{"id":131975,"date":"2022-10-04T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=131975"},"modified":"2022-10-04T21:19:45","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T21:19:45","slug":"mexico-working-to-create-state-run-airline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2022\/10\/mexico-working-to-create-state-run-airline.html","title":{"rendered":"Mexico president says Army is working to create state-run airline"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Tuesday said the Army is working on a proposal to create its own commercial airline, confirming reports from a leak of government documents last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;An analysis of its economic viability is being carried out,&#8221; Lopez Obrador said at a regular news conference, noting that a decision had yet to be made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/en\/2022\/10\/arajet-inaugurates-flights-to-monterrey.html\">Arajet inaugurates flights to Monterrey, Mexico.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s likely that this new airline will be (in operation) next year,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lopez Obrador said Olmeca-Maya-Mexica, a military-run business set to take charge of a handful of airports and the multibillion-dollar &#8220;Mayan Train&#8221; project being built in the south of the country, would also run the proposed airline, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/americas\/mexico-president-says-army-is-working-create-state-run-airline-2022-10-04\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Reuters<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The presidential plane is also being considered, to hand it over to the business, which will have 10 planes in its fleet which won&#8217;t be bought, rather rented,&#8221; Lopez Obrador said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"related-topics\">Related Topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-post-grid uagb-post-grid  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