United States – Mexico: the numbers of the largest international air market in the region

The decision of the US government to downgrade Mexico to Category 2 in terms of air safety will have strong repercussions in the largest international market in Latin America, which together for next July has 2,697 weekly flights scheduled with an offer of 421,721 seats per direction, according to information obtained by Aviacionline through Cirium, a global aeronautical intelligence company.

By way of comparison, between Colombia and the United States there will be 332 weekly flights in each direction, between Brazil and the United States 74, and with Argentina, 39. Obviously all influenced by the geographical proximity, the Mexican tourist offer and the strong cultural and economic ties.

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Behind those general numbers there are many other data to highlight:

• 13 airlines operate regular flights between the two countries, four Mexican (Aeroméxico, Aeromar, VivaAerobus and Volaris) and nine American (American, Alaska, JetBlue, Delta, Frontier, Spirit, Sun Country, United and Southwest).
• In July there are 213 scheduled routes that connect 31 cities in Mexico with 50 in the United States.
• Among US airlines, American Airlines has the highest number of scheduled flights, with 597, followed by United with 557 and Delta with 256.
• Volaris leads from Mexico with 297 weekly scheduled flights, followed by Aeroméxico with 243 and VivaAerobus with 105. Aeromar has 25.

• Considering the number of seats, American offers 84,083 per week, followed by United with 78,147 and Delta with 46,099.
• Among Mexican airlines, Volaris offers 51,678 weekly seats, Aeroméxico 38,418, VivaAerobus 19,530, and Aeromar 1,632.
• Cancun – Dallas is the route with the highest offer of seats (16.3%), followed by Mexico City – Houston International (11.7%) and Cabo – Los Angeles (10.5%).
• As an individual destination, Cancun concentrates 33.3% of the flight offer and 36.7% of the seat offer. Mexico City with 21.7% and 21.1%, while Cabo is in third place with 12.7% and 12.8%.
• On the US side, Dallas / Ft. Worth concentrates 21.3% of the flight offer and 19.5% of the seat offer. Houston Intercontinental 21.1% and 18.9%. In third place, Los Angeles with 16.4% of the flight offer and 18% of the seat offer.

• This means that the airlines of the United States control 75.2% of the supply in frequencies, and the ones from Mexico 24.8%.
• In terms of seats, the 9 companies north of the Rio Grande represent 73.6% of the offer, and those from the south 26.4%
• During July the flight offer will have a growth of 3.3% compared to the same month of 2019, the last pre-pandemic summer. In seats there will be a growth of 10.2% and in capacity (ASK), of 7.4%.
• Regarding aircraft, 87.4% of flights are carried out in single-aisle aircraft, 10.1% in regional jets, 1.6% in wide-body aircraft and 0.9% in turboprops. The Boeing 737 family is the most popular, present in 48.7% of flights, followed by the A320 family with 44.8%.

Flight List – July 2021