AMLO announces that a new airline controlled by the Army could take the name of Mexicana de Aviación

Two and a half years after unsuccessfully launching the process of selling the luxurious presidential plane of his predecessors, the president proposed this Friday a new way out for the aircraft: to give it up in a potential plan to create a commercial airline controlled by the Armed Forces.

At the beginning of 2020, the president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador announced a lottery raffle to get rid of the $130 million Boeing 787 Dreamliner that it sees as a symbol of corruptionbut ended up raffling off cash prizes for the material impossibility of delivering the aircraft to any citizen.

As there is going to be a new airline, that plane is going to be used, it is going to be delivered to Mexicana de Aviación for special trips,” AMLO said in his usual morning conference.

The president announced this year his intention to form a new airline that would remain in the hands of the company Olmec-Maya-Mexicarun by the military to manage several airports and the Mayan Train.

Then he argued that a new actor in the sector would help increase competition and lower flight prices, given the high inflation reigning.

This Friday morning, he explained that the new company, which could also be used to rent trips for families and companies, could adopt the name of Mexican Aviationbankrupt more than a decade ago.