News / DHL leads freighter exodus from MEX as government ban looms

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DHL will be the first freighter operator to move flights serving Mexico City from the city’s main airport, Benito Juarez (MEX), to Felipe Angeles International, which opened last March.

The move will set a clock ticking for other all-cargo carriers at MEX to move to Felipe Angeles, or find alternative options to serve the capital.

The Mexican air cargo industry has been in turmoil since a draft of a government decree to banish pure cargo operators from the country’s biggest gateway was ...