After almost a year of cancellations due to COVID-19, flights between Madrid and Cancún have resumed. The Evelop aircraft was greeted Monday on the tarmac by airport authorities as well as traditional folkloric dancers and a full complement of Mariachis. The Madrid-Cancún route is scheduled to operate once a week but is expected to increase…
A United Airlines flight from Cancun made an emergency landing this morning after briefly disappearing from radar screens. United 1832 reportedly experienced a mechanical problem and landed early rather than risk continuing to its planned destination in Houston. The pilot told passengers that there was “a contaminant in the fuel and that one of the…
Two travelers were fined thousands of dollars after Transport Canada said they falsified their COVID-19 test results so they could fly home after a trip to Mexico. The passengers were told to pay $10,000 and $7,000 respectively, Transport Canada said, for making “a false declaration about their health status.” The two travelers “knowingly boarded a…
Travel bans have reshuffled the world’s most possible air travel routes. But Cancun still maintains its top-10 status on both national and international lists. Travel analyst OAG in January placed Dubai-London Heathrow as the busiest international route, but that’s changed. The route heading the international leaderboard is now Orlando-San Juan, with 135,244 seats scheduled for…
American Airlines is competing with United to shuttle passengers between Texas and Yucatán. AA’s once-weekly Dallas-Fort Worth flights to Mérida begin Saturday, June 5. Flights depart 10:55 a.m., arriving in Mexico at 1:37 p.m. The return flight was not disclosed, and the route and pricing did not yet appear on the airline’s calendar Tuesday morning….
WestJet added an extra flight from Cancun to Toronto on Feb. 7 to accommodate Canadians returning home amid a travel lockdown. The fight is among several extra one-time routes from Mexico and the Caribbean to various Canadian airports. The Canadian government has requested airports cancel flights starting Jan. 31 as new variants of the coronavirus…
The Mérida international airport has a Plan B for American travelers who overlooked US screening rules. Air passengers need to prove they recently tested negative for coronavirus before being allowed to board a flight. That rule already applies to Canadians and begin for Americans next week. A new airport-based COVID-19 testing service will serve passengers…
American tourists seeking a fun-and-sun getaway have made Cancun’s economic recovery go fairly well during the pandemic. Mexico’s lax entry restrictions have been key. The same goes for places like Cabo. Mexico has resisted entry restrictions such as COVID-19 test requirement or quarantines. But now that getting back to the US is a lot dicier,…
Mérida travelers taking American Airlines to New York, connecting in Miami, could be flying the infamous Boeing 737 Max on the second leg of their trips. The plane is set to carry passengers in the US for the first time in nearly two years Tuesday when AA will use the jet on a round-trip route…
Fans of the “Star Wars” franchise may want to book a trip to Houston this morning. United Airlines’ regular Texas flight will be on a specially themed plane that promotes “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.” The plane, which arrived last night, takes off for the United States at 10:30 a.m., and it is designed…
Wasting little time to fill demand, Viva Aerobús is taking over Interjet’s Mérida-Havana route, tourism officials in Yucatán announced. The new direct flight to the Caribbean republic follows Interjet’s financial collapse, leaving its future in doubt. The latter low-cost airline maintained a daily international route in November 2019. Walfred Castro Novelo, corporate communications director of…
Flights to Oakland, California with a stopover in Mexico City will begin Jan. 18, Yucatan tourist officials said. The route is being planned by the “ultra-low-cost” airline Volaris. The route was created with separated families in mind. The Bay Area, particularly Oakland its across-the-bay neighbor San Francisco, has the largest population of Yucatecans in the…
WestJet’s flights taking travelers directly from Toronto to Merida have vanished without explanation. The low-cost airline’s seasonal route was to begin Nov. 27, but now Canadian travelers have no other choice than to connect in Mexico City or land in Cancun, more than four hours away by bus. Toronto is under lockdown, grappling with an…
After numerous false starts, United Airlines will officially resume its Houston-Merida route, bringing a second direct flight between Yucatan and the United States by Dec. 1. Flights will be scheduled four times weekly, and could go daily on Dec. 17 for the holiday season, Yucatan’s tourism ministry announced. This would create 166 available seats, with…
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 and private investors, Yucatan Gov. Mauricio Vila Dosal told reporters. At a press conference offered unexpectedly Friday while he toured neighborhoods flooded by Hurricane Delta, Vila Dosal spoke briefly about the…
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’ website. The long-awaited route, an important option for Merida-area travelers wishing to avoid the long trek to Cancun, follows the reappearance of Merida-Houston nonstop flights on United’s schedule starting Nov. 1….
The budget airline JetBlue will offer daily, nonstop flights from Tampa to Cancun starting Nov. 19. The announcement comes as U.S. carriers are tweaking their routes in response to shifting demand trends amid the coronavirus pandemic. Corporate and long-haul demand has plummeted while demand has increased for domestic and near-international leisure and social trips, according…
United Airlines’ daily direct flights from Merida to Houston are set to resume — with a start date that’s been hard to pin down — and American files to Miami again starting Oct. 8, restoring two major gateways for expats in Yucatan. (Earlier this week, United’s website had offered flights beginning Saturday, and then Oct. 1,…
Merida travelers got back their Volaris flights to Monterrey, Guadalajara and Tijuana, and a long-awaited new hotel on Avenida Colon has finally opened. Low-cost airline Volaris reactivated the routes, offering a combined 10,000 seats with fares starting at 939 pesos, with the cooperation of the Yucatan tourism department. Meanwhile, the Wayam Mundo Imperial hotel opened…
In July, Aeromexico plans to double its flights in and out of Merida as the airline continues restoring routes it was forced to abandon under COVID-19 contingencies. Its frequencies will also increase in Cancun, Guadalajara, Tijuana and Monterrey, Aeromexico announced. It will resume its operations from Mexico City to Huatulco, Zacatecas and Manzanillo, and from…
Interjet begins flights in Merida and other domestic destinations starting today. The low-cost airline said Monday that it reorganized its operation plan with full support of the board of directors to operate 14 domestic routes starting Tuesday. International flights will resume later “according to health conditions.” The decision was taken in the context of the…
American Airlines is bringing international air travel back to Merida.
Direct flights from Merida to the United States have vanished until at least June 4. American Airlines’ flights to Miami has been canceled until then, following the March suspension of United’s Houston route. To get to the eastern U.S. or Canada from Merida, AA travelers are forced to take a very expensive two- or three-stop…
Aeroméxico is reopening some international routes and increasing frequency to Asia, Europe, the United States, Canada and some Latin American countries in May and June. The airline still flies to Merida once daily and has scheduled multiple daily flights starting in June. Mexico’s second-largest carrier, Volaris, is considerably reducing its May flights. But the low-cost…
That’s all for now
That’s all for now