Speaker Biograghy: José Luis Romo is a Mexican economist who has studied at the University of Warwick in England and Harvard University in the USA. For the last 15 years he has held different positions in the Mexican Government, including the Ministry of Finance, the National Commission for the Social Protection in Health, and the Mexican Social Security Institute. Since September 2013 he has been responsible for the Planning and Evaluation office at the New Airport Project of Mexico City, one of the three largest infrastructural airport projects worldwide. The construction of the new international airport is set to begin in 2015 and is expected to be up and running by 2020. The total investment is planned around US$13bn. In its maximum development phase it will have six runways and will transport around 120 million passengers each year.


Day 2 - 11 March
Session: IATA Day

13:00 - 13:00 - Panel discussion: The new Mexico Airport
Synopsis: Together with airlines, (Aeromexico/Delta/Skyteam), airport and consulting colleagues, the panel will consider the new Mexico Airport development and the opportunity it provides to build a new 21st century airport. Panellists will discuss their separate interpretations of how a new airport will operate, and review this in terms of the physical manifestation of the new Mexico Airport. Panellists will use graphics to demonstrate their interpretations.

Audience will learn:

• Underlying 'new airport' concepts being considered for the Mexico airport project
• How IATA Fast Travel concepts are being interpreted for implementation at MEX
• How the project time frame and phasing may impact the different phases of delivery
• Opportunities and challenges facing the new Mexico Airport project team