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Airlines continue to spread wings on Mexico

Airlines are responding to increased U.S. demand and Canada for Service to Mexico by widening service options to the country for many destinations. With greater access by air carriers to contribute boost international tourist arrivals.

Over the past six months, a mixture of the major airlines and low cost airlines in the United States and Canada have increased hours of service to different parts of Mexico through additional frequencies of existing routes and launching new services.

"That airlines across the board are increasing flight options to Mexico demonstrates the high degree of confidence tourism industry has in our country, and travelers are interested in the discovery of Mexico for themselves. Mexicans are known worldwide for their warmth and hospitality, and American travelers will be welcomed with open arms, "said Magdalena Carral, CEO of the Mexico Tourism Board.

The expansion of air transport of entry into Mexico is aligned with the objective of the integral of the Mexican government, the tourism plan long term to increase the number of visitors international. With 21.9 million visitors in 2005, the country ranks seventh international tourism destination according to World Tourism Organization figures released in June.

Among airlines increasing flights is Delta Air Lines. In recent months, the Atlanta-based company launched a new nonstop service to destinations in Mexico such as Acapulco, Merida, and Ixtapa from Atlanta; Mazatlan from Salt Lake City, and Puerto Vallarta and Acapulco from New York John F. Kennedy International Airport.

Frontier Airlines another company at the forefront to expand service to Mexico, has announced plans to launch roundtrip service between Denver and Guadalajara. The service marks the eighth city in Mexico to be served by the border. The four weekly flights to Guadalajara, scheduled for starting December 22 as part of the plans of the Denver-based Frontier to increase service to Mexico by 30 percent during the high season of winter break; Add frequencies Frontier flight from Denver to Cancun, Puerto Vallarta and Cabo San Lucas. Frontier announced it would begin new nonstop service between San Diego and Cancun with a weekly flight from December 16.

Addition of three new routes to Mexico this year, the latest release of United Airlines was in July connecting Chicago and Cancun. The company had started its Los Angeles-Cancun and Puerto Vallarta routes Chicago's-March. Together, United serves 16 routes between the U.S. and Mexico excluding two seasonal routes, Denver-Mexico City and Denver-Ixtapa, which run during the winter months. The new flights to Mexico are offered through U.S. low-cost airline's counterpart, Ted.

services racing season to be added during the winter months include American Airlines announced plans to begin a round trip, nonstop weekly service from JFK to Mexico's San Jose del Cabo in Baja California, from December 16 through April 9, 2007. The legacy airline, which has been operating flights to Mexico from the 1941 market, currently serves San Jose Cape, with three daily flights from Dallas / Fort Worth, two daily from Los Angeles, and three weekly flights from Chicago.

Other flights additions to existing routes include service by Alaska Airlines, which will lengthen its list of services to the Mexico resort cities this fall with six flights weekly from Los Angeles and San Francisco, thus increasing their capacity in Mexico by 22 percent. The company also plans to inaugurate nonstop service between Los Angeles and La Paz, San Francisco and Cancun and Seattle and Cancun, and between Portland, Oregon both Los Cabos and Puerto Vallarta.

Northwest Airlines's announcement of additional frequencies during weekday winter travel season between Minneapolis / St. Paul and the cities of Mexico Acapulco, Manzanillo and Ixtapa Zihuatanejo. / The airline, subject to approval government, also include service from Detroit to Ixtapa / Zihuatanejo that will be available from January 20 to March 31, 2007, and a new service between Memphis and Cozumel to operate on Saturdays from February 17 to April 14, 2007.

Although Continental Airlines has added new services in recent months, airline is a strong player in the market currently operating over 580 weekly flights to 30 Mexican destinations from the airports of Texas at Laredo, McAllen and Houston, Freedom and Newark International Airport and Los Angeles. Continental, however, will be announced with Alitalia codeshare expansion already in place to provide improved transfer services between Italy, Canada and Mexico.

Canadian airlines are also flying over the skies of Mexico. Air Canada will add 25 more non-stop flights per week this winter between Canada and Mexico for a total of 61 weekly. The new routes include service between Mexico Toronto to Cozumel and Ixtapa, slated to begin in mid-December and a Montreal-Mexico City service introduced on 17 June.

Sunwing Airlines plans' announced it will begin this fall to operate one flight each between Montreal and Ottawa to Acapulco Cancun on Wednesday and Friday. Earlier this year, Sunwing started service between Toronto and Cozumel and the airline will operate a Sudbury and Cancun route for the winter season from December to March 2007.

For the winter season, SunQuest Airlines will also begin services from Hamilton to Cancun and the Riviera Maya from December.

Mexican airlines also expand services
The largest number of routes expanded, however, has not been limited to international services. Mexican airlines, including low-cost airlines are also building services. Private airlines and semi-private, as Avolar, ABC Interjet and Volaris, company and Mexicana Click Mexicana have launched low-cost flights to different parts of Mexico. Aladia, one of the newest lines Mexico Airlines is scheduled to launch this summer.

domestic service in Mexico is now supplying about 2.5 million passengers, This represents 6.5 percent of Mexican tourists who travel by air in the country.

Fly beyond the borders of Mexico, airlines Aeromexico and Mexicana Mexican operate daily routes between JFK and Mexico City. Mexico also operates a route between Baltimore, Maryland and his company under cost Click Mexicana will launch a Cancun-Miami flight later this summer. Avolar also plans to serve a select group of U.S. cities later this year. Within Mexico, Aeromexico is increasing flight offerings with new routes between Mexico City and Villahermosa, Merida and Cancun.

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Erick dryer
Mexico Tourism Board
312-228-0517 x14
erick.laseca @ bm.com

About the Author

Erick Laseca works for Burson-Marsteller as public relations liaison for the Mexico Tourism Board in Chicago.

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