According to data from the Federal Civil Aviation Agency (AFAC), the biggest cause of delays last year were the ‘repercussions by a third party‘, which are those originated by another company and authorities from the airport of origin or in an intermediate one, and which affected more than 40,000 operations.
The meteorological conditions were the second cause of delays in the AICM, while the airline operations (for safety procedures, operational requirements, additional fuel and changes in the flight plan, among other items) were the third.
Aeromexico was the national airline that registered the highest punctuality index of the AICM, of 92.3% considering the indicators of Aeroméxico and Aeromexico Connect. The company was followed by the now-defunct Aeromarwith 90.5%, while Long live Aerobus registered an index of 89.2%.
you will fly registered the lowest indicator among the largest Mexican airlines, with a punctuality index of 83.2%.
During the year there were months where some problems caused more delays. In June, for example, the crews of airlines affected more than 1,500 operations, more than double the number of the previous month and well above any other month of the year.
In addition, for the first time since 2017, the AICM has the record of accidents (those events that cause death or serious injury to passengers, or that cause damage to the aircraft) that accumulated four events in 2022.
Similarly, he recorded four incidents (the events that do not amount to an accident, but that pose a risk to the safety of operations), which represent the first records since 2018.