Thursday, January 6, 2011

Mexicana may fly again


Today Mexican children awoke hoping to find gifts left by the Three Wise Men, known in Mexico as the Three Magical Kings. Mexicana Airlines, for its part, received official authorization to start flying again on Jan. 24. And it can start selling tickets now. In August, the financially troubled carrier sought bankruptcy protection, is now in receivership and has new investors. If the company does return to the skies, it will be much smaller than it had been. As of now, the new airline Interjet — controlled by descendents of President Miguel Aleman (1946 to 1952) — is the second largest in the country, after Aeroméxico.


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Jimm Budd

Reporting from Mexico City

Member of the Society of American Travel Writers

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