Aeromexico-Delta alliance will remain at risk with Sheinbaum

The alliance between Aeroméxico and Delta will continue to be at risk with the new Mexican government, which will be led by Claudia Sheinbaum, since its aviation policies do not differ from those of Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO).

Fabricio Cojuc, an aviation consultant for Travel Weekly, said the DOT will likely decide to revoke Delta-Aeromexico’s antitrust immunity and could also request a renegotiation of the U.S.-Mexico aviation treaty, since it believes that capacity reductions at Mexico City International Airport (AICM) violate the two countries’ open skies air transport agreement.

Sheinbaum will apparently continue with the capacity restrictions at AICM, reducing Flight operations per hour from 61 to 43. Likewise, Cojuc pointed out that while they have not required US airlines to reduce their operations, they have not been allowed to increase them either, and they are preventing Southwest, JetBlue and Frontier from entering.

For his part, Peter Cerda, IATA’s regional vice president for the Americas, said that they are in communication with both governments (Mexico and the USA) and indicated that neither government should rush into taking action.

As reported by REPORTUR.mxaccording to AICM provisions, after an extension, January 8 was the date on which the number of operations allowed will go from 52 to 43 on average. (AICM will have 183 fewer operations than AIFA seeks to capture).

This number alone is higher than the 65 operations that AIFA had on average per day, according to figures from the company that is part of the National Defense Secretariat (Sedena).