5 Airlines Are Competing to Grow in Mexico City

Late last year, Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico agreed to divest up to 24 slot pairs at Mexico City’s highly congested airport as a condition of forming a joint venture in the U.S.-Mexico market. The U.S. Department of Transportation will allocate 14 of these Mexico City slot pairs to low-fare airlines this year.

5 Airlines Are Competing to Grow in Mexico City

Late last year, Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico agreed to divest up to 24 slot pairs at Mexico City’s highly congested airport as a condition of forming a joint venture in the U.S.-Mexico market. The U.S. Department of Transportation will allocate 14 of these Mexico City slot pairs to low-fare airlines this year.

Mexico’s Minimum Wage Set to Rise Nearly 10%

Mexico’s minimum wage will rise almost 10% on Sunday, in a jolt to the system meant to stoke the poorest workers’ buying power, which has been eroded by recessions and past bouts of high inflation. But the prospect of higher earnings is doing little to dent pessimism among consumers, who head into 2017 facing rising fuel costs, higher interest rates and a weakening peso that closed 2016 near record lows against the U.S. dollar.