Mexico's new airport still lacking basics despite big opening splash

People take photos of themselves at an area of the new Felipe Angeles international airport, in Zumpango, Mexico State, Mexico, April 1, 2022. Picture taken April 1, 2022. REUTERS/Kylie Madry

SANTA LUCIA, Mexico (Reuters) - After a grandiose inauguration ceremony of Mexico City's newest airport last month, not a single suitcase was in sight there on a recent Friday afternoon, with just one flight flashing across the display board: Aeromexico, arriving from the Mexican city of Merida, delayed.

Three weeks after the opening, Felipe Angeles International Airport (AIFA), 28 miles (45 km) north of the current Mexico City hub, was still under construction.