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Mexico to extend deadline for cargo flight move after Buttigieg visit

17 June 2023 01:03 (UTC +04:00)

- Mexico will extend the deadline for cargo airlines to move operations from the capital's main airport to a farther-away one following U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's visit to the country, Mexico's transportation ministry said Friday, APA reports.

Earlier Friday, local outlet El Financiero had reported the deadline was moved to September, citing an interview with the director of the Mexico City International Airport.

A ministry spokesperson could not confirm when the new deadline would be, but told Reuters an updated decree would be published in coming weeks, ahead of the original deadline.

Buttigieg had asked Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador for more time to make the switch to the Felipe Angeles airport on behalf of worried U.S. airlines as the July deadline loomed, airport director Carlos Velazquez told El Financiero.

However, a number of foreign carriers, some from the U.S. and others not, will fall under the extension, the ministry spokesperson said.