Editing Aeroméxico (section)

===1970s===
[[File:Douglas DC-8-51 XA-SID Aeronaves TOR 26.03.71 edited-3.jpg|thumb|An Aeronaves de Mexico [[Douglas DC-8]] at [[Toronto Pearson International Airport|Toronto International Airport]] in 1971.]]
The 1970s brought dramatic changes for Aeroméxico. In 1970, under a government plan, Mexican domestic airlines were nationalized into an integrated air transport system under the control of Aeronaves de México. The system included eight smaller carriers, although these were later disbanded.<ref name="FI"/>
During the early 1970s, the remaining Douglas DC-6 and Bristol Britannia aircraft were retired. A new color scheme (orange and black) was introduced and the airline changed its name from "Aeronaves de México" to its current, shortened version of Aeroméxico in February 1972.

One of Aeronaves de Mexico's subsidiaries during that era was named Aeronaves del Sureste ("Southeast Air Ships").<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/sureste2.htm|title=Aeronaves del Sureste|website=www.timetableimages.com}}</ref> That subsidiary had a mix of Twin-Otter and DC-9 jets aircraft.

Aeroméxico, as one of the launch customers of the [[McDonnell Douglas DC-10|McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30]] program, received the first of its aircraft in 1974. That same year, the airline also took delivery of its first seven [[McDonnell Douglas DC-9|McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32s]].{{cn|date=June 2024}} 
[[File:Aero Mexico DC-9 XA-DEN 01.jpg|thumb|First flight on April 8, 1974 and delivered to Aeroméxico on May 21, 1974. The aircraft on July 27, 1981 landing at Chihuahua [[General Roberto Fierro Villalobos International Airport]], with bad weather conditions, overran the runway threshold, the fuselage broke and caught fire causing 30 fatalities among 66 occupants.]]
During this period, the airline's popularity and visibility grew dramatically. This was due in part to Aeroméxico's involvement in [[Cinema of Mexico|Mexican movies]]. Basically, every time characters in any movie produced in Mexico had to fly somewhere, they were depicted as flying on Aeroméxico aircraft.{{cn|date=June 2024}}