The Cancun International Airport reported a Saturday day of intense air traffic as it was one operation away from 700 flights, according to reports from Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste. According to Asur, there were 332 arrivals, of which 91 were national and 241 international, and 327 departures, including 89 within national territory and 238 abroad.
The airlines with operations scheduled for yesterday were: Aeroméxico, Air Canada, Air Caraibes, Air Europa, Air France, Air Portugal, Air Transat, Alaska, Allegiant, American Airlines, Arajet, Avianca, Avianca Costa Rica, British Airways, Condor, Copa , Delta, Edelweiss and Flair Airlines.
Also present were: Frontier, JetBlue, Jetlines, KLM, Lan Peru, Magnicharter, Sky Airlines Peru, Southwest, Spirit, Sun Country, Sunwing, Swift Air, Swoop, TAG Airlines, Thomson, TUI Airlines Netherland, Tuifly Nordic, Turkish Airlines, United Airlines, Viva Aerobús, Volaris, Volaris Costa Rica, West Jet and Wingo.
The international destinations with flights yesterday were: Amsterdam, Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Bogotá, Boston, Buffalo, Calgary, Cali, Camagüey, Charlotte, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Edmonton, Istanbul , Stockholm, Flores, Fort Lauderdale, Frankfurt, Guatemala, Halifax, Hamilton, Helsinki, Houston, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Havana, Lansing, Lima, Lisbon and London.
Also with the cities of: Los Angeles, Madrid, Managua, Manchester, Medellin, Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Montreal, Nashville, New Orleans, New York, Newark, Orlando, Orly, Ottawa, Panama, Paris, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburg , Portland, Quebec, Raleigh – Durham, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Francisco, San Jose, Costa Rica, Santo Domingo, Saskatoon, Seattle, St. Louis, MO Louis, Tampa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Washington, Winnipeg and Zurich.
Of the domestic destinations there were operations with Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Mexico City, Juarez City, Guadalajara, Leon, Mexicali, Monterrey, Morelia, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Reynosa, San Luis Potosí, Santa Lucia, Tijuana, Toluca, Torreon, Tuxtla , Veracruz and Villahermosa.
Opened in 1975, Cancun International Airport is the second busiest in Mexico, only following Mexico City International Airport, but the most important in Mexico and Latin America for international passengers. It is one of the best connected airports in all of Latin America due to the number of routes and airlines that operate.