AeroMexico is to resume flights to the US city of Boston from its main base at Aeropuerto Internacional Benito Juárez in Mexico City. A new link to Boston's Logan International Airport will be introduced from June 1, 2015 and will be operated on a six times weekly basis using a Boeing 737-700. The Mexican carrier previously served the route up until spring 2007.
The SkyTeam alliance member recently announced a route from Mexico City to Medellin in Colombia, operating four weekly flights from March 2, 2015.
The airline has also recently announced a route between Mexico City and Panama City to begin on May 14, 2015, as a daily rotation, marking its 16th destination into Latin America.
Governor, Deval Patrick said: “Nonstop service to Mexico City will open up new opportunities for Massachusetts businesses to compete in the 21st century global marketplace. The service will increase tourism here at home while connecting our residents and businesses with the emerging opportunities in Mexico.”
“It’s an increasingly important trading partner with Massachusetts,” said Massport spokesman, Matt Brelis.
Mexico City is the third nonstop international destination to be announced this year by Massport and the 42nd overall for Logan.
The direct flight will operate every day except Tuesday, departing Mexico City at 9:00am, arriving in Boston at 3:25pm. The return flight departs Boston at 4:35pm, arriving in Mexico City at 8:55pm.
Mexico is Massachusetts’ third largest trading partner after Canada and the United Kingdom. Bay State exports to Mexico hit $1.9 billion last year, according to the Associated Industries of Massachusetts. Exports have increased 34 percent in the first three quarters of this year compared to last year.
In November, El Al Israel Airlines announced it would offer three weekly flights between Boston and Tel Aviv commencing June 2015. Cathay Pacific Airways will introduce flights to Hong Kong in May 2015, becoming the second airline to add a direct service to China from Boston, after Hainan Airlines commences a Beijing route in June.
AeroMexico previously served the Mexico City - Boston market for a three year period between 2004 and 2007. It launched the route in February 2004 with a daily 737 service but scaled-back frequencies to just a weekly operation from August 2005. The weekly offering continued until May 2007 when the city pair was closed.
Our analysis of MIDT data shows that AeroMexico carried over 40,000 bi-directional passengers on the route when it offered its daily flight in 2004 and 2005, but this figure fell significantly in 2006 and 2007 as the frequency was drastically reduced.
Despite the lack of a direct air service, more than 40,000 passengers are flying annually between Mexico City and Boston and the new non-stop link is expected to generate approximately $50 million in economic activity in Massachusetts. The traffic on this city pair is dominated by American Airlines and United Airlines, which offer one-stop services via another hub airport.
The chart, below, highlights annual bi-directional O&D demand on the Mexico City - Boston route. It shows that AeroMexico stimulated demand by around a quarter when it previously offered its non-stop flights.
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