New non-stop Vancouver to Huatulco flights starting at $289

This fall, Vancouver will have a new non-stop weekly flight route to Huatulco, a beautiful set of bays and coves in Oaxaca state on the Pacific coast of Mexico.

WestJet will operate the service between Vancouver International Airport (YVR) and Bahías de Huatulco International Airport (HUX).

The flights, starting at $289.39, will operate between October 29, 2017 and April 28, 2018, as part of the airline’s seasonal winter schedule.

The new service will depart YVR at 9 am and arrive at HUX and 3:47 pm, while return trips will depart HUX at 4:50 pm, arriving at YVR at 10:12 pm.

Flights to Huatulco will be operated on WestJet’s Boeing 737 aircraft with WestJet’s inflight entertainment system accessed through smartphones, tablets or computers.

WestJet will also be increasing services from Vancouver to other Mexican destinations Cabo San Lucas, Cancun and Puerto Vallarta.

As well, WestJet will be starting its seasonal service to Hawaii, to Kauai and Kona, several weeks earlier also on October 29, 2017.

In a release, Craig Richmond, President and CEO of Vancouver Airport Authority, said the announcement by WestJet is fantastic news.

“The addition of Huatulco as well as increasing their other pre-existing services means that WestJet now offers our passengers more services to Hawaii and Mexico than any other carrier at YVR!” said Richmond.

“We are pleased that we are able to offer further options for passengers looking to escape the winter to go to sun destinations or go home to visit loved ones in Canada over the holidays.”

According to the release, this winter WestJet will operate an average of 700 daily flights to 93 destinations in Canada, the US, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, and Europe.

• 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 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 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.