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Cubsrule wrote:Does MKE have any other Mexico VFR flights? Between Milwaukee proper, the north suburbs of Chicago for whom MKE makes more sense than MDW and some connections, this ought to do well.
knope2001 wrote:Cubsrule wrote:Does MKE have any other Mexico VFR flights? Between Milwaukee proper, the north suburbs of Chicago for whom MKE makes more sense than MDW and some connections, this ought to do well.
No VFR markets to Mexico. A good amount of beach flying primarily concentrated from December into April, but nothing for VFR.
2015 estimates have about 230k people of Hispanic origin in southeastern Wisconsin, plus another 145k in Lake County IL, the northeastern most county of Illinois just over the boarder. The large majority of Hispanics in this part of the country are from Mexico -- perhaps 75%.
I find it interesting that they serve both MDW and ORD and now MKE as well.
obrienct wrote:I wonder if they've ever thought about a MSP Route?
Cubsrule wrote:I don't know about Milwaukee, but among the Mexican diaspora in the Chicago area, the GDL area is quite overrepresented. And travelers seem to prefer Mexican carriers. TZ served MDW-GDL, even using 757s IINM, but they are the exception.
Q wrote:Maybe Chicagoan are tired of TSA at OHare or Midway. MKE is less hassle and long line. MKE is faster to get customs and board plane quicker than Chicago airports.
knope2001 wrote:The good thing for Volaris and Detroit is that they can capture both VFR and Auto traffic going to GDL. The 2 largest immigration regions from Mexico in Detroit (go ask the people and they'll tell you) is Monterrey and Guadalajara, MTY is already going to be served 2x daily (AM, DL) so additional flights aren't necessarily needed for that, but DTW needs a nonstop to GDL, with DL ending LAX-GDL that may shift things to DTW but Volaris would make sense too. I suppose extra competition for VFR traffic heading to the Mexico City region wouldn't hurt either.obrienct wrote:I wonder if they've ever thought about a MSP Route?
Volaris did apply for a boatload of routes...
From Guadalajara, Mexico City....Detroit
knope2001 wrote:.
As for not finding low fares earlier, now there are $240 round trip fares MKE-GDL-MKE in March.
In addition to the newly opened Mexican consulate in the city, Milwaukee was chosen as the host city for the League of United Latin American Citizens 2019 Convention, which will bring about 20,000 people to Milwaukee over five days.
The new service will involve shifting some U.S. Customs and Border Protection work to accommodate the flight schedules, something that U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, as chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, which oversees Customs and Border Protection, became involved in negotiating.
Johnson wrote to the agency’s commissioner in May, urging the agency to cooperate with Milwaukee airport officials in arranging for customs agent staffing that would permit the flights.
lavalampluva wrote:There are really no available connections from MKE.
knope2001 wrote:Cubsrule wrote:Does MKE have any other Mexico VFR flights? Between Milwaukee proper, the north suburbs of Chicago for whom MKE makes more sense than MDW and some connections, this ought to do well.
No VFR markets to Mexico. A good amount of beach flying primarily concentrated from December into April, but nothing for VFR.
2015 estimates have about 230k people of Hispanic origin in southeastern Wisconsin, plus another 145k in Lake County IL, the northeastern most county of Illinois just over the boarder. The large majority of Hispanics in this part of the country are from Mexico -- perhaps 75%.
I find it interesting that they serve both MDW and ORD and now MKE as well.
globalcabotage wrote:Mexican carriers own ORD outside of CUN and SJD. Volaris / AeroMexico / Interjet could do Durango, Morelia, Leon, Potisi, and Agucent.. easily from ORD.
Mexicana757 wrote:If Y4 were to open San Luis Potosi or Aguascalientes out of Chicago they would probably choose MDW to start the flights as they seem to prefer it for VFR markets. AM has tried VFR markets out of ORD and hasn't had success keeping them open They flew DGO and ZCL a few years ago. MLM is only operated as a seasonal flight. Interjet just started flights to Chicago and it looks like they want everyone to connect through MEX.
Cubsrule wrote:Mexicana757 wrote:If Y4 were to open San Luis Potosi or Aguascalientes out of Chicago they would probably choose MDW to start the flights as they seem to prefer it for VFR markets. AM has tried VFR markets out of ORD and hasn't had success keeping them open They flew DGO and ZCL a few years ago. MLM is only operated as a seasonal flight. Interjet just started flights to Chicago and it looks like they want everyone to connect through MEX.
We are really dusting off cobwebs here, but I think MX may also have tried ORD-DGO briefly in the early 2000s. It did not last long if they did.
illinoisman wrote:lavalampluva wrote:There are really no available connections from MKE.
Does Volaris offer connections? I'm trying to book MKE-GDL-MEX but its only letting me input GDL as the destination, even though there are several flights on to MEX that day.
HermansCVR580 wrote:Any word on the new international terminal for MKE? There was a bunch of news on that earlier this summer and now its gone quiet.
airplaneboy wrote:That will be one long layover for their crews!
scutfarcus wrote:I gotta be honest - I don't think a lot of business travelers are going to take a redeye to GDL.