Summary
- Mexican ultra-low-cost carrier Viva Aerobus is expanding its presence with the launch of 17 latest domestic routes from Mexico City’s Felipe Ángeles International Airport.
- The brand new routes will connect NLU with Mexican destinations resembling Tulum, Guadalajara, Ciudad Juárez, and Puerto Vallarta, amongst others.
- Viva Aerobus goals to satisfy growing demand for air connectivity within the Mexico City metropolitan zone, offering latest aircraft, direct flights, and low prices to learn passengers and promote tourism and economic impact.
A day after announcing six latest routes to the US, the Mexican ultra-low-cost carrier Viva Aerobus has announced the launch of 17 latest routes from Mexico City’s Felipe Ángeles International Airport (NLU). All these services are domestic. Let’s investigate further.
Latest routes
Viva Aerobus is growing its presence in key Mexican cities. On Thursday, the corporate announced the launch of 17 latest routes from the Felipe Ángeles International Airport, which will probably be inaugurated between December 1, 2023 and July 5, 2024.
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All of those routes will connect NLU with Mexican domestic destinations. It would fly to Tulum (TQO, Mexico’s newest airport, set to be inaugurated on December 1), Guadalajara (GDL), Ciudad Juárez (CJS), Mérida (MID), Huatulco (HUX), Chihuahua (CUU), Reynosa (REX), Nuevo Laredo (NLD), Veracruz (VER), Tampico (TAM), Villahermosa (VSA), Tuxtla Gutiérrez (TGZ), Puerto Vallarta (PVR), Chetumal (CTM), Los Cabos (SJD), Ciudad Obregón (CEN), and Durango (DGO). You possibly can see the brand new routes within the map below (aside from the service to Tulum).
Juan Carlos Zuazua, Chief Executive Officer at Viva Aerobus, said,
To attain this operation, Viva may have 27 routes, 72 every day flights, and 12 state-of-the-art aircraft dedicated to this airport.
Will MEX’s services be reduced?
The launch of those 17 latest routes will are available time (and even after) the proposed slot reduction at Mexico City International Airport (MEX). Last month, the Mexican government ordered the reduction of hourly slots at MEX from 52 hourly operations to 43. This movement would only impact domestic carriers.
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Easy Flying reached Viva Aerobus for comment if these latest routes (most of that are currently operated from MEX as well), would mean a discount within the variety of flights from MEX. Viva Aerobus declined to comment on the topic.
Viva Aerobus’ connectivity from NLU
The Mexican ultra-low-cost carrier currently operates 55 weekly flights from the Felipe Ángeles. It serves ten destinations, including one international (Havana, Cuba). It also flies to Acapulco (ACA), Cancun (CUN), Hermosillo (HMO), Monterrey (MTY), Mazatlán (MZT), Oaxaca (OAX), Puerto Escondido (PXM), Tijuana (TIJ), and Zihuatanejo (ZIH).
It’s the second largest airline in NLU in the meanwhile. Aeromexico ranks first with 91 weekly flights.
Yesterday, Viva Aerobus announced the launch of six latest routes to the US from Monterrey International Airport. Between January and July 2024, the ultra-low-cost carrier will begin flying to Denver (DEN), Austin (AUS), Orlando (MCO), Miami (MIA), San Francisco Oakland (OAK), and Latest York (JFK).
These latest routes were announced just a few weeks after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) gave Mexico the highest safety rating after two years downgraded to Category 2.
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