Flights from Merida to Mazatlan in the works
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Flights from Merida to Mazatlan in the works

Mazatlan Mayor Luis Guillermo Benítez Torres announced he is working with his counterpart in Mérida to connect both cities directly by air. “We are twinning with the municipal president of Mérida to look for a flight to Merida, Mexico City, Mazatlan, which will be the Tres M project,” Benítez Torres said. For now, Merida passengers…

Interjet to increase flights to from CDMX, Havana to Yucatan

Interjet to increase flights to from CDMX, Havana to Yucatan

Low-cost airline Interjet will increase its number of flights to Yucatan starting Nov. 3. Flights linking Merida to both Mexico City and Havana will raise seating capacity by 16,176 and 2,100 per week, respectively. The announcement came as Interjet rewarded high-performing travel agencies from the U.S. and Canada with a gala dinner and a tour…

A cheap flight and a whirlwind tour of Merida: How 1 couple did it

A cheap flight and a whirlwind tour of Merida: How 1 couple did it

A new flight out of Tijuana is allowing travelers from southern California and Northern Mexico to explore Yucatan starting with a redeye that one woman found for US$35 each way. Marlise Kast-Myers of San Diego Metro magazine said the easy, inexpensive trip “is squashing all three excuses for anyone who has shelved Mexico’s cultural center…

Fewer visitors from Mexico are coming to Houston

Fewer visitors from Mexico are coming to Houston

Houston welcomed a record 22.3 million tourists in 2018, up from 21.8 million the prior year. But Mexico wasn’t part of that trend. Even with direct flights from Merida, Mexico City and Guadalajara, Mexican flyers are taking their money elsewhere. International tourists to the huge Texas city dropped to 3.3 million people in 2018, down…

Summer flights between Cancun and San Antonio begin soon

Summer flights between Cancun and San Antonio begin soon

United Airlines announced Tuesday that a new nonstop route will connect San Antonio International Airport to Cancun. The seasonal route begins June 8 with no specific end date on the calendar. United’s newest nonstop takes off from San Antonio on Saturdays and Sundays at 9:05 a.m., landing at 11:35 am. Return flights leave the resort…

Good luck with that connecting flight in Mexico City

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 airport plan. One federal official, Tourism Secretary Miguel Torruco Marqués, said this week that the Santa Lucia Air Force base would become the terminal for international flights with the existing, outdated…

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