If you’ve been following all of the recent exciting developments in aviation, you’ll remember that in December, I was proud to join Mexico’s Secretary of Communications and Transport Ruiz Esparza to sign a new, modernized, highly unrestricted air services agreement between the United States and Mexico.
And I’m thrilled to announce that on Friday morning, the United States and Mexico exchanged diplomatic notes, ensuring that this agreement will enter into force next month.
This landmark agreement with one of our largest aviation partners will significantly expand future trade and travel between the United States and Mexico.
Our success is the result of four years of collaboration with the Government of Mexico.
The new agreement will benefit U.S. and Mexican travelers, airlines, businesses, airports, and communities by allowing increased market access for passenger and cargo airlines to fly between any city in Mexico and any city in the United States. Previously, only a limited number of U.S. carriers could operate between any given city pair. Now, our agreement provides for unlimited services. The increase in competition will drive the airlines to offer more attractive services and should result in lower prices.
In addition, cargo carriers will now have the ability to expand their services.
This agreement will allow carriers on both sides of the border to better meet increasing demand in our countries, helping to drive economic growth in sectors beyond aviation, including tourism and manufacturing.
This is an exciting time in aviation history, and I look forward to continuing to further elevate and strengthen our dynamic commercial and economic relationship with Mexico and advance our goal of shared prosperity.
Secretary Foxx
