Summary
- Mexico’s recent airline, Mexicana, sued by a US company for violating the 2 parties’ agreement.
- Currently, Mexicana has 4 aircraft: three Boeing 737-800 and one Embraer E145.
- The Mexican Secretariat of National Defense relaunched the Mexicana brand in December 2023.
Mexicana, the newly launched airline by the Mexican Secretariat of National Defense (Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional, SEDENA), is being sued by a US-based company for violating its contract agreement for the management, including the leasing of ten Boeing 737 aircraft.
Suing Mexicana
SAT Aero Holdings filed its lawsuit on March 27, 2024. The suit, filed within the Latest York Southern District Court, as reported by Bloomberg, accuses Mexicana of violating its agreement with the US-based company. SAT seeks damages amounting to $838.5 million plus $2.4 million in costs.
The 2 sides entered into an aircraft, crew, management, and insurance (ACMI) leasing agreement in August 2023, the lawsuit read. SAT was speculated to get the aircraft, in addition to recruit and train pilots, enabling the Mexican government to launch Mexicana’s operations.
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In keeping with the lawsuit, the airline did not pay $5.5 million in deposits, which might have allowed SAT to lease ten aircraft. While the corporate tried its best to take care of the business relationship, Mexicana’s failure to sign any potential agreements was detrimental, alleged the corporate.
Note that Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said that the airline was looking to amass as much as 20 aircraft in March 2024. Previous local media reports indicated that Mexicana would buy as much as ten Embraer jets without specifying the style of aircraft that may eventually join the carrier’s fleet.
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4 aircraft fleet
Ch-aviation data showed that the Mexican airline has 4 aircraft in its fleet, three Boeing 737-800s and one Embraer E145. The E145, registered as XA-VGQ, is owned by Regional One, a US-based regional jet lessor, which owns and manages 164 aircraft.
Mexicana took delivery of the aircraft on November 9, 2023, a month before it launched operations. The regional jet has been in energetic service prior to now few weeks, including operating a whopping ten domestic flights on March 27.
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Moreover, Mexicana has been based at Mexico City’s recent airport, NLU, because it was established. The airport, which was opened in 2022, has been at the middle of disputes between Mexico and the US, including the Department of Transportation (DOT) ending antitrust immunity (ATI) for the Aeromexico and Delta Air Lines agreement.
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