The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, confirmed on Tuesday that the state-owned airline Mexicana will place an order for 20 aircraft to make up its fleet. Mexicana was relaunched in August 2023 after going bankrupt 13 years earlier when it was a private carrier. The country’s government bought the company’s assets to launch it with the promise of cheaper air tickets. The state airline had to borrow three Boeing 737s from the Mexican Air Force in addition to closing a wet-lease of two Embraer 145s with the company Tár. Weeks ago, an influential Mexican journalist revealed that government representatives were in Brazil in talks with the CEO of Embraer, Francisco Gomes Neto.

Source: Ethiopian News March 13, 2024 09:32 UTC