Aguascalientes International Airport invests 60 million pesos to expand

In 2018 the International Airport of Aguascalientes, was benefited by the growth the state has had, since during that year it achieved an increase of 18 percent in the number of registered operations, what represents 18,360 national and international operations.

This way, the number of passengers also grew in a considerable manner with 15 percent, what means more than 865,000 users, achieving a largest traffic trend in the history of the airport.  While international flights grew above 12 percent with more than 300 operations, likewise the results were positive for national flights, whose increase was of 19.29 percent with 2,021 extra operations, therefore it is projected that for 2020 they will exceed one million.

For this year it is sought to increase the connectivity with the United States, where more than 7,693 inhabitants of Aguascalientes live, according to the last figure of the Institute for Mexicans Aboard (IME, by its Spanish initials) therefore, more options will be offered for the people of Aguascalientes traveling continuously to that country.

As of June 2019 one of the Mexican airlines will include on its catalogue a direct flight from Aguascalientes to Chicago, which will begin operations on Sunday 16^th that month.  With this new plant the state Airport will be joining the three international destinations it already has to Los Angeles, Dallas and Houston.

On the other hand, the State Government together with the directive of Grupo Aeropuertario del Pacifico (GAP) announced another Project which is the expansion of the Jesus Teran Peredo International Airport with an initial investment of 60 million pesos.  This process will take place during the next 12 months as part of a first stage that consists in the expansion of the waiting room, works by 220 million pesos are anticipated afterwards between 2019 and 2024.