Airports and Auxiliary Services (ASA) is a parastatal entity that manages and operates 3 of its own airports and another 4 in partnership with state governments in Mexico, operates 60 fuel stations at airports and a training center.
History
On June 10, 1965, by presidential decree during the government of Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, ASA was created, whose main assigned functions were to manage, operate and preserve the airports and provide complementary, auxiliary and commercial services to 34 airports existing in Mexico at that time. ASA was established due to the need to have a central Agency that would be in charge of the modernization and expansion of the airport infrastructure installed in Mexico; the conservation and improvement of navigation services and fuel supply, as well as promoting the development of Mexican commercial aviation and tourist routes.[1].
The main challenge of those first years was to modernize and increase the existing infrastructure, so that it responded to new challenges and advances in technology and operation, as well as the increase in demand for operations, which was growing exponentially. During its first ten years of life, ASA managed to build, expand and rehabilitate 25 airports. In this way, the country's network and aeronautical facilities were updated.
Between 1975 and 1985, the network operated and managed by the Agency had more than sixty airports, which earned it recognition in Latin America as an operator and builder. The operational capacity of flights at airports managed by ASA was increased; platform services increased; Passenger and hand luggage screening services were implemented at international airports; The construction of own equipment, special for airport activity, was encouraged, which allowed costs to be reduced and the appropriate mechanisms for air navigation at the airports in the network were improved.
At the end of the seventies, airports were modernized, mainly those in Mexico City, Cancún, Acapulco, Guadalajara and Monterrey. In them, a comprehensive concept was applied that included furniture, design, image, plastic integration and airport equipment designed at ASA and manufactured in Mexico. Also, technological development was promoted, among whose results stands out the manufacture of several vehicles and two prototypes of crop dusters. In 1979, ASA assumed responsibility for supplying fuel and lubricants to aircraft. By the 1980s, the Mexican Airport System was already consolidated.
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Introduction
Airports and Auxiliary Services (ASA) is a parastatal entity that manages and operates 3 of its own airports and another 4 in partnership with state governments in Mexico, operates 60 fuel stations at airports and a training center.
History
On June 10, 1965, by presidential decree during the government of Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, ASA was created, whose main assigned functions were to manage, operate and preserve the airports and provide complementary, auxiliary and commercial services to 34 airports existing in Mexico at that time. ASA was established due to the need to have a central Agency that would be in charge of the modernization and expansion of the airport infrastructure installed in Mexico; the conservation and improvement of navigation services and fuel supply, as well as promoting the development of Mexican commercial aviation and tourist routes.[1].
The main challenge of those first years was to modernize and increase the existing infrastructure, so that it responded to new challenges and advances in technology and operation, as well as the increase in demand for operations, which was growing exponentially. During its first ten years of life, ASA managed to build, expand and rehabilitate 25 airports. In this way, the country's network and aeronautical facilities were updated.
Between 1975 and 1985, the network operated and managed by the Agency had more than sixty airports, which earned it recognition in Latin America as an operator and builder. The operational capacity of flights at airports managed by ASA was increased; platform services increased; Passenger and hand luggage screening services were implemented at international airports; The construction of own equipment, special for airport activity, was encouraged, which allowed costs to be reduced and the appropriate mechanisms for air navigation at the airports in the network were improved.
At the end of the seventies, airports were modernized, mainly those in Mexico City, Cancún, Acapulco, Guadalajara and Monterrey. In them, a comprehensive concept was applied that included furniture, design, image, plastic integration and airport equipment designed at ASA and manufactured in Mexico. Also, technological development was promoted, among whose results stands out the manufacture of several vehicles and two prototypes of crop dusters. In 1979, ASA assumed responsibility for supplying fuel and lubricants to aircraft. By the 1980s, the Mexican Airport System was already consolidated.
The financial crisis experienced by governments around the world, particularly emerging ones, and the establishment of an economic model that involved State reform and structural adjustment, had a notable impact on Mexico's airport development. The federal government, in the context of a severe economic crisis, decided that, in order to expand and update the country's airport network, it was necessary to work under a scheme that contemplated the participation of private capital. A new legal framework was proposed aimed at promoting and promoting airport development through private investment, based on clear and transparent rules, and competitive and non-discriminatory conditions.
In the 90s, a structural change was made in the Mexican Airport System, by allowing private capital to participate in the operation of airports. In 1998, there was a network of 58 airports managed by ASA in Mexico, the number of which was considerably reduced when the privatization process of the 35 most profitable airports began, forming four regional groups: ASUR, OMA, GAP and AICM.
