Regulations and Government
Manny Aero Provides Update on Mexico ATC Fee Payments
Penalties could be in store for those who haven't paid their Mexican air navigation fees.
Air Traffic Control Tower at Cabo San Lucas Airport with U.S.-registered business jet parked on airport ramp
Aircraft with outstanding unpaid ATC overflight fee balances may be denied departures out of the country. (Photo: Ricreig, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

A notice published earlier this month by Mexican FBO Manny Aero regarding Mexico’s collection of overflight fees was in error, according to an update from the company. In the notice, Manny Aero mistakenly reported that Seneam, the country’s ATC provider, was issuing a new directive implementing immediately "new regulations” for aircraft operators with a balance of unpaid overflight fees.

The FBO has since clarified that “these rules have been around for over 10 years and while [Seneam] did block operators a few years ago, they stopped doing that to avoid it being considered an intimidating measurement.”

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