirements have already been met”, he emphasized.
On May 25, 2021, the FAA downgraded Mexico’s aviation safety rating from Category 1 to Category 2 due to its redesign of airspace in the Valley of Mexico.
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