Just two weeks after Tulum’s new Felipe Carrillo Puerto International Airport welcomed its first international flights, Quintana Roo Governor Mara Lezama announced that the airport will soon receive additional domestic traffic.
Beginning May 2, Aeroméxico will operate two daily nonstop flights from Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA), outside Mexico City, to Tulum. And starting Dec. 5, Volaris will feature a nonstop Guadalajara-Tulum flight. Tickets for the latter route are already on sale, she said.
Lezama added that “Aeroméxico, Viva Aerobús, Volaris and Aerus will increase their routes to our destinations.”
The Quintana Roo governor made the announcements via social media from Acapulco, where she is attending the Tianguis Turístico, a national tourism fair that gathers industry representatives from around the world. She presided over the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the fair’s Quintana Roo pavilion, which features representatives from the state’s 12 primary tourist destinations, the Quintana Roo Hotel Association and 16 tourism operators.
Lezama also revealed that Hopper, a travel booking app and online travel marketplace, had granted the Quintana Roo Tourism Promotion Council (CTPQ) its Best Campaign prize. Trip Advisor handed out 12 Best Destination awards to Quintana Roo, including one for Best Beach Destination.
In addition to the new routes to Tulum, Viva Aerobus celebrated a new Mexico City-to-Tulum flight, which started operating last week. Viva Aerobus spokesman Walfred Castro Novelo also told the newspaper El Economista that the airline’s seasonal Monterrey to Cozumel flight has become a year-round offering.
El Economista also reported on additional flights being offered by Aerus, an air taxi service based in San Luis Potosí:
- Beginning May 13: five daily flights from Cancún to Mérida and Cancún to Cozumel.
- Beginning June 1: flights from Cancún to Chetumal three times a week.
A daily Aerus Cozumel-Chichén Itzá flight is in the planning stages as well, El Economista reported.
With reports from El Economista and Riviera Maya News
I live in Bacalar, and it is really a pain to get here. Chetumal airport has only two outbound flights and two inbound flights a day and all to CDMX. I always felt they were missing out on not having Cancun-Chetumal flights. Most internationall flights to/from Europe leave/arrive to/from Cancun and the only way to get there is by taking a 5 hour bus or a taxi. Chetumal should have international flight from Florida like they used to. I believe it is because they are not equipped at the immigration to handle that much traffic in Chetumal. They are mostly dealing with catching illegals who cross Belize-Mexico border and try to get “north”. The migra is everywhere in QRO, they stop and check immigration status on bus stops, airports, etc. I would not suggest anyone with an expired status traveling in QRO.