Faced with this new scenario, ASA's challenge was to reconstitute itself to be an airport and fuel station operating company that competed with international companies and took advantage of the new conditions of the globalized market. ASA began this decade operating 27 airports, as well as 63 fuel stations. It should be noted that the latter were 20 years behind and the facilities, equipment, systems and training programs were beginning to show signs of obsolescence, calling for modernization.
Against this backdrop, ASA took advantage of its strengths: its human capital and its institutional experience for the administration and operation of its airport network as well as the management of the fuel stations of the most important airports of the Mexican Airport System and through institutional planning and structural reform of the sector, it proposed schemes, innovative concepts and investment projects for infrastructure with a regional and sustainable approach that included the participation of state governments and private investors, which was established in the sectoral guidelines and in a new decree that modified and It updated the new reality that prevailed in the country's economy, thus beginning a process of forming airport companies with the airports of Puebla, Querétaro, Toluca and Cuernavaca.
Substantively, ASA continued to participate in the expansion and construction of airport infrastructure and participated in the construction of new airports in Querétaro, Tuxtla Gutiérrez and in the beginning of the modernization and expansion of the AICM and the Toluca airport.
In 2007, ASA operated 24 airports (19 directly and 4 in partnership), and consolidated a productive, efficient airport network, strenuously seeking to comply with national and sectoral strategies, in addition to seeking, as far as possible, profitability for the greatest possible number of airports in its Network, without neglecting its objective of fulfilling a public service.
In addition to becoming an Organization that promoted public-private participation, in the associated airports (Tuxtla Gutiérrez was incorporated into this scheme), capable of adequately satisfying the needs of fuel supply and offering consulting services at the national and international level, the Organization continued to play its role in the construction of airports and the construction of Terminal 2 of the AICM and the expansion and modernization of the Toluca International Airport were completed and work began to provide technical assistance to the Government of the State of Chiapas in the construction of a new airport in Palenque.
Currently, on the one hand, ASA plays a leading role in the development of airport infrastructure and in the emergence of new participation models that hold State Governments jointly responsible with the Federal Government and with private initiative in the modernization of facilities, the diversification of services and the improvement of their finances. On the other hand, its strategic role stands out in relation to specialized training for the aeronautical sector, the most relevant being the construction and launch in 2010 of the International Center for Airport Training and Auxiliary Services (CIIASA), as well as its recent consulting activities in various Latin American countries.
Creation of the Mexican Tourist Airport Group
In September 2022 and by instruction of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP) authorized the constitution of the majority state-owned company Grupo Aeroportuario Turístico Mexicano"), which will be able to carry out all the necessary actions to manage, operate, exploit and build (in the process of expansion and/or improvements) the International Airports of Tepic and Puerto Escondido.
On September 15, 2022, the presidential resolution was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation where the company established by the Mexican State as majority partner and the company Aeropuertos Mexicanos (AME) is officially constituted.[2] [3].
"That through the Resolution published in the Official Gazette of the Federation on September 15, 2022, the constitution of the Majority State Participation Company called "Grupo Aeroportuario Turístico Mexicano, S.A de C.V.", which will be grouped in the sector coordinated by the Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation, is authorized. reads the publication.
Goals
ASA's mission is to efficiently maintain the infrastructure of its airport and fuel station network, promoting new facilities where it is necessary to support development. Provide training to strengthen the sector and participate in new airport projects.
ASA's vision is to be a world-class airport operator, which satisfies with modern facilities the demand for airport services and supply of aviation fuels, and which offers nationally and internationally, airport operation services, technical assistance in fuels, consulting, technological development and training.
Its institutional objectives are:
Operating airports has been the fundamental task of Airports and Auxiliary Services during its 48 years of existence. In its airport administration, it provides elements and carries out activities aimed at the operation of equipment, installations and facilities in the 18 airports it operates, to offer users a safe, reliable and permanent means of transportation.
Its scope of action includes planning, organization, execution and supervision services in airport matters, from operational areas, airport security and operations, to buildings, and thus expand or improve the infrastructure that requires it.
ASA is a decentralized body of the Ministry of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation, it promotes the development of alternative aviation fuels and coordinates efforts with other entities of the Federal and State Government, as well as with private initiatives and academic and research organizations, to create this industry at the national level. ASA is the only supplier of aviation fuel in Mexico, so as the last link in the supply chain it has a strategic role and vision from which it acts as a promoter and catalyst of the sustainable aviation biofuels industry.
