Overview
- AFAC authorized a 43-day arrangement allowing Volaris to operate foreign-registered aircraft with foreign crews, which it says is lawful under international conventions and Mexican aviation law.
- ASPA and the Mexican Pilots’ College protested at SICT and secured an agreement to establish working groups to strengthen the Civil Aviation Law and related regulations.
- AFAC said it will oversee each authorized flight and emphasized the measure is exceptional, time-limited, and does not constitute cabotage.
- Approximately 100 foreign pilots are cleared to fly under the permit, which coverage indicates runs through January 12, 2026.
- Separately, the air traffic controllers’ union suspended a planned December 3 protest after beginning negotiations with the federal government, including SHCP and SICT.