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On the night of the first Sunday of the year, the President of the United States Joe Biden landed at the Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA), after he had said that he would arrive at the Mexico City International Airport (AICM), and then move to the Intercontinental Hotel in Polanco.
Joe Biden will not land at the AIFA for the X Summit of North American Leaders
The president of the United States declined the invitation of Andrés Manuel López Obrador to use the new runway and will arrive at the International Airport of Mexico City
At 7:22 p.m., President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) received his American counterpart, who arrived on Air Force One. After a brief and warm welcome, Both leaders traveled in “the beast”the official vehicle of Joe Biden, to the western area of Mexico City.
Given this, the question about the Transfer time arose. And it is that this issue has been one of the most criticized by the opposition, who assure that Saint Lucia is far removed from the capital and nobody wants to travel or arrive there, in addition to the fact that there are no adequate means of communication.
The US sees AIFA as a complementary airport to AICM
The journalist Dolia Estévez pointed out that for the Secret Service, in charge of Joe Biden’s security, the Felipe Ángeles Airport was never an option
However, President López Obrador has defended his flagship work on multiple occasions on the transfer time. At the inaugural conference of the campus, which took place on March 21, he assured that he did about 38 minutes from the National Palace to AIFA.
“How much did I do from the palace to the entrance to the airport? about 35-38 minutes. Clear, I left at 5:10 in the morning”, he explained.
This is “The Beast”, the bulletproof car that will transport Joe Biden during his visit to Mexico
Aboard the presidential limousine, the president traveled from AIFA to the hotel in Polanco where he will stay with Jill Biden, his wife.
“He did that time because he was on a day off,” “he went on a normal day at rush hour” and “he arrived in a short time because they were making way for his convoy,” some social media users said angrily at that time.
For the transfer of Joe Biden, The journey was estimated to take approximately 40 minutes.However, because they were traveling with a caravan of several official cars, added to the fact that some residents of Tecámac and other curious people came to see the official reception, they did more than an hour to the hotel where the US president stayed.
As the journalist complained in December of last year Genaro Lozanofrom Polanco to AIFA is done one hour and three minutes; as proof, he added a photograph with the time since he left the airport and when he arrived at his destination.
According to the calculations of the Government of Mexico, transfers from the four bus stations to AIFA do not exceed an hour and 40 minutes and cost between 125 and 150 pesos.
One of the lines that transfers passengers from Toluca to AIFA is Walker Transports and the estimated travel time is three hours.
The AIFA is located 44 kilometers north of the Historic Center of Mexico City. Until now, the only way to get there is by land vehicle.
It is estimated that in the near future the Suburban train get there from the Buenavista neighborhood and that the transfer lasts between 38 and 45 minutes. Currently the route of this transport connects the capital with the municipality of Cuautitlán and is made up of 27 kilometers of road, with seven stations.
Work is also being done on the interconnectivity of AIFA and the International Airport of Mexico City (AICM)as pointed out by the head of Government of CDMX, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo. In this regard, work is currently underway on the eastern Zaragoza-Peñón connection, which will serve to increase connectivity in the region with an elevated toll road 7 kilometers long on the border of the Mexican municipality with the capital.
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