Virgin America launches services to Mexico

Virgin America has announced its first scheduled services to Mexico. From December 16th it will begin a five times weekly service to Los Cabos from its San Francisco base, which is currently operated by Alaska Airlines and United Airlines. Effective January 20th it will begin services to Cancun from San Francisco (thrice-weekly) and the previous day will link Cancun with its other west coast base of Los Angeles on a five times weekly basis. From Los Angeles it will face competition from Delta and United , however Mexicana had offered a daily service. Whilst from San Francisco, United offers a once-weekly route to Cancun.