Mexico: More than 59 million passengers on domestic and international flights in the first half of 2024
Tourism Secretary Miguel Torruco Marqués reported that, from January to June 2024, the number of passengers on domestic flights increased by 14.9% and on international flights by 19.4%, compared to the same period in 2019
Torruco Marqués announced that, during the first half of 2024, 59 million 605 thousand air passengers were transported, of which 29 million 511 thousand passengers were on domestic flights and 30 million 94 thousand passengers were on international flights.
The head of the Ministry of Tourism (Sectur) pointed out that in the case of domestic flights, the number of passengers transported in the same period of 2019 is 14.9% higher, while, in international flights, the increase is 19.4% more passengers transported in the same period of 2019, and 7.9% more than that period of 2023.
He indicated that, regarding domestic flights, the airlines with the highest passenger flow during January-June 2024 were: Viva Aerobus and Volaris, which transported 20 million 767 thousand passengers, exceeding the figure for 2019, with an increase of 60.7%.
The five main airlines with the highest number of passengers arriving on domestic flights during the months of January to June 2024 were: Viva Aerobus with 11 million 34 thousand passengers, Volaris with 9 million 733 thousand passengers, Aeroméxico with 6 million 188 thousand passengers transported, Aeroméxico Connect with 2 million 173 thousand passengers and Mexicana with 119 thousand 534 passengers transported.
Torruco Marqués specified that the main Mexican airlines that transported passengers on international flights from January to June were: Aeroméxico and Volaris with 6 million 506 thousand passengers, which represents 13.4% more than in 2023 and 33.1% more than the passengers in the same period in 2019.
The US airlines that had the highest passenger flow during January-June 2024 were: American Airlines and United Airlines, which transported 7 million 190 thousand passengers, that is, 8.8% more than in the same period of 2023, also surpassing the passengers of the first half of 2019 with 53% more.
Regarding passengers transported on international flights during the first half of 2024, according to the main markets, North America accounts for 86.5% of the total, of which 15 million 66 thousand passengers were transported from the US market, with an increase of 7.2% more than in the same period of 2023; on international flights on Mexican airlines, 8 million 184 thousand passengers were transported, with an increase of 14% more than from January to June 2023; while on flights from Canada to Mexico, 2 million 793 thousand passengers traveled, which represents an increase of 13.5% more compared to the same period of 2023.
In the European market, 1,901,000 passengers were transported to our country; 1,999,000 passengers were transported from Central and South America; and 151,239 passengers were registered from the Asian market.
The head of Sectur reiterated that air connectivity is a cornerstone of tourism activity, and highlighted that during the current administration, 482 new international routes to Mexico have been registered, thus promoting the arrival of tourists and the economic spillover, in compliance with the instruction of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, to make tourism a tool for social reconciliation.