May be a little bit off topic, but still related to IB and Latin America :smile: Does anyone know if IB is seriously considering flying to MTY? In the last months I have seen so many adds on the streets of Monterrey and San Pedro about IB Business Class services. It seems they are trying to create s...
Jump to postMay be a little bit off topic, but still related to IB and Latin America :smile: Does anyone know if IB is seriously considering flying to MTY? In the last months I have seen so many adds on the streets of Monterrey and San Pedro about IB Business Class services. It seems they are trying to create s...
Jump to postThenoflyzone wrote:There is also the fact that Mexicans need a visa to visit Turkey. That is not the case at most other European countries. Will be interesting to see how TK will perform on this route.
Thenoflyzone wrote:There is also the fact that Mexicans need a visa to visit Turkey. That is not the case at most other European countries. Will be interesting to see how TK will perform on this route.
That is great and sweet news. I have been waiting for this flight for the last 5 years. Flights are already loaded in the website. Fares are not that bad, but far from the great deals TK used to have when entering new markets. However, US$1,200 for MEX-TBS returning from GYD-MEX seems a fair price. ...
Jump to postNot sure if it true or not but, there are talks for opening up a direct route service between Ghana and Mexico the next coming months. Does it make sense? https://www.myjoyonline.com/business/2018/September-13th/mexico-presents-proposals-to-fly-national-carrier-directly-to-ghana.php https://newsaer...
Jump to postTK finally lands in Mexico City. Though it is not passanger service, Turkish Cargo started linking IST and MEX last 3rd October. Flights are 4x. Westbound flights are always via MAD. Eastbound flights are sometimes via BOG-CUR-Maastricht and some others via IAH. I wish this is the first step into ve...
Jump to postI wonder why they haven't eyed MEX as a destination. It is an airport with over 44M pax and a booming activity to Europe. TP will not have the problems EK, TK and QR have regarding distance to their hubs. LIS-MEX is short and LIS offers a very convenient connection from every single European airport...
Jump to postjfk777 wrote:Beyond flying to Sydney nonstop from IST where is Turkish going to fly for 18 hours ?
EddieDude wrote:Wow! Congrats to EZE and TP. EZE is on fire.
I wish TP would consider flying to MEX too.
Resumption of BCN comes at the price of slashing service to PVG. MEX - PVG goes down to 4x per week. Perhaps increased competition from Hainan Airlines and China Southern service to Mexico. Sad to read that. Thought Chinese market was boomimg and could support daily to PVG and services to PEK and C...
Jump to postEK has never announced MEX before. PTY, yes, but it was postponed, postponed and then cancelled even before the first flight. Rumours on this board said that there were dates with zero (0) bookings. EK requested DXB-ZRH-MEX, but Switzerland said no. As far as I remember, they offered DXB-GVA-MEX, b...
Jump to postGiven the current relationship between the US and Mexico, I doubt there are many Mexicans interesting transiting the US on their way to Europe - unless it was fire sale cheap... I doubt the connecting market of UA/AA/DL for Mexico-Europe/elsewhere has been significantly affected by the ideology, rh...
Jump to postThough it has been officialy announced by both Chinese and Mexican authorities, flights are still not loaded. Despite being said services will start in 31st March, no operation days have been disclosed (only 3x, but not specific days). You cannot buy tickets on Hainan Airlines (MEX and TIJ are alred...
Jump to post-Also TK to open routes to Freetown (Sierra Leone), Samarkand (Uzbekistan), Aqaba (Jordan) and Krasnodar (Russia) in 2018. Please continue with your views, news, photos, rumors and good old sense of humor. Thank you. Safe travels and Happy Landings to all :) Well, it seems nor MEX nor CUN are still...
Jump to postThis is so sad at so many levels. The article states that local government refuses to accept the financial reasons why IB is ceasing the route. Thye also demand the Spanish government to notify governmnet to government about a private company decision. Ceiba Airlines, the competition refered by IB a...
