MEXICO CITY, July 22 (Reuters) - Mexican airline Volaris
believes a resolution to a dispute between the U.S. and Mexico
on aviation could arrive in the coming days, the carrier's CEO
said on Tuesday.
On Saturday, the U.S. Department of Transportation
rolled out orders requiring Mexican airlines submit their flight
schedules and
threatening to reject requests
if the Mexican government did not address U.S. concerns
over flight changes in Mexico City.
Under the previous government, Mexico
moved cargo flights
from the main capital airport to a newer, farther-away site
while also
cutting passenger flight slots
.
"We feel tremendously confident that the solution is
going to be here in the next few days," Volaris CEO Enrique
Beltranena told analysts in the firm's second-quarter results
call.
The executive added that he remained "confident that
both governments will reach a logical and mutually beneficial
agreement."
President Claudia Sheinbaum, in her daily morning press
conference on Tuesday said that the Mexico and U.S. would kick
off talks on the issue and that some compromises could be made.
"(The U.S.) is making a set of particular requests,
we're analyzing them to see whether they can be addressed or
whether an alternative can be proposed."
However, she cautioned that the new airport where
flights were moved - the Felipe Angeles International Airport
(AIFA) - was also a solution itself.
Sheinbaum's mentor, former President Andres Manuel Lopez
Obrador, overhauled the capital airspace during his term,
arguing that the main airport was oversaturated and that the
AIFA, which he had built, would alleviate the pressure.