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☆ Mexico’s Popocatépetl volcano spews ash and smoke, forcing flight cancelations
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Jessie Yeung | Abel Alvarado | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Mexico’s most dangerous active volcano spewed ash and smoke on Tuesday, with photos showing massive columns of gray emissions – large enough to ground nearby flights. The Popocatépetl volcano sits in central Mexico between the states of Morelos, Puebla and the State of Mexico. Ash fall was reported in Mexico City and its surrounding region, about 45 miles (72 kilometers) southeast of the volcano, according to the National Civil Protection Coordination. Then last May, it spewed enough ash that the Mexico City airport canceled hundreds of flights. Authorities in several states suspended in-person classes and warned residents to prepare for evacuation – though volcanic activity eventually slowed.

Persons: CNN —, Ash, Benito Organizations: CNN, National Civil Protection, Center for Disaster Prevention, International, Authorities Locations: Mexico, Morelos, Puebla, State of Mexico, Mexico City

SANTA LUCIA, Mexico, Sept 20 (Reuters) - There is still work to be done with Mexican authorities to smooth over hiccups caused by the government-mandated move of cargo flights from the nation's busiest airport to a farther-away airport, a UPS executive said on Wednesday. UPS kicked off cargo flights at the Felipe Angeles International Airport (AIFA) - a year-old, military-run airport backed by the country's president - last month, said Francisco Ricaurte, the firm's Mexico and Latin America head, in an interview with Reuters at the hub. Mexico earlier this year ordered cargo carriers stop operating at the Mexico City International Airport (AICM), pushing them to use AIFA instead in a bid to reduce oversaturation at AICM. The decree applies only to flights carrying only cargo, while passenger flights are still permitted to bring cargo to AICM. Ricaurte said UPS was still using its storage facilities at AICM as well as the depot it jointly operates at AIFA.

Persons: Francisco Ricaurte, Ricaurte, Mexico Ken Salazar, AICM, Kylie Madry, Lincoln Organizations: UPS, Felipe Angeles International Airport, Latin America, Reuters, Mexico City International, Thomson Locations: SANTA LUCIA, Mexico, Latin, AICM, AIFA

REUTERS/Raquel Cunha/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Transportation has told Mexico that it will officially recover a U.S.-given air safety rating next week, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday, preempting the much-anticipated decision. Mexico overhauled its civil aviation law, but faced several hurdles in recovering the Category 1 rating. "This is good news," Lopez Obrador said in a regular morning press conference, explaining that Foreign Minister Alicia Barcena had been informed by the U.S. Department of Transportation of the upcoming decision. The tax is currently used to pay off some $4.2 billion in outstanding bonds from the construction of an unfinished airport, which Lopez Obrador scrapped upon his election. Lopez Obrador slammed the ratings agency's decision on Friday, and said he could assure bondholders their investments were safe.

Persons: Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Raquel Cunha, Lopez Obrador's, Lopez Obrador, Alicia Barcena, Carrier Aeromexico, Lopez, Fitch, Kylie Madry, David Shepardson, Andrea Ricci, Edmund Blair, Aurora Ellis Organizations: Regeneration, REUTERS, U.S . Department of Transportation, U.S . Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, Reuters, Government, Industry, Carrier, Trust, Thomson Locations: Mexico City, Mexico, U.S

☆ Mexican President Says Operations at Capital Airport 'Very Risky'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Sept. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Operations at Mexico City's principal airport are "very risky," President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday. The Mexico City International Airport (AICM) is operating at 150% of its capacity, Lopez Obrador said at a regular press conference, as he sought to make the case for reducing the number of flights there. The flight cuts would also affect the usage tax collected from each passenger who travels through the airport. The tax is currently used to pay off some $4.2 billion in outstanding bonds from the construction of an unfinished airport, which Lopez Obrador scrapped upon his election. Asked about the downgrade, Lopez Obrador said on Friday that bondhoders can trust their investments are safe.

Persons: Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Lopez Obrador, Lopez, Fitch, Valentine Hilaire, Kylie Madry Organizations: MEXICO CITY, Mexico City International, Government, Industry, Trust Locations: MEXICO, Mexico

Reuters first reported the planned cuts on Wednesday, citing an internal government document. Airport authorities met with airline representatives later on Thursday, but did not say how the flight reductions will be distributed among carriers, according to a source with knowledge of the meeting. Instead, airport officials would present the methodology for distributing the cuts in a future meeting, the source added. A representative for the airport confirmed the meeting occurred, but did not explain how it planned to divvy up the cuts. Mexico's top three carriers, Aeromexico, Volaris and Viva Aerobus, all also criticized the cuts in separate statements.

