Aviation ‘will fly high’ due to lower TUA and infrastructure – El Financiero

In the last two decades, the reduction Worldwide air ticket costs have fallen by almost 40 percentwhile in the case of Mexico, tickets report a 12 percent decrease in their final costs, Juan Sarmiento, economic director of ALTA, details in an interview.

lTUA in the country sometimes represents more than 60 percent of the final cost of an air ticketso a good part of what travelers pay goes to private companies or the government itself, both entities benefiting from the lucrative business of the country’s airport administration.

Instead, airlines in Latin America have economic benefitswhen they reach them, of no more than 40 cents of a dollar for mobilized passengersthis is in accordance with The International Air Transport Association (IATA) for its acronym in English).

“Because yes, Mexico is developing, if tourism represents 15 percent of the country’s GDP, if jobs are generated, if there is generation of thousands of dollars, the question is why not then the problems faced by aviation are eliminated , being hand in hand with the industry,” reflects Bothelo from ALTA.

Although the airport in the country’s capital (AICM) continues to be the most important, even in the Latin American region, In recent years, other centers have been developed air connection in the country as is the case of Montereyfor example, which was the fastest growing domestic air port, with an increase of 1.9 million passengers during 2023 compared to the previous year.

Besides, Cancún continues to consolidate its offer in international connections.

The Cancun – Dallas Fort Worth route was the pair of cities with the highest traffic in the international market of Mexico with 1.1 million passengers during 2023.

The route had a load factor of 81 percent at the end of last year.

Botelho also added that in addition to investments in infrastructure and reductions in fees charged to passengers, The Mexican government must provide legal security for airlines to invest in the country.

Mexico’s air fleet is, in addition, one of the youngest that exists on the continent, which benefits the country by having greater performance in the equipment with a lower cost of fuel and significantly lower polluting emissions compared to other nations in the region.

In addition, 60 airlines operated the Mexico international market, serving 392 city pairs and an average distance per flight of 2,548 kilometers.

“It is necessary that Mexico does not have unilateral decisions, we cannot have that, to operate we need legal security. We need the obstacles to be removed, the TUA in Mexico is one of the largest in the world and in Latin America, why this in a country that has the potential, why not remove it, modify it?”, highlights the director of the ALTA .