Mexico to add 1.5 million new seats in direct flights in 2018
Source：Travel Pulse
From：Taiwan Trade Center, Mexico
Update Time：2018/07/18
Mexico´s global air connectivity continues to grow at an impressive rate with the addition of 1.5 million seats on direct flights to several destinations in 2018, according to Mexico´s Tourism Board. The increase is expected to result in a total of nearly 30 million seats by the year´s end.
The growth will allow the world´s 6th most visited country to keep up with strong demand. A record-breaking 10.6 million tourists visited Mexico during the first quarter of 2018, representing an increase of 12% in comparison with the same period of the previous year.
Mexico´s air connectivity strategy aims to increase the number of tourist arrivals from markets such as: China, Japan, South Korea, the Middle East and India.
Notable new air routes in North America include: Boston- Mexico City, Chicago- Guadalajara, New York- Mexico City, Philadelphia- Mexico City, Sacramento- Los Cabos, San Diego- Puerto Vallarta, San Francisco- Cancún, San José- Los Cabos and Vancouver- Mexico City. Mexico added 2.6 million seats over the course of 2017 to reach 28 million seats overall.