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Article: TRAVEL AGENTS' ASSOCIATION CHARGES MEXICANA & AEROMEXICO AIRLINES WITH
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- SourceMex Economic News & Analysis on Mexico
- Article date:
- October 6, 1993
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In late September, the Mexican Association of Travel Agencies (Asociacion Mexicana de Agencias de Viajes, AMAV) filed a complaint with the Transportation Secretariat (Secretaria de Comunicaciones y Transporte, SCT) charging Mexicana and Aeromexico airlines with engaging in "monopolistic" practices.
AMAV president Augusto Bojorquez accused the two airlines of putting pressure on travel agencies to give preference to Mexicana or Aeromexico when issuing tickets or selling promotional packages. Bojorquez said the two airlines threatened the travel agencies with loss of access to the Mexicana-Aeromexico reservation system if they did not comply.
Bojorquez also ...