FAA Returns Mexico to Highest Safety Category – Airways | Airlines

DALLAS — After two years of close collaboration and efforts to address safety issues, the US Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) has upgraded Mexico’s safety rating, restoring it to Category 1, which represents the highest level of safety standards.

This decision comes as a result of the FAA’s downgrade of Mexico to Category 2 in May 2021, following investigations that revealed Mexico did not meet the safety standards set by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). At the time, the FAA had identified 12 problems with Mexico’s air safety.

In response to the downgrade, Mexico’s Federal Civil Aviation Agency (AFAC) worked closely with the FAA to correct the safety discrepancies that resulted in the downgrade. Additionally, Mexico’s Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications, and Transport (SICT), the Congress of the Union, and other prominent stakeholders in the country’s airline industry joined forces to carry out collaborative measures to comply with ICAO’s safety standards.

As a result, several improvements were made to Mexico’s aviation safety standards to regain its Category 1 rating from the FAA. Among the measures taken to recover the top rating, the government improved inspections of aircraft and medical screenings of pilots. Other issues found in 2021 include the aviation regulator’s technical expertise and record-keeping.

The IASA Program

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The Category ranking system is an integral part of the FAA’s International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) program, which involves thorough investigations of the Civil Aviation Authorities of countries with direct flights to the US or code sharing agreements with US-based airlines.

The primary objective of this program is to ensure that every country adheres to international safety standards. When a country fully complies, it is designated as Category 1, enabling airlines to introduce new services between that country and the US, while US airlines can…

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