Major expansion: Aeromexico adds 17 new routes to the US — mostly to Delta hubs
Aeromexico announced a major U.S. expansion, revealing plans to add a whopping 17 new cross-border routes.
The expansion will see the Mexican flag carrier add new flights from seven different airports in Mexico to nine destinations in the U.S. Aeromexico did not reveal launch dates for the new service, saying only that it will "gradually introduce" the new routes beginning in January 2024.
All of the new flights also will carry the "DL" code of joint-venture partner Delta Air Lines, which features heavily in the expansion. Fourteen of Aeromexico's new routes are to Delta's hub cities — including five new routes to Atlanta and four to Detroit.
From Mexico, Aeromexico is adding four new routes from both Mexico City's main airport and from Monterrey in the country's northeast.
Also included in Aeromexico's expansion are two routes from Mexico City's new — and distant — secondary airport, Mexico City Felipe Angeles International Airport (NLU), which sits about 25 miles from Mexico City's central core. For reference, Mexico City's main Benito Juarez International Airport (MEX) is about 5 miles from the city center.
Both of Aeromexico's new routes from NLU will be to airports that are not hubs for Delta: the Texas cities of Dallas-Fort Worth and McAllen. The only other new route in the expansion that's not to a Delta hub city will be Aeromexico's capital-to-capital route from MEX to Dulles International Airport (IAD).
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The new routes come after the U.S. government upgraded Mexico's air safety rating to Category 1. The U.S. had downgraded Mexico's air safety rating to Category 2 back in 2021, a move that came with a prohibition on new service by Mexican carriers to U.S. airports. Now that the Category 1 rating has been restored, Mexican carriers are again free to add new routes to the U.S.
Scroll down for a full list of 17 new routes, listed both by U.S. airports and by Mexican airports.
Aeromexico's 17 new routes from US airports
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) to:
- Guanajuato — Guanajuato International Airport/Bajio (BJX)
- Merida — Merida International Airport (MID)
- Mexico City — MEX
- Monterrey — Monterrey International Airport (MTY)
- Queretaro — Queretaro International Airport (QRO)
Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) to:
- Mexico City — MEX
Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) to:
- Mexico City — NLU
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) to:
- Guadalajara — Guadalajara International Airport (GDL)
- Guanajuato — BJX
- Mexico City — MEX
- Queretaro — QRO
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to:
- Monterrey — MTY
McAllen International Airport (MFE) in Texas to:
- Mexico City — NLU
New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to:
- Monterrey — MTY
Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) to:
- Mexico City — MEX
- Monterrey — MTY
Washington's Dulles International Airport (IAD) to
- Mexico City — MEX
Aeromexico's 17 new routes from Mexican airports
Guadalajara International Airport (GDL) to:
- Atlanta — ATL
- Detroit — DTW
Guanajuato International Airport/Bajio (BJX) to:
- Atlanta — ATL
- Detroit — DTW
Merida International Airport (MID) to:
- Atlanta — ATL
Mexico City Benito Juarez International Airport (MEX) to:
- Boston — BOS
- Detroit — DTW
- Salt Lake City — SLC
- Washington, D.C. — IAD
Mexico City Felipe Angeles International Airport (NLU) to:
- Dallas-Fort Worth — DFW
- McAllen — MFE
Monterrey International Airport (MTY) to:
- Atlanta — ATL
- Los Angeles — LAX
- New York City — JFK
- Salt Lake City — SLC
Queretaro International Airport (QRO) to
- Atlanta — ATL
- Detroit — DTW
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