Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Mexico fails air safety assessment; maintains Category 2

After more than a year since the United States downgraded air safety in Mexico to Category 2, the Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications, and Transportation ( SICT ) reported this Thursday that it will continue as category 2 for at least a few more months.

Through a statement, the agency noted that from June 13 to 17, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) conducted its seventh audit at the request of the Federal Civil Aviation Agency (AFAC) of Mexico.

Although the results will be announced by the SICT at the end of July, during the afternoon it was . . .

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