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Aeromexico announced a route between Felipe Angeles International Airport (AIFA) and the Texas air portUnited States, making it the first airline to operate a flight between the new airport and a US city.
In a statement, the airline indicated that, despite the fact that Mexico is in category 2 aviation security, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has authorized the new route, considering that the AIFA is within from the Valley of Mexico area, so, properly speaking, a new route would not be opening.
This route will begin operations on May 1, 2023 with a daily flight in Embraer 190 equipment; the flights already scheduled to Houston from the International Airport from Mexico City (AICM) will continue to be served,” the airline explained.
The company said that although it obtained the authorizations from Mexico and the United States, it will continue to support the Federal Civil Aviation Agency (AFAC) in the recovery of the category, as well as on the way to undergo a new audit.
And the category 1 aviation?
The Government of Mexico hopes to be able to recover category 1 in aviation security in the coming months. There will be a technical assistance session from February 6 to 10 that would define whether the aeronautical authority is in a position to undergo a new audit and, with this, if approved, to be able to recover the category in May.
“If there are no new findings, we are in a position to schedule the (new) audit, we would immediately schedule the final audit, which would be at the end of February, beginning of March. From there, in 40 days they would give us results, that is, by April or May there would be the final resolution”, detailed Rogelio Jiménez Pons, Undersecretary of Transportation, in an interview for The financial.
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