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Mexicana cuts more flights after filing for bankruptcy

By Hugo MartínStaff Writer 
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Only a week after filing for bankruptcy, Mexicana Airlines announced further cuts to its service, primarily international flights from Mexico City.

Mexicana, Mexico biggest airline by passenger count, cut or suspended about 20 flights beginning this week.

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Last week the financially troubled airline suspended four daily flights from Los Angeles International Airport and several more from Oakland, San Francisco and Sacramento. The Mexico City-based airline has been the busiest foreign-based airline at LAX.

Mexicana’s parent company, Nuevo Grupo Aeronautico, filed for bankruptcy on Aug. 2, citing high labor costs and heavy debt.

-- Hugo Martín

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Hugo Martín

Hugo Martín is an assistant editor on the Fast Break Desk, the Los Angeles Times’ breaking news team. He has been a journalist with the Los Angeles Times for more than 30 years, covering politics, transportation, travel, business and the outdoors. A native Californian, Martín was part of the Metro staff that won Pulitzer Prizes in 1993, 1995 and 1998. He is an avid outdoorsman, a proud father and die-hard Lakers fan.

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