{"id":3377,"date":"2021-02-10T18:04:56","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T00:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/accesstomexico.mx\/blog\/?p=3377"},"modified":"2021-02-11T18:08:01","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T00:08:01","slug":"amlo-inaugurates-new-air-force-base-the-first-stage-of-santa-lucia-airport-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/accesstomexico.mx\/blog\/amlo-inaugurates-new-air-force-base-the-first-stage-of-santa-lucia-airport-project\/","title":{"rendered":"AMLO inaugurates new air force base, the first stage of Santa Luc\u00eda airport project."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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MEXICO NEWS DAILY<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Mexican Air Force plane carrying President L\u00f3pez Obrador and other officials touched down at the new Mexico City airport site on Wednesday morning as part of the proceedings to inaugurate the first completed section of the facility \u2013 a new military base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A jet carrying the president, Defense Minister Luis Cresencio Sandoval, Navy Minister Rafael Ojeda, Foreign Affairs Minister Marcelo Ebrard and Health Minister Jorge Alcocer among others arrived at the Santa Luc\u00eda airport site north of the capital in M\u00e9xico state some 15 minutes after taking off from the Mexico City airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exhibition flights operated by the airlines Volaris, Viva Aerobus and Aeromar were scheduled to touch down on the new 3,500-meter runway \u2014 the first of three \u2014 later on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new Number 1 Military Air Base, which was relocated within the Santa Luc\u00eda site, begins operations on the 106th anniversary of the founding of the Mexican Air Force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L\u00f3pez Obrador was to preside over a ceremony to mark the anniversary and inaugurate the new base, which will be used by the military for both humanitarian and security purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The base, which has a projected lifespan of 50 years, includes 11 hangars for planes and helicopters, a passenger terminal and a logistics center among other facilities. The Ministry of National Defense described the new facility as modern, functional and efficient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

General Ricardo Vallejo, <\/em>a military architect overseeing the army\u2019s construction of the new airport, said Tuesday that Air Force aircraft will be transferred to the new base this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn March, we begin the second big stage of the project, which is building the other part of the airport: the international air cargo area, the ground maintenance workshops, the logistics centers, the domestic cargo area \u2026\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before flying to the site on Wednesday morning, L\u00f3pez Obrador said that the Felipe \u00c1ngeles International Airport, as the new facility will be officially known, remains on track to open in March 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a military and civilian airport, it\u2019s the most important airport being built in the world and it\u2019s a phenomenon of civil engineering because it\u2019s being done in record time,\u201d he told reporters at his regular news conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The president said the price of the project will be 230 billion pesos [US $11.5 billion] less than what the former government\u2019s airport, which he canceled, would have cost. According to the government, the total cost of the new airport is projected to be 75 billion pesos (US $3.7 billion).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was a great decision we took, a wise decision,\u201d L\u00f3pez Obrador said, referring to the cancellation of the previous government\u2019s project in Texcoco, M\u00e9xico state, which he long argued was corrupt, too expensive and being built on land that was sinking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He noted that work is underway on new transportation links to the Santa Luc\u00eda airport, including new highways and an extension of the Mexico City suburban rail line, and pledged that \u201cbasic communication\u201d will be in place by the time the airport opens next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBy March we\u2019ll have basic communication, you\u2019ll be able to go from the center [of Mexico City] to the airport,\u201d L\u00f3pez Obrador said. \u201cThe Felipe \u00c1ngeles Airport will be inaugurated on March 21 next year, that will be quite an event!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mexico News Daily Staff. (2021). AMLO inaugurates new air force base, the first stage of Santa Luc\u00eda airport project. M\u00e9xico.\u00a0Mexico News Daily<\/em>. Recuperado de\u00a0<\/strong>https:\/\/mexiconewsdaily.com\/news\/amlo-inaugurates-new-air-force-base\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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