SFOMEX From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Posted (7 years 5 months 1 week 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 2110 times:
"An agreement signed today expands from two to three the number of airlines allowed to fly between U-S airports and 14 Mexican resorts and cities.
The accord is meant to provide more competition and flights to Acapulco, Cancun, Cozumel, Guadalajara (starting October 2007), Huatulco, Ixtapa, Loreto, Manzanillo, Mazatalan, Merida, Monterrey(starting October 2007), Oaxaca, Puerto Vallarta and San Jose del Cabo."
Furthermore, the new deal between the DOT and the SCT (Mexican DOT) will consider TLC and MEX as the same destination for marketing and ticketing purposes. It's not an "open skies" deal, but it's an improvement over the current agreement.
FATFlyer From United States of America, joined May 2001, 5667 posts, RR: 17 Reply 1, posted (7 years 5 months 1 week 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 2075 times:
The key word there is "signed". We've known about the agreement for a while, since many airlines have applied to be the 3rd airline on some popular routes. But nice to know the deal didn't fall apart.
Another interesting item in this article though is this:
"The agreement adds a new provision for U.S. and Mexican carriers to enter into code-sharing arrangements with carriers from third countries for their U.S.-Mexico services."
Atnight From United States of America, joined Dec 2005, 586 posts, RR: 1 Reply 2, posted (7 years 5 months 1 week 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 2064 times:
glad to see that there will be more competition for the mentioned cities... it's a joke having to pay over $600 for Y class to fly to CZM.... Although, with Mexico been so close, open skies should be granted...
A330323X From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 3039 posts, RR: 47 Reply 4, posted (7 years 5 months 1 week 2 days 15 hours ago) and read 1918 times:
And in conjunction with this, the DOT today issued a bunch of U.S.-Mexico authorities now that the third designations are available:
AA: JFK-SJD
DL: LAX-CUN, NYC-SJD
NK: DFW-CUN
OH: CVG-CUN
UA: LAX-CUN, ORD-PVR
U5: DTW-CUN, MKE-CUN, ORD-PVR/SJD, STL-CUN
And a slew of cargo authorities as well.
NK also just got its MCO-CUN authority the other day, and DL just got its ATL-ACA/ZIH authorities the other day.
There are still other uncontested applications, like US for BWI-CUN and DL for BOS-CUN, IAD-CUN, LAX-ZIH, and those will probably be granted as soon as tomorrow. The DOT is apparently incapable of even issuing a few too many uncontested awards on the same day.
The contested routes (like ORD-CUN and LAX-PVR/SJD) remain pending, but the DOT will be able to get the selection proceedings underway. They'll probably issue timelines for submissions in the next few days, and the route authorities should be finally issued sometime around 2009.
I'm the expert on here on two things, neither of which I care about much anymore.
A330323X From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 3039 posts, RR: 47 Reply 5, posted (7 years 5 months 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 1709 times:
And the DOT issued a few more authorities today:
DL: BOS/IAD-CUN, LAX-ZIH
US: BWI-CUN
U5: IAD-CUN
I believe that's the last of the uncontested Mexico applications that were filed as a result of the increase in available authorities, and that they've all been granted now.
Of course, the DOT still hasn't started the proceeding for the contested markets yet, keeping in with their usual practice of dragging everything out for months and months and months, letting valuable service rights sit wasted in the meantime.
I'm the expert on here on two things, neither of which I care about much anymore.
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