Mexico City, Mexico /
Given the measure to reduce the operation of the Mexico City International Airport by 20 percent (AICM), its general director, Carlos Ignacio Velázquez Tiscareño, said that if airlines wish to use slots from an airport other than Felipe Ángeles International (AIFA), they can do so.
- A slot It is a permit issued by an airline to use infrastructure in order to land or take off on a specific date and time.
In an interview with Carlos Zúñiga for MILLENNIUM TVthe director of AICM commented:
“We are the first to benefit and the first to applaud them, because it will help meet the target of this reduction to mitigate the saturation of people in the terminal”.
He said that he President Andrés Manuel López Obrador authorized a additional budget of thousand 500 million pesos by 2024which will be used into renovation of runways, platforms and landing streets.
New administration methods
According to the director of the AICMan exchange of information and contacts was carried out between the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation Infrastructure with the airlinesalthough in a different way than last year.
This time, the negotiation times with airlines will be shorter because the decree of the Civil Aviation Agency establishes that the reduction will take effect on the last Sunday of October 2023, just when winter season starts.
“Last year there was more time and the strategy was different. Now there were many work tables, too much negotiation, and the reduction achieved a good result, from 61 to 52, although the expected objective was not achieved due to the saturated terminals,” assured the director general of AICM.
He explained that the operation of the AICM it is already “unsustainable”, and that there are safety studies that require preventive measures. He stated:
“All the measures adopted since the Marine Secretary (semar) took over the administration here, they try not to affect the user in the slightest”.
He AICM aims to reduce the number of people that are in its facilities, in addition to providing more security and better quality services, with the aim that the user improve your stay.
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