With more than 47 years of experience, Airports and Auxiliary Services, through its Fuels management, manages, conserves and maintains a network of 60 fuel stations and a supply point in Mexico.
This experience, together with a cutting-edge organization and modern systems and equipment, allows it to guarantee the quality of its services under a scheme of profitability, efficiency and safety.
In addition to the supply and marketing of aviation fuel, we have station management services, as well as highly qualified technical assistance.
Statistics
Annual traffic
Number of passengers at each airport by 2024:[11].
References
[1] ↑
[2] ↑ DOF: 02/08/2023
[3] ↑ La nueva paraestatal, Grupo Aeroportuario Turístico Mexicano, busca impulsar el turismo en Riviera Nayarit
[4] ↑ Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares (mayo de 2015). 50 años. Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares. ISBN 9786079682200. Consultado el 20 de septiembre de 2019.: http://sct.gob.mx/publicaciones/pesct/ASA-50-anos.pdf
[5] ↑ «Lugo Gil es el nuevo titular de Aeropuertos». El Informador. EXC-AEE. 7 de septiembre de 1985. |fechaacceso= requiere |url= (ayuda).
[6] ↑ «Tercer relevo en ASA; va Elías por Baranda». Reforma. 31 de mayo de 1996. |fechaacceso= requiere |url= (ayuda).
[7] ↑ «Nombran subsecretaria en SCT». Reforma. 2 de septiembre de 2008. |fechaacceso= requiere |url= (ayuda).
[9] ↑ «SCT nombra a Gilberto López Meyer como titular de ASA». Excélsior. Notimex. 5 de marzo de 2013. Consultado el 20 de septiembre de 2019.: https://www.dineroenimagen.com/2013-03-05/17018
The financial crisis experienced by governments around the world, particularly emerging ones, and the establishment of an economic model that involved State reform and structural adjustment, had a notable impact on Mexico's airport development. The federal government, in the context of a severe economic crisis, decided that, in order to expand and update the country's airport network, it was necessary to work under a scheme that contemplated the participation of private capital. A new legal framework was proposed aimed at promoting and promoting airport development through private investment, based on clear and transparent rules, and competitive and non-discriminatory conditions.
In the 90s, a structural change was made in the Mexican Airport System, by allowing private capital to participate in the operation of airports. In 1998, there was a network of 58 airports managed by ASA in Mexico, the number of which was considerably reduced when the privatization process of the 35 most profitable airports began, forming four regional groups: ASUR, OMA, GAP and AICM.
Faced with this new scenario, ASA's challenge was to reconstitute itself to be an airport and fuel station operating company that competed with international companies and took advantage of the new conditions of the globalized market. ASA began this decade operating 27 airports, as well as 63 fuel stations. It should be noted that the latter were 20 years behind and the facilities, equipment, systems and training programs were beginning to show signs of obsolescence, calling for modernization.
Against this backdrop, ASA took advantage of its strengths: its human capital and its institutional experience for the administration and operation of its airport network as well as the management of the fuel stations of the most important airports of the Mexican Airport System and through institutional planning and structural reform of the sector, it proposed schemes, innovative concepts and investment projects for infrastructure with a regional and sustainable approach that included the participation of state governments and private investors, which was established in the sectoral guidelines and in a new decree that modified and It updated the new reality that prevailed in the country's economy, thus beginning a process of forming airport companies with the airports of Puebla, Querétaro, Toluca and Cuernavaca.
Substantively, ASA continued to participate in the expansion and construction of airport infrastructure and participated in the construction of new airports in Querétaro, Tuxtla Gutiérrez and in the beginning of the modernization and expansion of the AICM and the Toluca airport.
In 2007, ASA operated 24 airports (19 directly and 4 in partnership), and consolidated a productive, efficient airport network, strenuously seeking to comply with national and sectoral strategies, in addition to seeking, as far as possible, profitability for the greatest possible number of airports in its Network, without neglecting its objective of fulfilling a public service.
In addition to becoming an Organization that promoted public-private participation, in the associated airports (Tuxtla Gutiérrez was incorporated into this scheme), capable of adequately satisfying the needs of fuel supply and offering consulting services at the national and international level, the Organization continued to play its role in the construction of airports and the construction of Terminal 2 of the AICM and the expansion and modernization of the Toluca International Airport were completed and work began to provide technical assistance to the Government of the State of Chiapas in the construction of a new airport in Palenque.
