The director of Mexico City International Airport (AICM), José Ramón Rivera, announced Thursday an investment of more than 2.2 billion pesos ($128.4 million dollars) in modernization and maintenance works at the aerodrome, the busiest in Latin America.
Of this amount, 1.4 billion pesos ($81.7 million) are from fiscal resources and the remaining from resources generated by the airport, as detailed by Rivera at President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s morning conference.
The largest amount of resources, 558.6 million pesos ($32.6 million), will be used for the acquisition of baggage security equipment, X-ray machines and explosives detection equipment.
While the runway rehabilitation program contemplates 547.1 million pesos ($31.9 million), and the maintenance and upkeep of terminal buildings and operational area will receive 488.9 million pesos ($28.5 million).
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The rest of the money will be distributed in the rehabilitation of the shooting, studies and various projects, rehabilitation of drainage and bathrooms, elevators, stairs, and air conditioning equipment, according to the official’s presentation.
Some of the works are already under construction and most are in the bidding process.
The investment is announced while airlines and businessmen have warned of the loss of competitiveness of the AICM, considered the busiest aerodrome in Latin America with close to 46 million passengers annually, according to the Airports Council International for Latin America and the Caribbean (ACI-LAC).
López Obrador announced in January a reduction from 52 to 43 flights per hour to encourage airlines to open routes at the Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA), the president’s flagship project inaugurated on March 21, 2022, which has not reached its passenger goal.
With information from EFE
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