Mexico Backs Down Under US Pressure on Airline Competition

Mexican authorities backed down from a spat with President Donald Trump’s administration over airline slots at Mexico City’s Benito Juarez International Airport, the latest twist in a feud over transborder travel and freight competition.

The development touches on Mexico’s push to move more operations to the new Felipe Angeles capital airport that has been a government priority.

President Claudia Sheinbaum said during her daily press conference that her government, US carriers and authorities agreed to a new distribution in previous weeks without giving out details on the new slot scheme.

Claudia Sheinbaum during a news conference at the National Palace in Mexico City on Nov. 17.

Photographer: Stephania Corpi/Bloomberg

The announcement comes weeks after the US Department ...