Aeromexico Targets Underserved U.S. Markets After Joint Venture Court Win

Aeromexico plans to add six nonstop routes from Mexico City to the U.S. and Puerto Rico during 2027, expanding into unserved markets following the preservation of its joint venture with Delta Air Lines.

The latest additions will connect Mexico City International Airport with Nashville, New Orleans and San Juan, Puerto Rico. Aeromexico will operate each route four times per week, beginning with Nashville on June 13, 2027, New Orleans on June 17 and San Juan on June 24.

All three will be the only nonstop services in their respective markets. Nashville and New Orleans will be served using 99-seat Embraer 190s, while Aeromexico will deploy a 166-seat Boeing 737-8 to San Juan.

The carrier will also add a second daily Mexico City-Austin flight from June 3, operated with a 737-8. Combined with its services to Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio, the new frequency will give Aeromexico six daily departures from Mexico City to Texas.

The expansion follows the announcement of daily, year-round Mexico City flights to Orange County, California; Fort Lauderdale, Florida; and Portland, Oregon. Those services will begin in January, also using 737-8s. Once the June routes open, the Aeromexico-Delta partnership will serve 30 U.S. destinations from Mexico City.

Sabre Market Intelligence data shows approximately 101,600 two-way passengers traveled between Mexico City and Nashville, New Orleans and San Juan during 2025, despite the absence of nonstop flights. That was an increase of 19% from a year earlier.

San Juan was the largest of the three markets, generating about 52,800 passengers, up 32.5%. Nashville-Mexico City traffic increased 3.7% to approximately 27,900 passengers, while New Orleans rose 12% to about 20,900.

The route expansion comes even as overall capacity between the U.S. and Mexico remains below year-earlier levels. OAG Schedules Analyser data shows airlines are scheduled to offer approximately 22.49 million two-way seats during winter 2026-27, down 3.3% from 23.26 million.

However, capacity between Mexico City and the U.S. is scheduled to rise 6.3% to approximately 4.9 million seats this winter, while the number of airport pairs increases to 29 from 27.

Aeromexico and Delta collectively account for about 2.28 million of those seats, up 11.8% year over year and equivalent to approximately 46% of Mexico City-U.S. capacity. Across the wider country pair, the partners have a combined 20.8% share, narrowly ahead of American Airlines and Volaris.

The additions follow an August U.S. federal appeals court decision overturning a U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) order that would have ended Aeromexico and Delta’s antitrust-immunized partnership. The court did not determine that the joint venture was pro-competitive but found that DOT had failed to adequately support its decision or apply its standards consistently. The ruling allowed the airlines to continue coordinating schedules, pricing and revenue across their transborder networks.