Centre for Aviation Americas Aviation Summit 2018 in Houston, Texas, USA, Volaris CEO Enrique Beltranena remarked the airport debate "has become the wall discussion", referring to pledges during the 2016 US presidential campaign to build a border a wall between the US and Mexico.
Mr Beltranena stated the new airport"™s runways could be completed by the end of this year, and the project is being managed with private financing instruments. He warned declarations of cancelling airport construction "mean you"™re going against the financing system of the country".
Volaris, which is Mexico"™s second largest airline measured by domestic passenger share, stresses the country needs the new airport; however, due to the uncompetitive manner in which slots at Mexico City Juarez are allocated, Volaris only represents roughly 30% of capacity at the airport. He remarked Volaris has become profitable operating the vast majority of its capacity outside of Mexico City Juarez, which according to data from CAPA and OAG, is the airline"™s third largest base measured by ASK deployment.
Most of Southwest Airline"™ current service to Mexico is to the leisure destinations of Cancun, Los Cabos and Puerto Vallarta. The airline does operate two daily flights from Houston Hobby to Mexico City Juarez, and Southwest chief revenue officer Andrew Watterson told attendees Mexico City will become more important to the company in the medium term as it turns some attention in international markets to visiting friends and relatives (VFR) and business traffic.
IATA Regional Vice President, The Americas, Peter Cerda warned canceling construction of the new airport in Mexico City could have "tremendous consequences on the country"™s airlines and traveling public"…
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