UNITED STATES- Following more than two years of extensive collaboration between civil aviation authorities in Mexico and the United States, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has reinstated Mexico’s aviation safety rating to the highest level.
With the restoration of Category 1 status, Mexico gains the ability to introduce new services and routes to the United States. At the same time, U.S. airlines can once again promote and sell tickets using their names and designator codes on flights operated by Mexican carriers.
FAA Returns Mexico Aviation Safety
During this process, the FAA provided expertise and resources through technical assistance agreements to Mexico’s Agencia Federal de Aviacion Civil (AFAC) to address the safety concerns that led to the previous downgrade.
Over the past two years, the FAA deployed a team of aviation safety experts to assist in this effort on multiple occasions.
The FAA downgraded Mexico’s International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) rating to Category 2 in May 2021 due to findings that Mexico did not meet the safety standards established by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
Under the IASA program, the FAA evaluates the civil aviation authorities of all countries whose air carriers have applied to operate flights to the United States, currently conduct operations within the United States, or engage in code-sharing agreements with U.S. airlines.
These assessments are conducted to determine whether international civil aviation authorities comply with the minimum safety standards set by ICAO, which is the United Nation’s technical agency for Aviation.
ICAO establishes international standards and recommended practices related to aircraft operations and maintenance.
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