Mexico advances in the process to recover the category 1 in aviation safety and expects it to be in April 2023, the head of the Infrastructure Secretariat, Communications and Transportation (SICyT), Jorge Nuño Lara.
In addition, the official reported that on January 12 he will hold a meeting in Mexico with Billy Nolen, acting director of the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to evaluate the corrective action plan.
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On May 25, 2021, the FAA downgraded Mexico to category 2 of the International Aviation Safety Assessment Program (IASA).
I am completely sure that we are going to recover that category, we have already finished our corrective action plan; next week we have a meeting to review it and we will be ready for the meeting on January 12 with the director of the FAA. In April we would be returning to Category 1″, Nuño Lara told the media.
This Thursday, the official appeared before the Infrastructure Commission, in the Mexican Congress, within the framework of the gloss of the Fourth Government Report of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
The importance of recovering category 1
The FAA’s downgrading of Mexico’s aviation security profile to category 2, It is an action that prevents Mexican airlines from adding new flights to the United States and limits the ability of companies to carry out operating agreements with each other.
Given this scenario, Nuño Lara stressed that they have 80% progress in meeting the recommendations made by the FAA.
We have 80% of the results that we have to attend to, the remaining 20% corresponds to the legislative reforms that have to be made to the Airport and Civil Aviation laws, ”he explained.
He pointed out that once category 1 is recovered, It is expected that by the end of 2023 the Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA) will have just over 10 million passengers.
Days after the degradation by the FAA, the SICyT announced that it had agreed with the Mexican airlines on a comprehensive strategy to recover category 1 in an aspect of air safety granted by the FAA.
The redesign of the airspace was one of the modifications that led to the construction and entry into operation of the Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA), inaugurated on March 21 after three years under construction, a work that has faced criticism for operating limited flights.
The new airport has faced questions from security specialists due to risks by sharing the airspace with the AICM and the Toluca City Airport.
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