Mexico

Market overview

Mexico combines a large and growing passenger market with one of the world's biggest aerospace manufacturing bases. Airport groups ASUR, GAP and OMA handled about 120.7 million passengers from January to November 2025, up 2.4%, with OMA in the north growing fastest. Low-cost carriers Volaris and Viva lead domestic flying, and Aeroméxico leads internationally. Manufacturing is the bigger story. Aerospace exports reached an estimated record US$13.6 billion in 2025, which one tally ranks fourth in the world. Close to 400 companies employ about 60,000 skilled workers across 19 states, clustered in Chihuahua, Querétaro, Baja California, Sonora and Nuevo León. Safran alone employs nearly 15,000 people. The industry federation FEMIA expects the sector to roughly double in value, to about US$22.7 billion, by 2029. For suppliers and service providers, Mexico is a nearshoring base for the US market. There is demand for machining, wiring, composites, special processes and approvals, and for MRO serving the region's growing low-cost fleets.

Key facts

• An estimated US$13.6 billion of aerospace exports in 2025, a record (MUNDI estimate, July 2026).
• Close to 400 aerospace companies and about 60,000 skilled workers in 19 states (July 2026).
• About 120.7 million passengers at the ASUR, GAP and OMA airports from January to November 2025, up 2.36% (Dec 2025).
• Volaris (11.3 million) and Viva (11.1 million) led domestic traffic from January to May 2025; Aeroméxico carried 7.1 million international passengers (June 2025).
• Safran employs nearly 15,000 people in Mexico, about a quarter of the sector's workforce (June 2025).

Key figures

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0).

Did you know

Querétaro hosts one of Latin America's largest aerospace manufacturing clusters.

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