The Ministry of Communications and Transport Infrastructure (SICT) insisted that the air cabotage proposal will remain within the package of initiatives to reform the Civil Aviation Law and the Airports Lawdespite what legislators and businessmen have stated.
Weeks ago, congressmen from Morena and the PAN stressed that they were willing to withdraw the article that refers to cabotage from the reforms, with the intention that the rest of the changes be approved in this regular session that ends on April 30. .
In a conference, the head of the SICT, Jorge Nuño Lara, said that cabotage is included in the entire package.
For his part, the Undersecretary of Transport, Rogelio Jiménez Pons, commented that the proposal would not be indiscriminate, therefore Not any foreign airline could open a Cancun-Guadalajara route, but it would be limited to indications such as reciprocity and that it is of national interest.
“It is essential to understand that this is intended to favor some destinations. There are markets that correspond to our airlines and their rights will be maintained, especially those of the workers,” said Jiménez Pons.
He added that there are a couple of “incipient” South American charter airlines that have shown interest in cabotage, but are awaiting the scope and benefits of reciprocity.
Category 1, until June Given that the cabotage proposal is included in the package of reforms necessary to recover Category 1 of the Federal Civil Aviation Agency (AFAC), this would be achieved until June, not in April as proposed.
In relation to the recovery of Category 1 in aviation security, Nuño Lara mentioned that last week, personnel from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) “did a complete sweep” of findings pending incorporation to the Civil Aviation Law.
Jiménez Pons pointed out that the cabotage routes that will be allowed will beFor example, to Colima or those that go to Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA).
The National Chamber of Air Transport (Canaero) yesterday rejected the cabotage proposal in an initiative to protect airspace.
“The new proposal intends to resume the issue of cabotage contained in another initiative from last December and which remains unresolved in Congress because of how controversial it is for the common good to affect air connectivity and tourism, fundamental sectors for the economy of the government and of Mexicans,” Indian.
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