Persons: Luis Cortes, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Lopez Obrador, Peter Cerda, Aerobus, Aeromexico, Volaris, Felipe, Kylie Madry, Cassandra Garrison, Raul Cortes, Bill Berkrot, Stephen Coates Organizations: Benito Juarez International, REUTERS, MEXICO CITY, Mexico City International, International Air Transport Association, Reuters, Aerobus, Felipe Angeles International Airport, Thomson Locations: Mexico City, Mexico, MEXICO, Latin America

[1/2] Aeromexico aircrafts and other planes are parked at gates at Benito Juarez International Airport in Mexico City, Mexico January 19, 2023. REUTERS/Henry Romero/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsMEXICO CITY, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Mexico's government plans to cap flights at the Mexico City International Airport (AICM) to 43 an hour, according to an internal government document order seen by Reuters on Wednesday. The cuts follow previous flight caps at the airport last year, as the government attempts to reduce saturation in the Mexican capital's airspace. Earlier on Wednesday, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) urged Mexico to take alternative measures to its plans to announce flight reductions at AICM. Mexico last year moved to diversify its airspace around the capital, opening the Felipe Angeles International Airport (AIFA) north of Mexico City and turning back to the largely forgotten Toluca airport to the west of town.

Persons: Henry Romero, Carlos Velazquez, Felipe, Peter Cerda, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Lopez Obrador, Kylie Madry, Cassandra Garrison, Leslie Adler, Stephen Coates Organizations: Benito Juarez International Airport, REUTERS, MEXICO CITY, Mexico City International, Reuters, Transportation Ministry, International Air Transport Association, Felipe Angeles International Airport, Thomson Locations: Mexico City, Mexico, MEXICO, Latin America, Toluca, IATA's, America, Texcoco, Mexican

A general view shows parts of the structure of flight terminal at an abandoned construction site of a Mexico City airport that was scrapped at Texcoco on the outskirts of Mexico City, Mexico September 3, 2020. "The finance ministry asked for everything to stay the same, so that's what's going to happen," Deputy Transportation Minister Rogelio Jimenez Pons told reporters. Jimenez had previously said that the finance ministry was considering an earlier payback schedule, as the funds used to pay off the bonds for the canceled airport currently come from a usage tax generated by the existing Mexico City International Airport (AICM). Once the Navy runs the AICM, which Jimenez said he expects to happen later this year, it may decide to renegotiate a buyback with the finance ministry, he added. Lopez Obrador opened the farther-away Felipe Angeles International Airport (AIFA) last year as an alternative to the Texcoco airport on an active military base.

Persons: Henry Romero, Andres Manuel Lopez, Rogelio Jimenez Pons, Jimenez, Lopez Obrador, Felipe, Kylie Madry, David Alire Garcia, Diane Craft Organizations: REUTERS, Mexico City International, Navy, Felipe Angeles International Airport, Thomson Locations: Mexico City, Texcoco, Mexico, MEXICO

MEXICO CITY, June 28 (Reuters) - Mexico may repurchase about $4.2 billion in outstanding bonds issued to finance a partly built Mexico City airport that was later canceled, a senior official said on Wednesday. His government bought back $1.8 billion of $6 billion in bonds issued to pay for the airport. The project was meant to alleviate pressure on the capital's hub, Mexico City International Airport (AICM). Lopez Obrador now wants the Mexican Navy to take charge of AICM. To repay the outstanding bonds, the government has pulled revenue from the AICM usage tax.

Persons: Rogelio Jimenez Pons, Andres Manuel Lopez, Lopez Obrador, Felipe, Jimenez, Kylie Madry, Gerry Doyle Organizations: MEXICO CITY, International, Felipe Angeles International Airport, Mexican Navy, Navy, Thomson Locations: MEXICO, Mexico, Mexico City, AICM

The Mexico City International Airport (AICM) currently sits under the transportation ministry, though the navy has already taken over security operations, including customs. "There's more security, more certainty, the rules are followed better, there's more discipline," with the navy in charge of the airport, Velazquez told reporters on Tuesday. The money currently goes to a fund to pay off bondholders who financed the construction of an airport canceled by Lopez Obrador in favor of building the Felipe Angeles airport on the outskirts of the capital. The little-used, one-year-old Felipe Angeles airport, one of the president's largest public works projects, is also on an active military base. In May, the AICM moved nearly 4 million passengers, according to data from the national aviation authority, while Felipe Angeles airport's passenger numbers were almost 95% lower.

Persons: Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Carlos Velazquez, Velazquez, Benito Juarez, Lopez Obrador, Felipe, Kylie Madry, Jamie Freed Organizations: MEXICO CITY, Mexico City International, Thomson Locations: MEXICO, Mexico, Felipe Angeles

☆ Compania aeriană TAROM a reluat zborurile către R. Moldova
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-15 | by ( Diana Severin | ) www.zdg.md time to read: 1 min

Aeroportul Internațional Chișinău (AIC) anunță că începând cu 13 ianuarie, compania aeriană TAROM a reluat zborurile către R. Moldova. Potrivit AICM zborurile spre și din București vor opera de cinci ori pe săptămână: luni, miercuri, joi, vineri și duminică. Pentru mai multe informații despre orele de zbor și prețul biletelor, puteți accesa site-ul oficial al companiei aeriene https://www.tarom.ro. Înainte de a achiziționa biletele, AIC recomandă să vă asigurați că sunteți familiarizați cu toate condițiile actuale de trecere a frontierei spre România și a altor țări în cazul în care aveți schimb de curse prin București.

Persons: . Organizations: Internațional Chișinău, aeriană TAROM Locations: . Moldova, București, România

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