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Airline Group Says Flying Into Mexico City Is Getting More Dangerous

  • Organization flags rise in ground proximity warning events
  • Mexico City redesigned its airspace last year for new airport
Airplanes taxi on tarmac at Benito Juarez International Airport (MEX) in Mexico City, Mexico.

Airplanes taxi on tarmac at Benito Juarez International Airport (MEX) in Mexico City, Mexico.

Photographer: Luis Antonio Rojas/Bloomberg

An airline group and a pilots’ association are ringing the alarms on Mexico City’s airspace, saying they’ve seen a worrying increase in ground proximity warning events since the space was redesigned last year. 

Benito Juarez International Airport recorded at least 17 such warnings since April 2021 as part of an alert system that notifies when planes are in danger of flying into the ground or an obstacle, according to a letter signed by the International Air Transport Association and sent to Mexico’s aviation authorities.