Mexico Airport Operators to Boost Government Payment to 9%
- Government announces it reached a deal with three operators
- Companies will now contribute 9% from the previous 5%
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Mexico’s three airport operators agreed to almost double the contributions they pay the government, adding hundreds of millions of dollars in costs, in a deal to placate President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador after he criticized the industry’s profit margins.
GAP, OMA and Asur have reached an agreement with the government to modify the tariff structure that had been in place for over two decades, agreeing to hand the government 9% of gross revenue up from the current 5%, the Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation Ministry said in a statement Thursday.