Jump to postNo... PER-NAN is simply too far, expecially as DPS is only 3 hours away. Even MEL-NAN can be a dog at times, but risk is mitigated using a 737, so launching an A330 flight to PER isn't feasible + any PER-North America traffic routes through Eastern Australia/AKL/SIN. but a PER/LAX or PER/SFO direct...
Jump to postThis thead is awesome. Thanks planemanofnz for putting it all together. Thanks also to kivalliqboy1 for sharing that amazing recount.
Jump to postFuture role of aviation There has recently been a significant amount of activity from airlines, who are seeking to fly to, and land at, Antarctica, for commercial flights: - In 2015, a commercial Boeing 757 passenger jet successfully landed on a blue-ice field on Union Glacier in Antarctica, for th...
Jump to postAfter flying 4 segments in the last few days with FJ, I have learnt a little bit about this interesting airline and made me wonder about their mid term strategy. Currently they are offering flights from LAX and SFO to Australia and NZ connecting in Nandi, Fiji (NAN). They also have a notorious netwo...
Jump to postDutchy wrote:PatrickZ80 wrote:Dutchy wrote:
As for smallest country, I can imagine that some small island nations will have domestic flights, which are smaller than Denmark.
Amazing how Argentinian aviation sector is underdeveloped... AEP with 11.6 milllion and EZE 9.8... the only 2 in the 30 in Latin America... I wonder why... Protecting some shitty government airline as Aerolineas Argentinas = making Argentina some 20 years behind the rest of the region... I agree wi...
Jump to postIt seems we can finally have a thorough list on Latin America busiest airports. http://www.viaxico.com/latin-america-busiest-airports-2016/ Interesting facts: 1. GRU lost ground and now MEX is on top of the list. I seem to remember that up to 2010 MEX was on top. Last year they were just about the ...
Jump to postIt seems we can finally have a thorough list on Latin America busiest airports. http://www.viaxico.com/latin-america-busiest-airports-2016/ Interesting facts: 1. GRU lost ground and now MEX is on top of the list. I seem to remember that up to 2010 MEX was on top. Last year they were just about the s...
Jump to postTK and COPA commencing codesharing. TK will initially place its code on CM flights from PTY to: Pending governmental approvals will be expanded to cover flights to: Cancun, Guadalajara and Mexico City Mexico; CM will place its code on service to IST to begin with and in future add up to 22 beyond m...
Jump to postYeah, I never really understood who used this flight. Chinese consultants and government workers providing aid? Pretty much every other visitor to the country is set up with a flight on Air Koryo when they get their visa. You can choose to fly Air Koryo or Air China. The latter is a little bit more...
Jump to postCould we really see the Fiesta Route again? Distances per gcmap.com PER-LHR - 9009mi SYD-MEX - 8068mi. I am not knowledgeable of how winds are different between these two, but face value the 789s could do it perhaps. Hi everyone..following this forum for a few years now and first time poster, so go...
Jump to postAnyone know about the plans to fly IST-MEX? For a time it was told that route would be IST-HAV-MEX. Now that HAV is linked to CCS route, I wonder if TK is still looking at MEX. In my view, MEX is that largest market still not served by any of the ME4. With Trump rhetoric, I would expect much more pe...
Jump to postOn a different subject, and related to a little spoken region, LATAM is starting flights to its second Australian destination, Melbourne. That all seems quite logical given the growth of traffic between the two countries. However, when I read this article http://www.viaxico.com/5-most-popular-latin-...
Jump to postAnswering OP question, 85.900 Japanese residents visited Mexico in 2015 Only 49.1% used MEX as their entry point to the country. Others used Cancun, Bajio, Aguascalientes and Monterrey among others (clearly connecting in the US for that purpose). In 2016, the figure will have risen to anything betwe...
Jump to postNo doubt China is promoting more trade and more integrated relationship with Mexico. As it becomes more and more inconvenient to transit thru US, Asia is definitely going to have more direct flights to Mexico, and YVR or TIJ will be the only logical and viable choice for technical stop for such fli...
Jump to postWish them very well. Hopefully at one point, YVR-MEX will be open for 5th freedom traffic.
April 10th is very soon. I have not seen any ad yet in MEX regarding this new flight.
