News / Mexican air wave attracts carriers with an eye on 'nearshoring' cargo flows

© Jorg Hackemann

Airfreight traffic in and out of Mexico keeps growing, buoyed by international carriers increasing capacity into the market.

The updraught is also attracting resurrected carrier Mexicana, which recently signalled plans for cargo flights.

Statistics from Mexico’s civil aviation authority show a 6.1% tear-on-year rise in airfreight tonnage in September, bringing the tally for the first nine months of the year to 940,840 tons, an increase of 7.1% over the same period last year.

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