Mexico news: Group's bid nixed for new Riviera Maya airport

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Travel Weekly - The National Newspaper of the Travel Industry

February 9, 2011

Mexico Insight

Watchdog agency nixes group's bid
for new Riviera Maya airport

By Gay Nagle Myers

Mexico's Federal Competition Commission, the government watchdog of anti-competitive practices in Mexico, banned airport operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste from bidding on a new airport in the Riviera Maya region. Read More

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