Mexicana de Aviación completed one year of operations at the end of December, with more than 380,000 passengers carried, which would be a cause for celebration.
However, the state-owned airline, rescued from bankruptcy by the government of former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has been accumulating debts and reducing its flight network recently, according to reports.
On January 6, Mexicana announced the suspension of flights to eight destinations in the country, including Acapulco, Campeche, Guadalajara, Ixtapa, Nuevo Laredo, and Puerto Vallarta.
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The reason was the end of the lease contract for ERJ 145 regional jets from the regional airline TAR, which were strengthening its operations.
Waiting for the first Embraer E2
With only three Boeing 737-800s transferred by the Mexican Air Force, the carrier has had to focus on a few routes while it awaits the arrival of the 20 E2 jets ordered from Embraer.
The first of the modern aircraft is expected to be delivered in May, and another four are expected to arrive in 2025.
Obrador’s successor, Claudia Sheinbaum, denied to the local press that there is a financial crisis at Mexicana, whose directors are reportedly drawing up a new business plan for the coming years.
Mexicana was relaunched in August 2023 after the government acquired the assets of the airline that went bankrupt in 2010. The leftist administration’s plan is to offer cheaper flights than private carriers.
After encountering difficulties in leasing Boeing 737 jets, Mexicana closed a deal for 10 E190-E2s and 10 E195-E2s with Embraer in June 2024.
