Tag: Airports
Mérida’s airport begins to recover lost ground
Traffic continues to increase at Mérida’s Manuel Crescencio Rejón international airport. The airport received an average of 5,200 passengers a day during the month of April.
New Mérida airport likely to cost over 10 billion pesos
Despite recent expansions at MID, Yucatán's state government is still considering a new airport for Mérida.
Industry insiders have speculated that the cost of the...
Chichen Itza airport to relaunch?
Investors with Zenith Aero have announced plans to modernize and re-launch the Chichen Itza airport.
In an interview with A21MX, Fernando Rodríguez, legal counsel for...
Governor: Alternate Merida airport under formal discussion
Never mind that the Merida international airport is undergoing a massive expansion. A new billion-peso international airport is under formal talks between state officials...
Direct flights to Miami and Houston back on schedule
Merida's direct flights to Miami resume Oct. 8, Yucatan's travel ministry announced. Trips were priced in the US$500 range Thursday morning on American Airlines'...
Cancun airport reopens terminal as tourism continues growth
Cancun International Airport will reopen Terminal 2 on Tuesday to keep up with tourist demand, said the management company in charge of the complex.
Grupo...
Stranded British tourists take charter plane home from Merida airport
Merida, Yucatan — Forty-nine British citizens were allowed to disembark from a cruise ship and head to the Merida airport to fly home on a...
Border shutdown hits both roads and airports
Friday's shutdown of the U.S.-Mexico border applies to both land and air travel between the two countries, said a representative of the Mexican embassy.
The...
Yucatan adds coronavirus prevention measures at schools, highways and airport
With the World Health Organization declaring a coronavirus pandemic, Yucatan state officials on Thursday announced a series of preventative measures.
The state already canceled a...
False bomb threat delays plane, tourists in Cancun
Soldiers boarded a plane at Cancun International Airport after apparently false reports Sunday of a bomb on board.
The flight 2168 was going from Cancun...
Mexico City airport plan hits snag as judge halts work at...
A federal judge stopped construction at the Santa Lucia airport and ordered that the abandoned project at Texcoco remain intact.
The Santa Lucia expansion,...
Runway expansion is 1st of many projects coming at Cancun airport
Cancun, Q. Roo — The Cancun International Airport is still growing in size, this time with a large runway expansion, and future plans for a...
Rare commercial flight to land at Chichen Itza airport
By early afternoon today, Chichen Itza International Airport will have welcomed its first commercial flight in many years.
New Havana flights begin as Merida airport director urges more Caribbean...
With another flight connecting the city to Havana, the group operating the airport is building on the Peninsula's Caribbean connection.
Miami airport has double ‘blue flu’ trouble
Miami International Airport will close a terminal early for three days because of a shortage of screeners.
With 14% more passengers in 2018, Merida airport breaks records
The international airport handled 14 percent more travelers in 2018, setting new record for the year, management announced.
AMLO, airport investors resolve dispute and peso rallies
The peso jumped 1.2 percent to a six-week high after news that a majority of bondholders backing the new Mexico City airport accepted the government's offer to buy back $1.8 billion in debt.
Good luck with that connecting flight in Mexico City
Catching a connecting flight in Mexico City, already a challenging task, will require a long cab ride at the very least, under the government's...
Multiple airlines add flights to Cancun as tourism continues to rise
The region's global air connectivity continues to grow with new, direct international flights to the Cancun International Airport as well as increased capacity on several existing routes.
Ties between Russia and Mexico appear to tighten
Major investment from Moscow in the Mayan Riviera and other areas was offered during a meeting between Mexico's president elect and the Russian ambassador.
New Mexico City airport rejected in referendum; results questioned
Voters told authorities to scrap the construction of a partly-built multibillion-dollar airport near Mexico City in a referendum that ended Sunday.
Future of new Mexico City airport rests on public referendum that...
A massive, US$13 billion airport in Mexico City, the nation's largest public infrastructure work in a century, could be halted depending on a public referendum that begins today.
Officials hold off on 5th terminal at Cancun airport
A fifth terminal at the Cancun International Airport won't happen until Terminal 4 expands.
Another expansion announced at Cancun airport
Yet another addition, this one called Terminal 5, has been announced at the Cancun International Airport.