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 was downgraded by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration to the Category 2 safety rating more than two years ago, pausing Mexican airlines' plans to expand new routes to its northern neighbor.
In a June audit, the FAA raised concerns about Mexico's process for post-accident investigations and for carrying out medical exams for sector employees, meeting minutes obtained by Reuters showed. Government-mandated flight cuts at AICM are set to take effect in January, slashing slots from 52 per hour to 43 per hour. Industry groups decried the move.
The flight cuts would also affect the usage tax collected from each passenger who travels through the AICM. 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.
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