US revokes approval for 13 routes by Mexican airlines, citing competition issues

The U.S. on Tuesday said it has revoked approval for 13 routes by Mexican carriers into the United States and canceled all combined passenger and cargo flights by Mexican airlines to the United States from Mexico City’s Felipe Angeles International Airport.

In issuing the order, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Mexico “illegally canceled and froze U.S. carrier flights for three years without consequences.”

Duffy’s order also cancels current or planned flights by Aeromexico, Volaris and Viva Aerobus and freezes growth of Mexican carriers’ combined passenger and cargo services – known as “belly cargo” – between the United States and Benito Juarez International Airport, Mexico City’s older, primary airport.