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Mexican president to open new airport three years after scrapping alternative

FILE PHOTO: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador holds a news conference after lashing out at EU lawmakers for criticising his media antagonism, at a military base in Tapachula, Mexico March 11, 2022. Mexico Presidency/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will on Monday inaugurate a new Mexico City airport, over three years after he scrapped a separate $13 billion hub under construction by the previous government that he cast as a symbol of corruption.

The military base north of the capital which Lopez Obrador has turned into Felipe Angeles International Airport will start with just a handful of flights. It begins operations without a train connection, which is due to be ready next year.

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