politics mixes with aviation

When politics meets aviation

draws attentionón like every timeás the política mixes with aviationón, which is not necessarily a good recipe.

With such a special industry that requires a lot of knowledge técynical, pero máI know nothing, It is complex to understand, the Política continues to interfere or want to have a greater role.

Obviously, an industry that so many billions of dollarsólares moves daily, dutyá have a connectionón with the políethics, but this should be limited to very specific topicsífacts such as, granting of permits, bilateral agreements and others.

The problem now born from offers and directly interfering with the industry, as it isá passing in México with the constructionón of the new airport for the capital.

The case of México

The constructionón of a new international airport will haveíat great cost $13 billion for the City of México, but everything seems to be canceledá despite the fact that the huge infrastructure project has already been completed at a third of the total project.

about a thousandón of people voted in a referenduméndum, What did I consult?ó on whether to continue constructionón of a new airport in Texcoco or renew the current one Benito Ju International Airportárez and add two runways to a military base in Santa Lucía, to some 50 km north of capital.

The Foundationón Arturo Rosenblueth, an institutionón nonprofit that was responsible for counting the votes, said 747,000 votes were for the optionón de Santa Lucía and what 310,463 to continue with the Texcoco project.

Nevertheless, the participationóextremely low n representedó less than 1 percent of the electorate of México.

million passengers statistics international airport mexico
Millions of passengers perñor between 2012 and 2017.

The query púfour-day warías was launched by the elected president Andrés Manuel LóObrador fish, comúnly referred to by his initials AMLO, who to assumeá the charge 1 from December to 2018. ÉL argumentó that the new airport was contaminated by corruptionón and beíto a financial problem and a burden for the país.

Although the result of the referenduméndum is not legally binding, AMLO has emphasized that complyingíwith the results of the voteón. The new airport has been under constructionón in the drained bed of Lake Texcoco, located east of the City of México, from the toñO 2015.

A report from the Associationón International Transport Aéreo (THERE IT IS), published in April 2018, stated that if the new airport is not built, couldíto mean 20 million fewer passengers per yearñor for him 2035.

This translates into a negative impact of up to $20 billion in contributionsón future GDP, add the report, And till 200,000 jobs less in México backed by aviationón al 2035.

“The current airport isá about to explode. Sirve a 47 million passengers, almost the 50 percent on its design capacityño de 32 millions», said Peter Cerda, IATA Regional Vice President for Américh.

«A new airport is vital to allow the City of México benefit más of his positionón geográIt's ideal that joins Américh from the North and Américh latina».

the aviationón already supports a millionón of jobs and the 2.9 percent of GDP in México, including contributionón económica of foreign tourists arriving by air.

Sayún figures provided by Saber Market Intelligence, Benito Juácut International lessó 45.8 million passengers in 2017, in front of the 42.8 millions of 12 previous months. During the first six months of 2018, the figure was 23,4 million passengers, an increase of 5 percent in the first semester of 2017.

The airport is the más large of México monún output capacity, themselvesún show the statusíOAG Schedules Analyzer statistics, that represent the 31 percent of the national one-way capacity and the 36 percent of international departure seats in 2018.

It is añor offeredán in total about 29.4 million seats on departure flights from this terminal.

The case of Chile

a few days agoías, at Commissionsón of the CáChamber of Deputies of Chile approvedó that the traditional name of the Santiago International Airport be changed.

In this bill, I know how to changeá the traditional name of Arturo Merino Benícomplexion by that of the great poet Pablo Neruda.

Yes OK, It is not a change that affects aviationónot the industry as such, demonstrates the «desire» of the policeíethic of intervening at several different levels, instead of worrying about what they were actually elected.

remember, that Arturo Merino Beníquickly, who was a decorated Chilean military man, is considered prócer in aviationón de su país and founder of Fuerza Aéevil of Chile, creator of the Línea Aeropostal Santiago – Arica (predecessor of LAN Chile), first air networkódromos and first Club AéChilean prisoner, for what you haveíhas well earned its recognition at the main airport of this countryís.

For this change, at Commissionsón of the CáMara offered.ó that will keepá Merino Ben's nameígo to the terminal doméSantiago Airport Static, but leaving such an emblematic character in the backgroundáattic for aviationóChilean n.

Máwith aviationón, less políethics

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1 comentario en “Cuando la política se mezcla con la aviación

  1. It is true that aviation should not be mixed with political purposes and worse with leftist tendencies as in Mexico.. Nevertheless, Let us remember that politics is part of the economy of a country and also aviation with its airports are temporary issues and related in some way.. If freight and passenger traffic changes, Imports and exports have an impact on a country's trade balance and airports are the protagonists of this, tourism is the same in terms of arrivals of foreigners or local tourists.

    It all depends on the approach you give it..

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