More than 25,000 people attended the Sunday promenade at AIFA: Sedena

The delivery date for the new Felipe Ángeles Airport, located in what was previously the Santa Lucia Military Air Base, is getting closer and closer, as it is expected to open on March 21 of this year. This work is one of the flagship projects of the current government of the country. Therefore, the authorities organized a Sunday walk on Sunday, March 13, in order to allow citizens to get to know the place where international and regional travelers are planned to arrive up close.

Given this, during the morning conference on March 15, the head of the Ministry of Defense, Luis Crescencio Sandoval, reported that the tour was attended by more than 25,000 people (just over 16,500 cyclists and 8,705 people on foot), who walked and walked with their pets, went cycling and getting to know the interior and exterior of the place:

“The rapprochement with society has been extremely important for us, this type of activity has been a priority for the National Defense, and therefore, as a goal of rapprochement, a Sunday walk was held last Sunday in Santa Lucia, State of Mexico to give every citizen the opportunity to get to know very closely what in that military field he built the army's engineering corps, a unique opportunity, since it was considered to visit both the Felipe Ángeles International Airport, as well as the facilities of the air base, the social and cultural facilities included in this great project,” said the general.

It is 2 years after its construction that Felipe Ángeles International Airport will be put into operation, which is why President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and the Chief of Government of the City of Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, held the event “Get around by bike at Santa Lucia Airport” as well as a Sunday ride, which started from 9:00 in the morning and ended until 18:00 hours last Sunday.

The day consisted of traveling 24 km of the place, where visitors could interact on the dog training track and the soldier's mini track. In addition, visitors were able to see the Monumental Glorieta, the Plaza Mexicana, the Control Tower and the central court and the military platform during the filming.

At the same time, the Secretariat of National Defense (SEDENA) took a tour of the Quinametzin museums and the Mammoth Museum. The latter will have six permanent exhibition halls with the restoration of bone parts and reproductions of mammoths and other animals found during the excavations. It will also have an area for temporary exhibitions; a themed garden; a virtual reality area, a recreation area for an archaeological excavation; a souvenir area and a feeding point.

Just on March 12, a worker lost his life after an accident occurred in works at Felipe Angeles International Airport. According to the first reports, a lock would have been fractured during the construction of a highway distributor that flows into the air terminal. However, authorities pointed out that this would not mean changes to the scheduled opening date.

In addition, on the same day, it was announced that the company in charge of the administration of the airport complex granted a contract for MXN 26.4 million to a specialized company that will be responsible for the control of harmful fauna in and around the infrastructure of the President of the Republic's flagship project.

The work, which had an investment of 15,223 million pesos, until a month ago had only 87% progress in its construction. In order to achieve the purpose of delivering the place ready by March 21, there have been workers divided into three different shifts and thus continue the work work 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It should be noted that the new AIFA plans to start its activities with at least 8 commercial flights.

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