Aeromexico expands service to Mexico

By Mark Chesnut

Aeromexico, the largest airline in Mexico, is in the midst of expansion that will bring more options to anyone interested in a Mexico vacation. The airline has announced a new investment of more than $1.3 billion that will help to pay for 20 new aircraft as well as additional route expansions. Part of the capital is from the initial public primary offering that took place in April through the Mexican Stock Market.

Aeromexico is increasing flights and capacity.

The purchase of 20 aircraft — 10 Embraer 190s and 10 next generation Boeing 737s — will allow Aeromexico to offer increased frequencies and rampup new routes. Since plans to relaunch the shuttered Mexicana Airlines have stalled, Aeromexico has maintained control of some 43 percent of the domestic market and 21 percent of the international market, according to company statistics.

As of April 4, the airline began operating new daily flights between Guadalajara and Fresno, California and between Monterrey and Mexicali. Additional new service includes daily flights between Guadalajara and Hermosillo and an overnight flight from Culiacán to Mexicali. The airline has also upped the capacity, thanks to larger planes, on routes linking Mexico City with Mazatlan, Ciudad del Carmen and Veracruz.

On May 9, Aeromexico is to step up the frequency of flights on several existing routes. The company will add an extra daily flight between Mexico City and Campeche and also between Monterrey and Veracruz, and two more flights between Mexico City and Oaxaca, which will amount to 40 connections a week to the city.

Mark Chesnut is a travel writer, editor and publisher of LatinFlyerBlog.com, which focuses on business and leisure travel to Latin America.

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