This paper explores the development of Mexican commercial aviation (and more specifically the trajectory of Compañía Mexicana de Aviación) against the background of Mexico’s Second World War alliance with the USA and its post-war economic expansion. USA foreign aid allowed Mexican president Manuel Ávila Camacho (1940–46) to further develop the country’s aviation network and personnel. The Second World War’s disruption of tourism allowed Mexico to reap the benefits of a rapidly growing vacation industry. The election of Miguel Aléman in 1946 reinforced commercial aviation and tourism as crucial, co-dependent elements in modernising the country and making Compañía Mexicana de Aviación a symbol of national progress. Although the Second World War emerges as a crucial point in the development of Mexican aviation, the same processes that buoyed commercial airlines also reinforced cultural stereotypes that were exploited for USA tourists and masked reckless financial decisions that nearly bankrupted Compañía Mexicana de Aviación’s in late 1950s.

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墨西哥飞行的奇迹（和海市蜃楼）：第二次世界大战期间和之后墨西哥的航空发展

本文以墨西哥与美国的第二次世界大战联盟及其战后经济扩张为背景，探讨了墨西哥商业航空的发展（更具体地说，是墨西哥航空公司的发展轨迹）。美国的对外援助使墨西哥总统曼努埃尔·阿维拉·卡马乔（Manuel Ávila Camacho，1940-46 年）能够进一步发展该国的航空网络和人员。第二次世界大战对旅游业的破坏使墨西哥能够从快速增长的度假业中获益。1946年米格尔艾尔雅·米格尔艾尔·曼的选举加强了商业航空和旅游作为一个至关重要的，共同依赖的元素，在现代化的国家和制作ompañía墨西哥人deaviación是一个国家进步的象征。尽管第二次世界大战成为墨西哥航空发展的关键时刻，