More Flights To Mexico

C onsistently ranking as one       options for airfare and vacation   of the top international        packages.                          destinations for U.S.                                              travelers, Mexico has seen steady     At the forefront of this           growth in airline and tourism         expansion into the Mexican air     options in recent years. American     travel market is Frontier          interest in Mexican resorts and       Airlines. With plans to launch     spas has grown in tune with           round-trip service between Denver  Mexico’s long-term tourism plan,      and Guadalajara in December,       a focus that contributes over $12     Frontier will now offer flights    billion dollars annually to the       to eight of Mexico’s premier       nation’s economy. In fact, Mexico     resort destinations. Having        has become so popular with            established a "secondary hub" in   travelers that Cancun now ranks       Cancún that services seven U.S.    third behind London and Rome in       cities, Frontier has afforded      international air bookings placed     American tourists increased        at a popular online travel site.      access to the city’s unique                                              resorts and spas. The carrier      During the past six months, both      offers nonstop flights between     major airlines and low-cost           Cancun and all seven of its U.S.   carriers in the United States and     cities.                            Canada have expanded service to                                          several cities and resorts in         In recent months, Atlanta-based    Mexico by adding flights to           Delta Airlines has begun offering  existing routes and launching new     new non-stop services to several   services. As a result, Mexico’s       Mexico resort destinations such    20 million annual visitors, over      as Acapulco, Merida, and Ixtapa    80% of which come from the U.S.       from Atlanta; Mazatlan from Salt   and Canada, can expect to see         Lake City; and Puerto Vallarta     better rates and increased            and Acapulco from New York’s JFK.                                        seasonal routes from Midwestern    Just this year as well, United        cities to Acapulco, Manzanillo     Airlines has added services from      and Ixtapa.                        Chicago to Cancun and Puerto                                             Vallarta, in addition to a            Much like their American           popular route between Los Angeles     counterparts, Mexican airlines     and Cancun. In all, United now        are also making travel more        has 16 distinct routes to Mexico      accessible with expanded flight    from the American mainland.           offerings. Aeromexico and                                                Mexicana already operate daily     Even smaller carriers like Alaska     routes between New York’s JFK and  Airlines have greatly expanded        Mexico City, while Mexicana and    their offerings. Alaska’s flight      its low-fare carrier, Click, will  capacity to Mexico has grown by       begin service from Baltimore to    22% in recent months, with most       Mexico City and Miami to Cancun.   flights originating in the            Flights within Mexico have also    Pacific Northwest and California      increased, making it easier to     and traveling to Cancun, Los          visit multiple resorts in one      Cabos and Puerto Vallarta.            family vacation.                                                                                            Many carriers have also               Even Canadian airlines are         introduced seasonal flight            getting in on the action. Air      services for the winter months.       Canada has added 25 additional     American Airlines’ new weekly         non-stop flights per week,         non-stop service from JFK to San      bringing the carrier’s total to    Jose del Cabo in the Baja             61. Included in the new routes     California region will be offered     are services from Toronto to       from Dec. 16 to April 9, 2007.        Cozumel and Ixtapa and Montreal    For their part, Northwest             to Mexico City. Sunwing Airlines   Airlines will add several             has begun offering flights from    Montreal and Ottawa to Acapulco       vacation packages aren’t           and between Toronto and Cozumel.      difficult to find, a fact sure to                                        further increase interest in       Most importantly, this trend          Mexico as an international travel  doesn’t show any signs of             destination. Perhaps it can be     stopping as airlines, travel          said that there has never been a   companies and the Mexican             better time to plan that Cancun    government continue to lure           family vacation or romantic        American and Canadian tourists.       getaway to Puerto Vallarta.        Currently, affordable flights and      About the Author: This article was written by Justin Burch. Justin writes select pieces about travel in Mexico for the JW Marriott Cancun Resort. Read more articles by: Justin Burch Article Source: www.iSnare.com