Mexico is aiming to reduce airport fees by 8% to 12%, he said. Reuters A senior official explaining the government’s plans following complaints from airport groups about “unilateral” changes to their operations.
Mexico intends to reduce Airport feealso known as TUA, but “it is still being negotiated,” said Transport Undersecretary Rogelio Jimenez Pons.
Travelers pay airport tax as part of the cost Air ticket and operators embezzle funds.
The fee adds $22 to $60 to the price of an international flight and $8 to $40 to the price of an international flight. domestic flight ticketdepending on the airport.
Jimenez Pons said the reduction in fees, among the highest in Latin America, is intended to lower ticket prices for consumers and increase air travel in the country.
Rates should be cut in the first quarter of next year, he added.
Jiménez Pons said the use of government-controlled airports, including Mexico City International Airport, the country’s busiest, will also be reduced.
reduced rates They are part of a review of five-year plans that airport operators have agreed with the government.
Asur, which operates nine airports in southeastern Mexico, said earlier this week that a draft of its next plan had to be scrapped after the rate change was announced.
He President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has long attacked airlines for stealing Mexicans’ money.
The president plans to launch a military-run commercial airline, Mexicana, later this year. He boasted that the prices tickets will be cheaper than current prices From the market.
In addition to reducing utilization rates, the Ministry of Infrastructure, Communications and Transport (SICT) said it would almost double the amount it charges operators for airport operating concessions.
SICT said the change from 5% to 9% will affect operators’ revenues. Analysts say this refers to construction services minus income. Rogelio Jimenez Pons.
If it becomes law, airport operators will have to pay $118.58 million more per year, according to calculations Reuters based on 2022 revenue.
Airport groups may complain about the changes, Jimenez Pons said, but “they don’t stop winning. That is, they will earn less, but they will not stop earning.”
In a statement on October 19, SICT said operators’ finances would not be affected. He also said the increase would result in lower costs for consumers, although Jimenez Pons said that would not be the case.
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Source: Aristegui Noticias
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