Mexico's PAN Party Urges Halt to AIFA and Mexicana Funding, Cites Budget Concerns

Members of Mexico's National Action Party (PAN) are calling on President Claudia Sheinbaum to cease allocating public funds to the Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA) and Mexicana de Aviación. The party argues that these projects, initiated under former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, represent costly "whims" that have negatively impacted public finances.

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Once again, the high cost of the whims of former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is exposed with an airport and an airline that does not transport the number of people it should, nor has it proven to be a true airport alternative that takes off.

PAN federal deputies, including Daniel Chimal García, contend that AIFA has not become the viable alternative airport it was intended to be, nor has it met its projected passenger numbers. They point to reports indicating that AIFA has not achieved budgetary autonomy four years after its opening and continues to depend on federal subsidies.

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The AIFA was a whim of the Executive that today is costing Mexicans much more than was promised. The investment went from 75 billion to 115 billion pesos, and four years after operation, passenger targets remain unmet. We demand that the Federal Government clearly explain what those resources were spent on and why the cost of this project skyrocketed.

Ernesto Sánchez, a member of the Transparency and Anti-Corruption Commission, demanded a clear accounting of AIFA's actual costs to the public treasury. He highlighted that the initial investment estimate of 75 billion pesos ballooned to 115 billion pesos, with passenger goals remaining unmet. Sánchez also criticized the cancellation and dismantling of the Texcoco airport project, which he stated also incurred significant costs, contrasting Morena's rhetoric of austerity with their spending decisions. The party seeks clear explanations and accountability for the escalating costs and unmet objectives of these infrastructure projects.

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We cannot forget the other bill: the cancellation and dismantling of the Texcoco project also cost billions of pesos to the treasury. Morena talks about austerity, but their decisions continue to add additional costs to taxpayers. Mexicans do not need excuses or propaganda; they need clear accounts, results, and accountability for the use of their money.