:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/H73TC5QN7ZEZLDNCFOX3UNM3CI.jpg "AMLO flew for the first time from AIFA on an army plane 1")
Nearly a year after the inauguration of Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA), President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has finally flown for the first time since his flagship megaproject.
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And it is that AMLO traveled aboard the Gulfstream G550 aircraft of the Mexican Air Force (FAM) to Hermosillo, Sonora.
After landing at 4:40 p.m. (local time), the President proceeded to the Expo Forum, where he met behind closed doors with the personnel of the so-called Servants of the Nation, accompanied by the Morenist Governor Alfonso Durazo and others responsible.
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The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that the donation will be made through the United Nations (UN).
In this context, AIFA was the only one of the top 10 airports in the country considered in the TOP of aviation, which reported a reduction international passengers during the two-month period October-November.
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Despite the federal government’s efforts to attract foreign airlines, of the 691,778 passengers it has handled since the start of its operations, only 3% took an international flightgiven charters, and industry conditions suggest this trend will continue into 2023.
Between March and November last year, AIFA served 33,686 international passengers.
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