The U.S. Department of Transportation imposed new restrictions on flight operations from Mexico to the United States on July 19, in response to flight restrictions Mexico previously levied against the United States.
Under the new restrictions, Mexico will have to file schedules with the Transportation Department for all U.S. operations and obtain department approval to operate large passenger or cargo charter flights between Mexico and the United States.
In a Saturday statement, the U.S. Transportation Department said Mexico, since 2022, has not been in compliance with the Air Transport Agreement enacted between the two countries in 2015. Specifically, the department said Mexico had rescinded flight slots for three American, Delta, and United flights through the Benito Juarez International Airport, and ordered U.S. cargo flights to relocate their operations….