Pena Nieto Considering New Airport as Mexico City Reaches Limits Bloomberg News
go to original June 27, 2013

Mexico is studying a plan to build a new airport for its capital, among other potential measures, to alleviate congestion in the busiest hub in Latin America, President Enrique Pena Nieto said.

Plans under consideration include replacing Benito Juarez International and expanding airports near Mexico City such as in Toluca and Puebla, Pena Nieto said in an interview yesterday in London. He said the government may opt to overhaul the existing Mexico City airport, which traces its roots to an airfield that was built in 1928 and later updated.

The capital’s airport surpassed its hourly limit on takeoffs and landings by an average of once a week last year, according to the Ministry of Communications and Transportation, which is in talks with airlines to move more flights to non-peak times. Mexican carriers including Grupo Aeromexico SAB pushed aircraft purchasing to a record in 2012 as the nation’s air passenger traffic rose at the fastest pace since 2007.

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