WestJet announces new daily, year-round flights from Vancouver to Mexico City

WestJet announces new daily flights from Vancouver to Mexico City

A historic area of Mexico City. (Shutterstock)

There will be even more ways to get to Mexican sun destinations starting next spring.

WestJet has announced a new non-stop, year-round flight route from Vancouver to Mexico City.

Flights will initially operate three times weekly beginning on March 14, 2018, departing Vancouver International Airport at 8:30 am and landing at Mexico City International Airport at 2:40 pm. For return trips, flights leave at 3:45 pm and land at YVR at 8:30 pm.

Then starting on April 29, the route will evolve into a daily service.

“We are proud of our continued investments in connecting the economies of Canada and Mexico and providing choice and competition for Canada’s business and leisure travellers,” said Ed Sims, WestJet Executive Vice-President Commercial, in a statement. “These flights will also enable Mexican visitors an affordable option to discover our country and Mexican businesses to increase commercial ties.”

The new service complements Aeromexico and WestJet’s existing and planned routes to Mexican destinations, including WestJet’s new weekly service to Huatulco starting on October 29, 2017.

Additionally, Mexican low-cost airline Interjet will be launching two new daily routes on October 26 of this year – routes to Cancun and Mexico City.

Passenger traffic growth between Mexico and YVR has been in the double digits over the past year following the removal of the visa requirements for Mexican visitors to Canada. Mexico is currently the top growth market for international visitation to BC.

New and improved major YVR routes 2016-18

January 1, 2016: Orlando International Airport – WestJet to begin twice weekly non-stop seasonal flight service.
January 20, 2016: Orlando-Sanford International Airport – National Airlines to begin two times weekly seasonal flight service.
February 15, 2016: Cancun, Mexico – Air Canada to begin weekly, non-stop seasonal service.
May 1, 2016: London Heathrow Airport – British Airways to use an AirBus A380 superjumbo jet for its existing daily non-stop London Heathrow Airport service. The A380 will only be used during the summer months.
May 6, 2016: London Gatwick Airport – WestJet to begin six times weekly non-stop flight service.
May 9, 2016: Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport – Air Canada to begin twice daily, non-stop service to San Jose.
June 1, 2016: Brisbane, Australia – Air Canada to begin daily non-stop flight service.
June 2, 2016: San Diego International Airport – Air Canada to begin daily, non-stop seasonal service.
June 4, 2016: Chicago O’Hare International Airport – Air Canada to begin daily, non-stop service.
June 10, 2016: Dublin Airport – Air Canada to begin seasonal, three times weekly non-stop flight service.
June 29, 2016: London, Ontario – WestJet to begin four times weekly non-stop seasonal flight service.
June 29, 2016: Halifax, Nova Scotia – WestJet to begin four times weekly non-stop seasonal flight service.
June 30, 2016: Hamilton, Ontario – WestJet to begin three times weekly non-stop seasonal flight service.
July 25, 2016: Xiamen, China – Xiamen Airlines to begin three times weekly non-stop flight service.
October 20, 2016: Delhi, India – Air Canada to begin three times weekly non-stop flight service.
December 1, 2016: Mexico City, Mexico – Aeromexico increases weekly flights from 14 to 20.
December 20, 2016: Nanjing, China – China Eastern Airlines to begin three times weekly non-stop flight service.
December 30, 2016: Hangzhou, China via Qingdao, China – Beijing Capital Airlines to begin three times weekly service.
February 5, 2017: Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas – Air Canada to begin daily service.
March 28, 2017: Hong Kong, China – Cathay Pacific increases weekly flights from 14 to 17.
May 1, 2017: Phoenix, Arizona – Air Canada to begin daily service.
May 18, 2017: Denver, Colorado – Air Canada to begin twice daily service.
June 1, 2017: Nagoya, Japan – Air Canada to begin seasonal three times weekly service.
June 1, 2017: Frankfurt, Germany – Air Canada to begin daily service.
June 8, 2017: Taipei, Taiwan – Air Canada to begin daily service.
June 8, 2017: London, UK (Gatwick Airport) – Air Canada to begin three times weekly service.
June 23, 2017: Boston, Massachusetts – Air Canada to begin daily summer seasonal service.
June 30, 2017: Hong Kong, China – Hong Kong Airlines to begin daily non-stop flight service.
October 14, 2017: Delhi, India – Air Canada’s service to be upgraded to up to five times weekly.
October 26, 2017: Cancun, Mexico – Interjet to begin year-round, non-stop flight service running four times weekly.
October 26, 2017: Mexico City, Mexico – Interjet to begin year-round, non-stop flight service running four times weekly.
October 29, 2017: Huatulco, Mexico – WestJet to begin weekly non-stop flight service.
October 29, 2017: Kona and Kauai, Hawaii – WestJet to start seasonal service earlier than usual.
December 1, 2017: Melbourne, Australia – Air Canada to begin four times weekly non-stop seasonal service.
December 15, 2017: Yellowknife, Northern Territories – Air Canada to begin daily non-stop service.
December 20, 2017: Orlando International Airport – Air Canada to begin twice weekly non-stop seasonal service.
January 1, 2018: Reykjavík, Iceland – Icelandair to upgrade existing seasonal service to three times weekly year-round service.
March 18, 2018: Mexico City, Mexico – WestJet launches three times weekly year-round service.
April 29, 2018: Mexico City, Mexico – WestJet service to be upgraded into daily year-round service.
June 1, 2018: Melbourne, Australia – Air Canada service to be upgraded into three times weekly year-round.
June 7, 2018: Zurich, Switzerland – Air Canada to begin three times weekly seasonal service.
June 8, 2018: Paris, France – Air Canada to begin four times weekly seasonal service.

New and improved major YVR routes 2016-18

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