Currently, on the one hand, ASA plays a leading role in the development of airport infrastructure and in the emergence of new participation models that hold State Governments jointly responsible with the Federal Government and with private initiative in the modernization of facilities, the diversification of services and the improvement of their finances. On the other hand, its strategic role stands out in relation to specialized training for the aeronautical sector, the most relevant being the construction and launch in 2010 of the International Center for Airport Training and Auxiliary Services (CIIASA), as well as its recent consulting activities in various Latin American countries.
Creation of the Mexican Tourist Airport Group
In September 2022 and by instruction of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP) authorized the constitution of the majority state-owned company Grupo Aeroportuario Turístico Mexicano"), which will be able to carry out all the necessary actions to manage, operate, exploit and build (in the process of expansion and/or improvements) the International Airports of Tepic and Puerto Escondido.
On September 15, 2022, the presidential resolution was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation where the company established by the Mexican State as majority partner and the company Aeropuertos Mexicanos (AME) is officially constituted.[2] [3].
"That through the Resolution published in the Official Gazette of the Federation on September 15, 2022, the constitution of the Majority State Participation Company called "Grupo Aeroportuario Turístico Mexicano, S.A de C.V.", which will be grouped in the sector coordinated by the Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation, is authorized. reads the publication.
Goals
ASA's mission is to efficiently maintain the infrastructure of its airport and fuel station network, promoting new facilities where it is necessary to support development. Provide training to strengthen the sector and participate in new airport projects.
ASA's vision is to be a world-class airport operator, which satisfies with modern facilities the demand for airport services and supply of aviation fuels, and which offers nationally and internationally, airport operation services, technical assistance in fuels, consulting, technological development and training.
Its institutional objectives are:
Operating airports has been the fundamental task of Airports and Auxiliary Services during its 48 years of existence. In its airport administration, it provides elements and carries out activities aimed at the operation of equipment, installations and facilities in the 18 airports it operates, to offer users a safe, reliable and permanent means of transportation.
Its scope of action includes planning, organization, execution and supervision services in airport matters, from operational areas, airport security and operations, to buildings, and thus expand or improve the infrastructure that requires it.
ASA is a decentralized body of the Ministry of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation, it promotes the development of alternative aviation fuels and coordinates efforts with other entities of the Federal and State Government, as well as with private initiatives and academic and research organizations, to create this industry at the national level. ASA is the only supplier of aviation fuel in Mexico, so as the last link in the supply chain it has a strategic role and vision from which it acts as a promoter and catalyst of the sustainable aviation biofuels industry.
With more than 47 years of experience, Airports and Auxiliary Services, through its Fuels management, manages, conserves and maintains a network of 60 fuel stations and a supply point in Mexico.
This experience, together with a cutting-edge organization and modern systems and equipment, allows it to guarantee the quality of its services under a scheme of profitability, efficiency and safety.
In addition to the supply and marketing of aviation fuel, we have station management services, as well as highly qualified technical assistance.
Statistics
Annual traffic
Number of passengers at each airport by 2024:[11].
References
[1] ↑
[2] ↑ DOF: 02/08/2023
[3] ↑ La nueva paraestatal, Grupo Aeroportuario Turístico Mexicano, busca impulsar el turismo en Riviera Nayarit
[4] ↑ Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares (mayo de 2015). 50 años. Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares. ISBN 9786079682200. Consultado el 20 de septiembre de 2019.: http://sct.gob.mx/publicaciones/pesct/ASA-50-anos.pdf
[5] ↑ «Lugo Gil es el nuevo titular de Aeropuertos». El Informador. EXC-AEE. 7 de septiembre de 1985. |fechaacceso= requiere |url= (ayuda).
[6] ↑ «Tercer relevo en ASA; va Elías por Baranda». Reforma. 31 de mayo de 1996. |fechaacceso= requiere |url= (ayuda).
[7] ↑ «Nombran subsecretaria en SCT». Reforma. 2 de septiembre de 2008. |fechaacceso= requiere |url= (ayuda).
[9] ↑ «SCT nombra a Gilberto López Meyer como titular de ASA». Excélsior. Notimex. 5 de marzo de 2013. Consultado el 20 de septiembre de 2019.: https://www.dineroenimagen.com/2013-03-05/17018