Mexico says U.S. approves plan to get well Class 1 aviation score By Reuters

By Valentine Hilaire

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – U.S. authorities authorised Mexico’s authorities plan to get well its Class 1 aviation score, revoked roughly a 12 months and a half in the past, in line with an announcement printed by the Mexican Overseas Ministry on Friday.

Mexico expects to finish its motion plan to get well the U.S.-issued aviation score in December, the assertion mentioned.

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had downgraded Mexico’s aviation security score in Could 2021, saying it fell wanting regulating its air carriers “in accordance with minimal worldwide security requirements.”

Restoring the class 1 score would clear Aeromexico, Volaris and different Mexican carriers so as to add new U.S. flights and doubtlessly perform advertising and marketing agreements with U.S. airways.

Authorities from the FAA are set to go to Mexico in January 2023 to current the conclusions of the corrective motion plan, the assertion added.

Mexico’s authorities mentioned it goals to outline the ultimate date for its audit to get well the score earlier than the summer season of 2023.

The FAA declined to verify or deny the report. “We proceed to supply help to Mexico’s civil aviation authority,” an FAA spokeswoman mentioned.

Restoration of the U.S. Class 1 score nonetheless might not put to relaxation all issues about Mexico’s air security, particularly in its capital, whose primary airport noticed a sequence of worrying incidents earlier this 12 months, together with a close to collision.

Since then, the Mexican authorities has held conferences with airways and aeronautical authorities to redistribute flights and ship extra to the newly opened Felipe Angeles Worldwide Airport, positioned within the outskirts of the capital.