benito jurez international airport

Benito Jurez International Airport (IATA Airport Code: MEX), named after the 19th century Mexican statesman Benito Jurez, is Mexico's main international and domestic gateway. This huge international airport, is LatinAmerica's major airport, and is one of the 30 most important airports worldwide in terms of passengers, operations, and cargo. Benito Jurez International is in Mexico City, Mexico. Plans to relocate the airport to either Texcoco (EdoMex) or Tizayuca (Hidalgo) were floated by the government under President Vicente Fox in 2001-02, but these were later shelved due to resistance from local farmers dissatisfied with the price offered for their land. Because of this, the AICM (Aeropuerto Internacional de la Ciudad de Mexico) is facing major constructions, under the project "Mexico City Airport expansion at its maximum capacity", incluiding new concourses in the Terminal 1 and 1-E, and two new terminals, the Terminal 2, and Terminal 3, these to handle up to 15 million passengers more per year, to the actual 25m. This airport offer direct flights to more than 200 destinations worldwide. In 1979, a Western Airlines DC-10 plane coming in from Los Angeles crash landed in the airport, killing all but 15 of the 150 passengers on that flight. More accurate information about aviation disasters can be found in the external links. On November 28, 2004, the Arizona Republic wrote an article about the airport. The newspaper staff found it remarkable that, after the September 11 terrorist attacks, Benito Juarez International Airport kept their plane spotting area open to the public, whereas a large number of airports worldwide decided to close them. The Republic estimated that about 300 viewers and 100 model airplane and food sellers are attracted to the area every day. The airport's director told the newspaper that they had decided to leave the area open because it offered a free way of spending days to poor families. Early in 2005, Qantas, Singapore Airlines and China Airlines, among others, announced interest in opening routes to Benito Juarez International Airport from Australia and Asia. While Mexicana is studying the possibility of launching flights Mexico City-Tijuana-Tokio/Bangkok/Shangai/Hong Kong/Singapore with Airbus A340-500 aircraft. Benito Jurez International Airport has 3 terminals: