In Mexico City, AICM traffic falls for second straight year while AIFA gains ground

Although the Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA) grew moderately successful 2025, aerial connectivity successful cardinal Mexico shrank, impacted by U.S. sanctions, restricted operations and ongoing renovations astatine Mexico City’s main airport.

Combined, the Mexico City International Airport (AICM) and the AIFA handled 51.7 cardinal passengers past year, representing a 0.04% alteration compared to 2024, adjacent arsenic aerial postulation accrued by 2.6% nationally, with 191.2 cardinal passengers served.

“Undoubtedly, past twelvemonth was challenging for the aviation assemblage successful cardinal Mexico, but this didn’t halt airlines from investing successful opening caller routes astatine different airports,” an authoritative with the Federal Civil Aviation Agency told El Economista newspaper.

Key factors contributing to the diminution successful cardinal Mexico cited by El Economista include: the extended motor overhauls for Viva and Volaris aircraft; the U.S. government’s October decision to revoke support of caller flights; and the restrictions connected hourly operations and ongoing renovations astatine the AICM.

Whereas AIFA passengers accrued by 11.5% to 7.1 cardinal past year, the AICM saw aerial postulation autumn 1.7% to 44.6 cardinal people. This represents the 2nd consecutive diminution astatine the country’s busiest airdrome aft it experienced a 6.2% alteration successful 2024.

The AICM served 753,685 less passengers successful 2025 compared to the erstwhile year, portion the AIFA saw 730,989 much passengers past twelvemonth than successful 2024.

El Economista termed the results a disappointment for the government, which has been determined to beforehand AIFA arsenic a proscription alternate to the saturaed AICM.

Government officials are assured the downturn astatine the AICM volition beryllium reversed this twelvemonth arsenic the 2026 World Cup is scheduled to statesman successful Mexico City successful June and the U.S. authorities is expected to assistance the restrictions connected caller flights soon.

Additionally, the archetypal signifier of remodeling astatine the AICM is nearing completion, allowing operations to summation from 44 operations per hr to astatine slightest 48.

With reports from El Economista, Quadratín EMX and Polemón