State-run Mexicana airline to buy 20 planes by October, says Lopez Obrador

Mexico's state-owned airline Mexicana will purchase 20 aircraft by October when President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's term ends, the country's leader told reporters on Tuesday.

The airline, administered by the military, struggled to take flight at the end of last year after it was unable to acquire aircraft. It started operations using three military planes and two rented aircraft.