Mexico, U.S. sign agreement to expand airline flights
MEXICO CITY – Mexico and the United States signed an agreement on Monday to expand from two to three the number of airlines allowed to fly between U.S. airports and 14 of the main Mexican resorts and cities.
The accord would provide increased competition and flights to Acapulco, Cancun, Cozumel, Guadalajara, Huatulco, Ixtapa, Loreto, Manzanillo, Mazatalan, Merida, Monterrey, Oaxaca, Puerto Vallarta and San Jose del Cabo.
“Both businesses and individual consumers win when countries allow their air carriers to compete for passengers,” U.S. Ambassador Tony Garza said in a statement.
The agreement “will allow new travel options and open the market to travelers who had, in the past, never dreamed they could afford to buy an airline ticket,” Garza said.
The agreement, signed by Jeffrey N. Shane, the U.S. undersecretary of transportation, and Pedro Cerisola, Mexico’s secretary of communication and transportation, opens opportunities for more flights and lower fares on many routes in the third-largest U.S. international air market.
The agreement adds a new provision for U.S. and Mexican carriers to enter into code-sharing arrangements with carriers from third countries for their U.S.-Mexico services
