Tulum International Airport to become secondary base for new Mexican Airline

The upcoming Felipe Carrillo Puerto International Airport in Tulum will serve as a secondary base for the new Mexicana de Aviación airline, according to Luis Cresencio Sandoval González of the Ministry of National Defense.

Tickets for the new state airline go on sale in September. The airline will increase connectivity and coverage of air services in the country through passenger, cargo and mail transport. It will offer only a single class seating, making ticket costs 18 to 20 percent lower than other airlines.

The Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA) will be the main base of the new airline.

Mexicana de Aviación will offer travelers a choice form 20 destinations from AIFA that include Cancun, Monterrey, Guadalajara, Tijuana, Campeche, Chetumal, Mérida, Puerto Vallarta, Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Cozumel, Los Cabos, Hermosillo, Ciudad Juárez, Villahermosa, Huatulco, Oaxaca, Acapulco, Mazatlán, La Paz and Leon.

Simultaneously, the federal government promotes the strengthening of the airport infrastructure of Apodaca, Tulum, Ciudad Ixtepec, Ciudad Victoria, Nuevo Laredo, Ciudad del Carmen, Ciudad Obregón, Loreto, Palenque, Nogales, Puebla, Tamuín, Uruapan, Matamoros, Colima and Guaymas