Editing Aeroméxico (section)

===2000s===
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[[File:Aeromexico Boeing 737-700 Airwim-1.jpg|thumb|An Aeroméxico [[Boeing 737 Next Generation|Boeing 737-700]] in 2004.]]
Between 2000 and 2005, Aeroméxico had an average fleet of 60 aircraft in mainline operation, plus 20 in [[Aerolitoral]], as well as five CEOs during this time. On 22 June 2000, the airline, along with [[Air France]], [[Delta Air Lines|Delta]], and [[Korean Air]], founded the [[SkyTeam]] global airline alliance. After 9/11 and the Iraq War, it pursued a fleet renovation program. In 2003, the airline acquired its first [[Boeing 737 Next Generation|Boeing 737-700]] instead of the [[Boeing 717]] as a replacement for its aging DC-9 aircraft. On 29 March 2006, Aeroméxico CEO Andrés Conesa announced the inauguration of direct flights between Japan and Mexico City via [[Tijuana]]. This was after the purchase of two [[Boeing 777|Boeing 777-200ERs]], making Aeroméxico the third airline in [[Latin America]] to fly regularly to Asia, after [[Varig]] and the now-defunct [[VASP]]. Since Varig's demise, Aeroméxico is currently the only airline with this service. Aeroméxico resumed its Mexico City-Tijuana-Shanghai route twice a week as of 30 March 2010. Suspension of this flight was due to the [[2009 flu pandemic]].

On 29 June 2006, the [[International Lease Finance Corporation]] (ILFC) and Aeroméxico announced that the airline would operate three [[Boeing 787 Dreamliner]]s. Aeroméxico's deliveries were scheduled to begin in early 2012. From 2006, Consorcio Aeroméxico S.A. de C.V., the parent company of Aeroméxico at the time, faced large debts and had no profits to pay them off, so it offered Aeroméxico for sale in 2007. In early October, a week-long auction was held, with [[Grupo Financiero Banamex]], a unit of [[Citigroup]], competing against the Saba family. On 17 October 2007, Banamex offered the highest bid and purchased the airline for US$249.1 million. In October 2010, Aeroméxico's largest competitor, Mexicana de Aviacion, filed for bankruptcy and was placed in administration.