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Mexico and US progress toward ending air-services dispute, with AIFA legally recognized and Mexico City slot access commitments

Mexico and the US say they have agreed on steps to resolve a dispute tied to alleged 2015 open-skies violations, with US carriers’ access to Mexico City’s AIFA expected to be improved. Slot arrangements are intended to return to US airlines under commitments that remain subject to implementation, while AIFA is formally recognized in the bilateral air transport agreement.

Discovered 2026-05-05T22:50:10.656012-07:00 | 2026-05-05T22:50:10.656012-07:00

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The deal moves both governments toward resolving a transborder open-skies dispute tied to alleged access violations, with concrete knock-on effects for Mexico City slot availability for US carriers.
Because the agreement is still not finalized and depends on implementation steps, airlines will need to re-check near-term network plans and capacity assumptions—especially in a policy environment already prone to disruption, as seen in Trump administration’s last-minute decisions disrupting US aviation operations.
Formalizing AIFA’s status in the US–Mexico air transport agreement clarifies the legal basis for future scheduling and freight expansion, complementing other recent US-route rebuilding signals such as Aeroméxico eyes restoration of cancelled US routes.

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