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I’ve written a bit about Tepic, Mexico recently. The capital city of the Mexican state of Nayarit is getting some attention with both Air Canada and WestJet beginning to fly there in December from Vancouver International Airport (YVR) and Calgary International Airport (YYC), respectively. Volaris also recently announced its plans to connect the gateway to the Riviera Nayarit with Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Now, United Airlines has added the Mexican airport to its route map with the inaugural flight taking off on December 20th.
United will be the first US airline to fly nonstop to Tepic International Airport (TPQ) from its hub at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH). The route will be flown 1x weekly on Saturdays by United Express (I’m guessing Mesa Airlines) using Embraer E175 with 12 Business Class (domestic First Class, but sold as Business Class on these routes), 16 Economy Plus®, and 48 Economy Class seats. Tepic is the second Mexican city that United has added to its route network this year. Flights between Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) and Puerto Escondido International Airport (PXM) took off in April and run 1x weekly on Saturdays.
The airline also added two new international routes to its map out of Denver International Airport (DEN). United’s largest hub (measured by the number of passengers it serves) will see nonstop flights to Mexico City International Airport (MEX) and Punta Cana International Airport (PUJ) beginning on October 26th. Both of these routes will be flown with Boeing 737 MAX 8 and Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft, respectively. These offer 16 Business Class, 54 Economy Plus®, and 96 Economy Class seats on the Boeing 737 MAX 8 and 20 Business Class, 42 Economy Plus®, and 117 Economy Class seats on the Boeing 737 MAX 9.
In addition to these routes, United will further expand its flights to Latin America and the Caribbean with increased frequencies to Acapulco International Airport (ACA), Aruba’s Queen Beatrix International Airport (AUA), Dominica’s Douglas-Charles Airport (DOM), Guatemala City’s La Aurora International Airport (GUA), Providenciales International Airport (PLS), Puerto Vallarta’s Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport (PVR), Los Cabos International Airport (SJD), San Jose’s Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO), San Juan’s Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU), and Saint Thomas’ Cyril E. King Airport (STT).
Anthony’s Take: United continues to trail American in its offerings to Latin America and the Caribbean. It’s making great strides to grow/catch up and new routes like Tepic continue to make me see United’s route map as the most exciting.
(Image Credits: United Airlines.)
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American inherited Eastern Airlines’ route network, which was unparalleled in scope. What they’ve done with it since has been meh but it’s nice to see United stepping up.