University of New Mexico UNM Digital Repository SourceMex Latin America Digital Beat (LADB) 7-8-2009 Federal Government & Low-cost Carrier Aviacsa Embroiled In Bitter Legal Battle LADB Staff Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/sourcemex Recommended Citation LADB Staff. "Federal Government & Low-cost Carrier Aviacsa Embroiled In Bitter Legal Battle." (2009). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/sourcemex/5318 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Latin America Digital Beat (LADB) at UNM Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in SourceMex by an authorized administrator of UNM Digital Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. LADB Article Id: 50806 ISSN: 1054-8890 Federal Government & Low-cost Carrier Aviacsa Embroiled In Bitter Legal Battle by LADB Staff Category/Department: Mexico Published: 2009-07-08 The Secretaria de Comunicaciones y Transportes (SCT) and Mexico's Aviacsa airlines are embroiled in a complex and bitter legal battle that could threaten the survival of the discount air carrier. The two sides initially squared off over Aviacsa's failure to meet safety regulations on several of its aircraft, but the dispute now includes the air carrier's failure to pay millions of pesos in fees to use Mexican airspace. Officials allege safety violations The SCT's Direccion General de Aeronautica Civil (DGAC) suspended Aviacsa three times in the span of a few weeks, but the airline twice was able to obtain court orders allowing it to keep operating. The low-cost airline flies to 17 Mexican cities, including Mexico City, Guadalajara, and Monterrey, and to Las Vegas, Nevada.