The Secretary of the Navy (Semar) and the Secretary of National Defense (Sedena) they became the main airport group in passenger reception so far this year, by concentrating up to 31 percent of traffic.
On the one hand, the Marine will have control of eight airports in the country, as announced by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador himself, which between January and October of this year captured 27.5 percent of the passengers who moved in the national territory by air, according to data from the Federal Civil Aviation Agency (AFAC) and Airports and Auxiliary Services (ASA).
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Most of this flow comes from Mexico City International Airport (AICM)where more than a quarter of plane users travel nationwide.
For its part, The aerodromes operated by Sedena, including the Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA), only represent 3.5 percent of the flow of travelers. flights nationwide.
Secondly there is the Pacific Airport Group (GAP)that with the 12 terminals that it has concessions –among them those of Guadalajara, Tijuana and Los Cabos– one of the busiest – transported almost 30.6 percent of air passengers in the country.
He Third place goes to another private company, Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste (Asur)which mobilized just over 23 percent of air travelers within the country because operates the Cancun airport, the second most important terminal nationwide.
He is followed by Central North Airport Group (OMA), which, with the operation of terminals such as those in Monterrey, Culiacán and Ciudad Juárez, mobilized about 15 percent of the air passengers registered in the country between January and October.
They deliver three more airports
This Wednesday, the Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation (SICT) published in the Official diary of the Federation (DOF) three assignments for the Army to operate the Chetumal airports, in Quintana Roo; Ixtepec, in Oaxaca, and Tamuín, in San Luis Potosí.
The announcement came a day after the same agency handed over to the Sedena the control of the airfields of Uruapanin Michoacan; Palenque, in Chiapas, and Hermanos Serdán, in Puebla.
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Through the Airport, Railway, Auxiliary and Related Services Group, Olmeca-Maya-Mexica (GAFSACOMM) The Army will operate 12 air terminals in the countryof which today the one with the highest passenger flow is the AIFA, with 2.1 million users in the first 10 months of the year.
However, Sedena will also operate the new international airport Tulumthat It will be inaugurated this Friday by President López Obrador and that will compete directly with the terminal Cancun.