Vinci Airports eyes more Mexico investment as it braces for slower global growth

Although pitchy substance prices are expected to stunt planetary aerial postulation done the remainder of the year, the world’s starring backstage airdrome relation remains unfastened to enlargement successful Mexico.

In Mexico to canvass immoderate of his company’s operations, Vinci ​Airports CEO Remi Maumon de Longevialle conceded that geopolitical tensions and substance prices were producing “new volatility” successful markets astir the world.

Vinci ​Airports CEO Remi Maumon de Longevialle. (Vinci Airports)

“It’s just to admit ​that maturation won’t scope the aforesaid figures arsenic successful erstwhile years,” Maumon de Longevialle told Reuters quality agency. “But ​there is nary circumstantial interest astir airlines changing oregon adjusting dramatically capacities.”

Vinci is not seeing large hose capableness cuts contempt fears that carriers could change schedules much sharply, and the institution inactive views Mexico arsenic a semipermanent maturation market.

Since becoming the main shareholder successful Mexican airdrome relation Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte (OMA) 4 years ago, Vinci has invested heavy successful Mexico.

Two months ago, Vinci provided US $800 million to modernize and grow infrastructure crossed OMA’s web of Mexican airports. Roughly fractional of that was acceptable speech to remodel terminals astatine Monterrey International Airport (MTY) arsenic that metropolis prepared to big 4 World Cup matches.

Monterrey International Airport to acquisition US $400M renovation

OMA’s modernization strategy up of the shot tournament, which began connected June 11, included the deployment of automated customs systems and self-service migration technologies.

The ⁠terminal enlargement program is connected gait to unfastened partially by year-end, with further openings done the extremity of adjacent year. 

Monterrey is OMA’s astir important hub, and saw a 10.3% yearly summation successful planetary arrivals successful June. The relation reported that its 13 airports combined handled a full of 2,403,275 passengers successful June, a 2.1% summation compared to June 2025.

Domestic postulation is besides connected the rise: OMA reported a 0.8% year-on-year summation for June portion astatine the aforesaid clip 22 caller routes began operations. OMA Chief Executive ​Ricardo Dueñas told Reuters the institution is preparing to put different US $450 cardinal implicit the adjacent 5 years.

This week, Maumon de Longevialle said the institution was not ruling retired further expansion, citing Mexico’s home aviation market, Monterrey’s relation arsenic a concern hub and what helium described arsenic a unchangeable concession framework.

“Mexico is simply a state of immense potential,”Maumon de Longevialle said successful a station connected LinkedIn. “We are arrogant to lend to its economical and tourism development.”

With reports from Reuters and Líder Empresarial