A gut punch to Mexico’s airport politics

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Uncharted Mexico: Air collision

A simmering year-and-a-half old conflict between Mexico and the US has come to a boil as the Trump administration threatens to impose sanctions on Mexican air carriers. The aim is to punish Mexico for forcing US (and all other) cargo flights to go through the remote AIFA airport instead to Mexico City’s central airport (AICM).

For years now, AICM has been completely saturated and the cargo move was intended to ease passengers’ suffering… passing it on to shippers instead. The decision was also politically motivated, as the Mexican government is determined to make AIFA a success, after its rushed inauguration in 2022 following the expensive cancellation of a massive new airport that was meant to replace the struggling AICM.