In addition, almost a third of the growth stemmed from the entry into operations of four new routes: Acapulco, Huatulco, Mexicali and Oaxaca.
The growth of Cancún and Mérida derives from the fact that more airlines have become interested in operating in the destinations.
During the start of AIFA operations, Volaris was the first airline to offer flights to Cancun, which since last August 15 already competes with Aeromexico.
Similarly, Aeroméxico had Mérida among its initial routes, which recently also began to be operated by Volaris. Also, long live aerobus it also added a connection with Cancun that was added to its initial flights from Guadalajara and Monterrey.
On the side of the new routes, the flight to Mexicali –operated by Volaris– had the highest passenger traffic, followed by the new connection with Huatulcooperated by the same airline.
AIFA has benefited from a agreement promoted by the federal government which seeks to increase flights at the airport from 12 to 100 daily operations. As part of this strategy, Aeroméxico, Viva Aerobus and Volaris announced new routes, while international airlines opened operations, such as the Dominican arajet –which started operations on September 22– and Copa Airlineswhich today began its AIFA operations with a route to Panama.