For the second year running, the International Airport Council (IAC) has rated Cancun Airport as the best airport in Latin America and among the top five in the world with a handling capacity of five to 15 million passengers a year, in terms of quality of services offered. Airport officials will be traveling to New Delhi, India for the award ceremony on April 7 to be held during the International Airport Council Asia Regional Assembly.
In another sign of Cancun’s growing importance as a regional flight hub, several airlines recently announced that they will be including the Mexican Caribbean in their flight network or are adding more departures. Major European carrier, Air France will be flying to Cancún three times a week from Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, as of October 21, 2011. Russian airline Aeroflot is expected to start twice-weekly flights from Moscow to Cancun and Mexico City in the coming months and there are encouraging signs that Iberia, KLM and Lufthansa are interested in expanding to Cancun. Due to popular demand, British Airways has also increased its direct London-Gatwick – Cancún service to three flights a week.
For travelers from the United States, Continental introduced a weekly service from San Antonio and Austin in Texas and Raleigh/Durham to Cancun in February and Sun Country is expanding its direct Las Vegas – Cancun service to include two additional flights.
There’s also good news for domestic travelers, Mexican airline Aviacsa is set to begin flights again in May after a two-year absence. In addition to two flights from Cancún to Mexico City and then to Monterrey, in the future it also plans to offer a regional network linking the cities of Tuxtla Gutiérrez and Tapachula in Chiapas, Villahermosa and Oaxaca with the Mexican Caribbean.
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