Mexico’s Vivaaerobus launched two new domestic routes from Tijuana to Oaxaca and Puebla, on Friday 20 October. The 2,665-kilometre service to Oaxaca will be maintained daily, while the 2,375-kilometre flight to Puebla will run 12-weekly with a 2-daily service each day except on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Both will be operated by the A320-famly aircraft. The airline will compete […]
October 23, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Southwest introduced two international services from Kansas City, including to Montego Bay in Jamaica and San Jose del Cabo in Mexico. Both the 2,815-kilometre route to Montego Bay and the 2,285-kilometre flight to San Jose del Cabo were launched on Saturday 7 October and will be maintained weekly, with the 737 MAX 8 and the […]
October 11, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Mexico’s Vivaaerobus launched a new domestic service between Merida and Puebla on Monday 2 October. The 930-kilometre route will be maintained 3-weekly, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, with the 240-seat A321 aircraft. The LCC faces no competition between the two cities. What they said Juan Carlos Zuazua, the CEO of Vivaaerobus, said: “We continue to improve […]
October 5, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Avianca launched operations between Guatemala City and Cancun on Friday 1 September. The 815-kilometre service will be maintained 4-weekly on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, with the 180-seat A320 aircraft. It will compete against two other carriers on the route. They include the local Transportes Aereos Guatemaltecos (TAG) with a 4-weekly service on the ATR72 […]
September 5, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Ireland is the seventh-largest European market to North America by non-stop capacity this July-September. According to Cirium schedules data, there are 789,000 one-way seats available, 6.7% more than last year but 4.3% lower than in 2019. Despite the continued recovery, it is the third highest Q3 capacity to date. As Cork lost North America service […]
August 15, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
The Dominican Republic is a hugely important Caribbean market from North America. According to Cirium schedules information data, there are 1.77 million non-stop one-way seats this July-September (Q3). It is the most-served Caribbean destination from North America after the US territory of Puerto Rico. This quarter, the Dominican Republic, which revolves around diaspora and tourists, […]
July 19, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Viva Aerobus carried 11.34 million passengers in the first half of 2023 (January-June). Helped by the cessation of Interjet in 2020, Viva Aerobus has grown enormously. Traffic rose by 20%+ versus 1H 2022 – its previous record – and by 110% over the pre-pandemic 2019. The huge domestic market remained Viva Aerobus’ foundation, with around […]
July 13, 2023 | Airlines, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
The Mexican city of Monterrey has a considerable 5.4 million people in its metro area. Its airport welcomed 10.94 million passengers in 2022, 2.1% below that of 2019. That recovery is impressive given the exit of what was the airport’s third-largest carrier, Interjet, which was backfilled by enormous growth by Vivaaerobus and Aeromexico in particular. […]
June 28, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
While US seat capacity is forecast to be up just over 3% in 2023 Q3 (compared with 2019 Q3), the aviation fortunes of its two neighbours differ markedly. To the south, Mexican seat capacity is set to be up 21% to 29.1 million seats, though the number of flights is virtually unchanged. To the north, […]
June 12, 2023 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America
Mexico to the US is the world’s third-largest international country market based on August flights. According to Cirium schedules information data, there are 2,764 weekly departures that month (nearly 400 daily). It is smaller than only USA-Canada and UK-Spain. Mexico-US August departures are 8.8% above 2019 and 2.2% greater year-on-year, the previous record. 31 airports […]
May 10, 2023 | Airlines, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Aeromexico introduced flights between Mexico City NLU and Houston IAH on Monday 1 May, marking the first US route to be served out of the Mexican capital’s newest international airport – Felipe Angeles (AIFA). The 1,235-kilometre service is maintained daily by Aeromexico’s regional subsidiary Aeromexico Connect and its E190 jet. Flight AM2780 departs Mexico City […]
May 8, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Aeromexico added a new destination in Europe on Saturday 25 March with the introduction of a nonstop service between Mexico City and Rome FCO. The 10,240-kilometre transatlantic route is served 4-weekly with the 787-8 aircraft. The SkyTeam member airline will increase frequencies between the two capital cities to 5-weekly from 1 June and to daily […]
March 27, 2023 | Latest Route News +