Mexico City, Mexico — Mexican airline Mexicana de Aviación (Compañía Mexicana de Aviación) has announced the cancellation of eight of its routes. The airline, which has been in operation for just over a year, offered flights on 18 routes throughout the country.
With the recent cancellation, the airline is left with less than a dozen in operation. The state airline did not given a reason for the sudden cancellations, which were made without prior warning.
On its website, Mexicana notified customers that it will stop operating routes for Acapulco, Campeche, Guadalajara, Ixtapa, Nuevo Laredo, Puerto Vallarta, Uruapan and Villahermosa.
On Monday, President Claudia Sheinbaum said the reduction in routes is part of a strategic plan.
“They are conducting a review. Some of the planes are rented. They have to renew this lease and new planes will arrive. They are conducting a review like all companies to determine which routes had the most passengers, which ones had the least,” she said.
She added that the company’s master plan for 2025 will be presented to her this week.
“Mexicana will continue to be a company of the people of Mexico. It will continue to fly and there is nothing more to it than a review of its strategic plan for 2025,” she confirmed.
“But we have to review how many passengers flew, whether that route is necessary, whether it is better to change it, whether we have to make a stop somewhere and then go to another place,” she explained.
Last month, President Sheinbaum announced five new Embraer aircraft from Brazil will arrive, from a fleet of 20, for Mexicana de Aviación in 2025 and the expansion of cargo services that will include the Tulum International Airport.
