The count of unsuccessful projects to build a new international airport for Mexico City from the land in Tizayuca to the great public cost of canceling the NAICM that the ASF estimated at the controversial figure of 331,996 million pesos, higher by 232% As communicated by the Government of Mexico, they were planned to be able to operate simultaneous tracks and thus meet the growing demand for connection that CDMX has.
An airport capable of moving million passengers per year and thousands of tons of cargo it is a necessary condition for Mexico to become more competitive and for us to be a more productive economy.
The commercial connection point to trigger the competitive advantages that we have through the free trade agreement between Mexico, the United States and Canada (T-MEC) to boost the country’s economy in an environment of low economic growth were diluted when we bet on converting a military base at the international airport we need.
Need that other countries like Panama have taken advantage of with economic, tax and social benefits that an airport planned to meet specific needs generates.
Beyond the lack of communication channels so that the Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA) can be successful, the lack of infrastructure such as the supply of jet fuel or airport services, materializes the inoperability of the airspace shared between the AICM and the AIFA. various experts in the matter they alerted this great problem from its project, construction and commissioning. Fortunately, since it was inaugurated on March 21, air traffic controllers, pilots and thousands of industry workers have avoided an accident at the AICM – Mexico’s main airport.
However, there is plenty of evidence that we are close to a disaster in the country’s capital, due to the entry into operation of the AIFA.
On May 25, 2021, the FAA downgraded Mexican airspace to Category 2 for not meeting the safety standards of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). This situation, shared with countries like Venezuela, prevents Mexican airlines from offering new routes to the United States, further limiting our possible economic reactivation.
It also prevents AIFA from offering routes to the US, even if it were to obtain pending certification from ICAO.