Closure of Cargo Operations at AICM

Executive Summary:

• On February 2, 2023, the Federal Executive published the Decree that establishes the closure of the AICM for cargo operations. 
• The Decree excludes concessionaires and permit holders that provide combined passenger and cargo services.
• Operators that provide exclusive cargo service will have a maximum period of 108 business days from the entry into force of the decree to relocate their operations outside the AICM. 

On February 2, 2023, the Federal Executive published in the Official Gazette of the Federation the Decree that establishes the closure of the Mexico City International Airport "Benito Juarez" ("AICM") for the operations of domestic and foreign concessionaires and permit holders that provide scheduled and non-scheduled domestic and international air transportation services to the public exclusively for cargo. 

The decree excludes concessionaires and permit holders that provide combined passenger and cargo services, as long as the cargo is transported in the same aircraft as the passengers.

As a consequence of the above, both the Federal Civil Aviation Agency and the AICM must update the general basis for the allocation of landing and take-off schedules (slots) at the AICM. 

Operators that provide exclusive cargo service at the AICM will have a maximum period of 108 business days from the entry into force of the decree to relocate their operations outside the AICM. 

The decrees, declarations, and resolutions that (i) prohibit general aviation operations at the AICM; (ii) establish the saturation of the AICM, and (iii) establish the saturation of the AICM terminals, respectively, remain in effect. 

Juan Carlos Machorro
Partner
+52 55 5279 5463
jmachorro@s-s.mx

Andrés Remis
Associate
+52 55 5279 5414
aremis@s-s.mx