Overview

• Mexico’s Infrastructure, Communications and Transport Ministry appointed Emilio Avendaño García as AFAC director effective October 1, replacing Miguel Enrique Vallin Osuna.
• The ministry also named Sonia Edith Jiménez Hernández to head the Directorate General of Transport Protection and Preventive Medicine (DGPMPT).
• Officials announced the leadership changes without offering a public rationale in the official communiqué.
• Avendaño is a retired Air Force division general with more than 40 years of service, a degree in military administration, a master’s in national security, and command and academic posts across multiple Air Force units.
• Coverage highlights immediate regulatory challenges tied to U.S.–Mexico air transport compliance and possible effects on the Delta–Aeroméxico antitrust immunity; Mexico regained FAA Category 1 status in September 2023.