"Mexico May Be Interested in Cross-Border Airport with San Diego"

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Mexico May Be Interested in Cross-Border Airport with San Diego 
The San Diego (CA) Union-Tribune 


The San Diego County Regional Airport Authority has received confirmation
that Mexican officials are interested in considering building a cross-border
airport facility, the South County Economic Development Council said.

Mexico's counsel general, Luis Cabrera, expressed that interest in a March 2
letter to Alan Bersin, the airport authority chairman.

In February, the authority agreed to a market study for a project that would
allow San Diego passengers access to flights out of Tijuana's Rodriguez
International Airport without having to drive across the border.

Steve Castaneda, a Chula Vista councilman and a development council member,
said the authority "is looking to maximize the existing airport facilities
to relieve congestion."

The study will look at options that include a simple pedestrian bridge from
a parking lot in Otay Mesa or a terminal on the U.S. side with ticket and
check-in counters. The most elaborate would allow commercial carriers to
pull up and park at gates in U.S. territory.

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