The Mexican Army is working on the creation of a new airline that will operate through its company Olmec-Maya-Mexicasaid Tuesday the president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
The president confirmed the leak made by the group Guacamaya Leaks after hacking the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena)which also manages the mayan trainthe Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA) in the capital, and other airports in the Mexican Caribbean.
Yes, they are working on that, it is the possibility that there will be a project to have an airline that is managed by the same company that will be in charge of the Mayan Train and the airports,” he acknowledged in his daily press conference.
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The state airline, which would join the private Aeromexico, Volaris, VivaAerobus Y Aeromarwould initially operate with 10 rented planes, detailed López Obrador.
Airline with presidential plane
The president revealed that the state company could use the presidential plane, a Boeing 787 acquired for almost 219 million dollars in previous governments that he has tried to sell since he took office in December 2018 with the argument that it is too luxurious.
It is very likely that next year there will be this new airline, there are many places that cannot be reached by plane because they are not served by the current lines,” he asserted.
The president argued that there is an opportunity after the reduction of routes of other airlines and the disappearance of Mexican in 2010 and the cessation of operations of inter jet in 2021.
In fact, López Obrador announced that he will look for the new airline to be called Mexicanawhich was the oldest in the country since 1921 and had State participation, but was declared bankrupt in 2010 in a controversial process that has not yet been resolved and keeps its former employees fighting.
The ideal would be for it to be Mexican because it is to return to the nation a symbol, an emblem, only if the workers agree to receive an amount or whoever has the brand, it is necessary to see if perhaps it is public property, ”he explained.
The Army airline advertises itself while the Armed forces they acquire a growing power in the Government of López Obrador, who has given them tasks of public security, infrastructure construction, immigration control and administration of customs and airports.
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