Uber aims to service Mexico City's distant new airport in 'near future'

Uber is working with Mexican authorities to bring service to and from the capital’s newest airport, which formally opened Monday with just a few flights and lacking key transportation to the infamously traffic-plagued megacity. The ride-hailing giant’s Mexican unit said that it hopes to offer service “in the near future” to the Felipe Angeles International Airport, approximately 45 km north of Mexico City’s long-standing international hub. The airport is the first of Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s signature infrastructure projects to be completed, three years after he scrapped a $13b, partially built airport that he argued was riddled with the previous administration’s corruption. The president has said that the new site will ease congestion at the existing airport, though only a handful of daily flights are operating and a promised train connection has yet to be completed. <br/>