Mexicana De Aviacion Expands Its Routes
LOS ANGELES, March 8 /PRNewswire/ — Mexicana de Aviacion, Mexico’s first airline and leader in the international market, announced today the launch of its new non-stop service from Los Angeles to Monterrey, Nuevo Leon twice a week effective March 17th.
Mexicana’s new non-stop service from Los Angeles to Cualiacan, Sinaloa, initiates service in April. Departing Los Angeles on Mexicana flight 429 on Tuesdays and Saturdays at 2:45am, arriving Culiacan at 6:05am, returning from Culiacan on Mexicana Flight 428 Mondays and Fridays at 10:10pm, arriving Los Angeles at 11:35pm.
The addition of these new flights represent our continued commitment to offer our passengers convenient schedules to the most popular destinations throughout Mexico, whether traveling for business or for pleasure you now have more to choose from.
Los Angeles residents will find easy access to visit relatives and friends and continue with their business affairs. On the leisure aspect Monterrey visitors will find fine museums, and for those with an interest in colonial architecture, may visit Marco Plaza, a compilation of several smaller plazas that showcase many 18th and 19th century buildings. Among other attractions travelers can enjoy are Culiacan, the perfect setting for hunting and fishing, Imala’s hot springs and proximity to several dams and reservoirs allow for fishing of large mouth bass all year round.
It is important to highlight that as a result of its growth and its dynamic business trade between Los Angeles these additional flights become an important component of Mexicana’s routes, considering California is ranked as the 7th economy worldwide.
“Connecting Mexico with Los Angeles without a doubt reinforces the business and cultural ties that meet the high demand of the Mexican community residing in Los Angeles,” said Adolfo Crespo, Sr. VP Customer Service & Corporate Communications. “With this addition our network of routes will increase connecting Mexico and Los Angeles with 10 cities: Guadalajara, Bajio-Leon, Morelia, Zacatecas, Los Cabos, Cancun, Mazatlan and Mexico City, in addition to Monterrey and Culiacan,” concluded Crespo.
When planning your international travel please be sure that you are in possession of all required documents for both outbound and return flights, said Adolfo Crespo, Sr. VP Customer Service & Corporate Communications. In an attempt to simplify your travel and airport check in process Mexicana Airlines reminds passengers traveling between the US and Mexico that in compliance with the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative effective January 23, all US citizens are required to hold a valid passport upon departure. Also US legal residents traveling from the US are required to hold a valid passport from their country of origin or any acceptable document from the US government such as the U.S. Permanent Resident card (Form I-551). Mexican citizens residing in the US the “Matricula Consular” continues to be a valid document to enter Mexico.
Mexicana de Aviacion, with its 85 years of uninterrupted service, reaffirms its commitment as the leader in the international aviation market offering innovation, experience and reliable service.
About Mexicana de Aviacion
Mexicana de Aviacion began its operations more than 85 years ago and it is therefore the airline with the fourth longest tradition in the world. Currently, it is the airline with the most extensive international coverage from Mexico and the leading transportation company between Mexico and the United States. From its operation hub in Mexico City International Airport, Mexicana flies to around 50 destinations in North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean. Its code share agreements with leading international airlines represents a great benefit for its passengers with the accumulation and redemption of miles, access to its executive lounges, a range of connection possibilities and coordinated schedules with an extensive route network that covers a large portion of the world. Having the most modern fleet in the world has allowed it to maintain one of the highest on time performance levels, and enabled it to reach the highest utilization rate of its Airbus fleet, with an average daily operation of 12:52 hours. Mexicana has the best maintenance base in Latin America. And for the second consecutive time it’s been recognized with the World Travel Awards 2006 as the best Business Class in Mexico and Latin America, in addition to receiving the award as the leading airline for ninth consecutive years in the same region. On July 1st, 2005, Mexicana launched its low-cost airline, Click Mexicana, which offers the most competitive fares. Click serves 23 domestic routes and its fleet is comprised of 14 Fokker 100 aircraft with state-of-the-art equipment with the most advanced technology available in the industry. For more information visit: http://www.mexicana.com/ and http://www.clickmx.com/
Mexicana de Aviacion
CONTACT: Theresa Bravo of Mexicana de Aviacion, +1-310-863-4288,theresa.bravo@mexicana.com.mx
Web site: http://www.mexicana.com/