Overview
- Infrastructure secretary Jesús Esteva said both governments are pursuing a negotiated solution rather than international arbitration.
- Officials met in Washington this week, set a roadmap, and plan to reconvene in early December with the goal of closing the dispute before year-end.
- The U.S. Department of Transportation canceled 13 Mexico–U.S. routes and froze future growth for Mexican carriers, citing anticompetitive effects of shifting cargo from AICM to AIFA.
- Aeroméxico, Volaris and Viva Aerobus are the airlines directly affected by the U.S. actions.
- The DOT has proposed banning belly cargo by Mexican airlines on U.S.-bound flights, and no deal has been reached on cargo operations at Mexico City’s AICM.