Nearly 1 in 5 travelers between the US and Mexico fly with American Airlines

American Airlines is the aerial bearer transporting the astir passengers betwixt Mexico and the United States, accounting for astir 1 successful 5 of full passengers.

New information from the Federal Civil Aviation Agency (AFAC) reveals that travelers betwixt the 2 countries similar U.S.-based airlines, with American Airlines (17.8%) and United Airlines (15.5%) accounting for a coagulated one-third of each specified passengers. 

Soon, American Airlines volition connection the lone planetary formation connecting the U.S. authorities of Oklahoma with Cancún. 
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The 2 starring Mexican airlines connected those routes — Volaris (14.7%) and Aeroméxico (11%) — transportation conscionable implicit a 4th of the passengers.

Delta, astatine 8.8%, rounds retired the apical five.

American Airlines’ enactment successful U.S.-Mexico question caps an accelerated effort successful caller years to grow its work to and from Mexico, positioning it to beryllium the U.S. hose with the astir flights, seats and destinations successful Mexico.

“With the announcement of American’s 30th destination successful Mexico — Puerto Escondido — we further solidify our presumption arsenic the starring U.S. hose successful the state with an cognition and web that is unmatched,” José A. Freig, American’s Vice President of International, Contact Center Operations and Service Recovery said.

In March, the hose launched caller work to the bluish Mexican metropolis of Tampico and successful November, AA volition beryllium the lone planetary formation work connecting the U.S. authorities of Oklahoma with Cancún. 

The work enlargement besides includes routes from Dallas-Fort Worth to Morelia, Oaxaca and Durango; from Phoenix to Zihuatanejo; and a precocious announced seasonal way enlargement from Chicago to Querétaro, which was antecedently scheduled to extremity connected January 5, 2026.

These caller destinations articulation different caller routes launched by American Airlines, including to Tijuana, Tulum and Veracruz. 

As a effect of these additions, American Airlines volition run much than 880 play flights to Mexico, which represents a 10% summation successful its section operations and a 13% summation successful its spot capacity.

American Airlines’ increasing beingness successful the Mexican marketplace comes amid tensions betwixt the U.S. authorities and Delta/Aeroméxico.

US Department of Transportation orders Delta-Aeroméxico confederation to extremity Jan. 1

Last week, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) ordered some airlines to extremity their astir decade-old associated task by Jan. 1, citing “ongoing anticompetitive effects successful U.S.-Mexico City markets that supply an unfair vantage to Delta and Aeromexico.”

American Airlines supported the DOT’s decision, stating that Mexico has breached a bilateral statement by reducing slots astatine Mexico City International Airport (AICM) and shifting dedicated cargo to Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA), frankincense affecting U.S. carriers.

Aeroméxico and Delta person said that if their confederation were to end, it would jeopardize 3,800 jobs successful the U.S. Furthermore, it would origin losses of much than US $310 cardinal successful GDP and implicit $200 cardinal successful yearly tourism spending.

With reports from El Economista, T21 and A2