AM is already selling at US$1099 their flight to ICN from MTY. An offer worth considering.
Last I was in Iceland there were many tourist of Chinese origin. Later I discovered most of them were from Hong Kong. It is really a surprising number, especially in winter time
Jump to postIs the MTY a technical stop or is it just to pick up more passengers/cargo? Anyhow, congrats to AM !! It is a technical stop. It happened also with MEX-NRT until AM got the new 787s. If they could AM would fly ICN nonstop from MEX. Although this is not doing much for TIJ in the sense that AM stated...
Jump to postThat is great news!!!! Especially for locals in MTY as were are getting a flight back to Asia since NRT is only flown from MEX. About 66K South Korea residentes traveled to Mexico during 2016 and about 10K Mexicans are estimated to fly in 2017 (estimation made even before this flight was announced)....
Jump to postInteresting move. Who would be AY's target market for these flights? AY seem to have built a good business flying Europeans east to Asia and beyond (and, conversely, flying Asians west to various points in Europe) but I am not sure how their west-bound business model (toe beyond Europe) works. It m...
Jump to postData for almost all major airports in Mexico during 2016 has already been released. Here the complete list. (figures in million pax. 2016) 1. MEX 41,7 First airport in Latin America passing the 40M mark. GRU was very close in 2014, but has dropped ever since (2016 is estimated to be 36,5M) 2. CUN 21...
Jump to postMexico has lost quite a few in the last few years, all to bankruptcy and not mergers:
Aviacsa
Mexicana
Avolar
Alma de México
Republic Air
From my experiencia, Air Koryo. Though it is not actually that bad as many think, it still lacks of amenities of other seats in business class. I guess for a two hour flight (PEK-FNJ), service and seat was enough. So, as said, not bad but still years from others.
Jump to postGuerrero Negro in Baja, Mexico comes to my mind. The city it serves is in Baja California Sur state. However, the airport is located 4kms north, in Baja California State. Both states have different time zones. Baja California has Pacific time (similar to LAX) while Baja California Sur has Mountain t...
Jump to postIt might be possible that during the first half of 2017, there will be a total of 3 routes from China to MEX. AM has been flying for years MEX-TIJ-PVG. If I remember correctly, they will be adding some frequencies during 2017. Hainan Airlines has also expressed interest and plans to fly PEK-MEX 3x w...
Jump to postjetero wrote:Are you sure those are actual arrivals from Australia and not just arrivals by Australian passport holders? Big difference ...
About 50 years ago QF used to fly its Fiesta Route connecting Acapulco and Mexico with both Australia, Bermuda and UK It has been a long time since Aussies and Mexicans have to rely in connections through LAX and lately DFW. However, the market has grown considerably in the last few years. In 2015 ...
Jump to postThough not big traffic, do not forget Saint Pierre et Miquelon, which is part of France. Its airport has flights to Halifax and Saint John's.
Jump to postWhat about the very long overdue flight to MEX? None of ME4 has opened a route to that city. That aircraft seems perfect for that route.
Jump to post90K visitors annually, from all points in Australia, to all points in Mexico (where major airports are going to be hot, high, or both), don't even begin to justify ULH non-stops. Look at USA-India flights. There are more than 3 million American residents of Indian birth. They represent a high famil...
Jump to postAbout 50 years ago QF used to fly its Fiesta Route connecting Acapulco and Mexico with both Australia, Bermuda and UK It has been a long time since Aussies and Mexicans have to rely in connections through LAX and lately DFW. However, the market has grown considerably in the last few years. In 2015 a...
Jump to postI have to wonder for both AM and NH -- how many dual Spanish/Japanese F/A speakers do they have on their roster? It's not really a pair of languages that overlaps that much; Japan struggles as it is with English ability, so the number of Spanish speakers in Japan has to be miniscule (and people tha...
Jump to postI am amazed that in 2017 there will be 2 daily flights between MEX and NRT, as AM has also announced that it will bring its current flight to a daily service. Not that long ago it was JL service 2 days a week with a stopover in YVR. Traffic has grown a lot in the last few years. In 2012, 65k Japanes...
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