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
American has added a new route to Mexico. On Tuesday 10 January the oneworld carrier launched daily service on the 1,430-kilometre route between Phoenix and Monterrey. American is using Embraer E175s on the route, operated by its partner airline Envoy Air. Flight AA3832 departs the Arizona airport at 20:00 local time and arrives in Mexico […]
January 13, 2023 | Latest Route News +
New Dominican Republic carrier Arajet (IATA code DM) has launched two further routes to destinations in Mexico after launching its first flights to the country on 22 September. The new, Santo Domingo based airline began 3-weekly service to Cancun and 2-weekly service to Monterrey on Friday 30 September. Neither route is served by any other […]
October 4, 2022 | Latest Route News +