The Airport Use Fee (TUA) It is a charge that is applied to passengers who use the facilities of an airport. This amount charged by airports is non-negotiable and does not usually obtain discounts. In that sense, the Mexico City International Airport (AICM) published the new rates corresponding to the OLD both national and international that passengers pay.
Starting January 1, 2025, The national TUA has an increase of 2.5%, going from $28.95 to $29.70. While heInternational TUA rises 2.6%, going from $54.96 to $56.39as published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF).
This increase will directly impact the price of plane tickets, since This fare is paid by passengers.
He AICM indicated that, in terms of the concession title granted to him by the Federal Governmentthrough the Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation (SICT) has the power to charge the fees authorized by the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP)with the participation that corresponds to the SICTas long as it retains its character as a company with majority state participation.
The increases with respect to the immediately previous year are based on official letters No. 349-B-202 dated December 19, 2013 (TUA Nacional) and No. 349-B-1490 of December 27, 2017 (TUA International) issued for the SHCPthrough which it was authorized AICM new rate levels.
“To make the adjustment, the corresponding annual increase observed in the Price Index al Consumer for Total Urban Consumerspublished by Federal Reserve Bank of the United States of America, for the annual period between the months of October of the years immediately preceding its application”, details the AICM.
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AICM will determine the price of OLD based on the exchange rate
The TUA national and international They are expressed in dollars, so AICM It will determine its equivalent in Mexican pesos monthly, using the monthly average of the exchange rate of the immediately preceding month.
Regarding the application rules, the OLD national to passengers boarding at any airport, if their final destination is national.
and applies the OLD international to passengers boarding at any airport, if their final destination is abroad.
Non-paying passengers OLD They are: children up to two years old; representatives and diplomatic agents of foreign countries, in case of reciprocity; passengers in transit and in connection in the terms determined by the SICT; aeronautical technical personnel on secondment who have the corresponding current license, issued by the aeronautical authority.
For the purposes of this rate, only extra, reinforcement, return and concentration crews are included, which are considered to be the pilot, co-pilot, purser and in-flight mechanic only.
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