Mexico came close to matching the number of passengers on domestic flights in 2019

Its owner, Miguel Toroco Marquez, announced that between January and February 2022, seven million and 364,000 passengers were transported on domestic flights, 49.5 percent more than what was reported in 2021, with a number of only about 233,000 to reach those who were He mobilized them in 2019. Seven million and 597 thousand passengers.

The official stated that Mexican airlines that provided the most activity during the months of January and February 2022 on domestic flights were Volaris and Viva Aerobus, carrying 5,519,000 passengers, surpassing the number of arrivals in 2021 by 70.9% and 46.8 what was picked up in 2019. For their part, the Federal Civil Aviation Agency (AFAC), the Secretariat for Infrastructure, Communications and Transport (SICT), Volaris, Viva Aerobus, Aeroméxico and Aeromar were the main airlines with the largest number of passengers on domestic flights during January and February, which accounted for on 98.6% of the domestic market.

Recovery was also observed on international flights. The agency indicated that during the first two months of 2022, seven million and 276,000 passengers were transported on international flights, which is 125.6 percent higher than in 2021, and a loss of only 13.2 equal to those that were transported in 2019 before Covid-19. , representing was eight million and 387 thousand.

Toroco Marquez explained that the most important Mexican airlines that carried passengers on international flights in these two months were Aeroméxico and Volaris, with 1,382,000 passengers. This figure is 10.2 percent higher than in 2021 and will be 11.6 percent off the number of people in 2019, which was 564 thousand.

The Minister of Tourism commented that the North American market accounts for 83.8 percent of the share of international passengers carried. He added that the European market moved 8.5 of the total with 616,379 tickets, which means an increase of 362.9 percent.

Central and South America contributed 580,946 with a growth rate of 176.6 percent, and the Asian market represented the least materially with 25 thousand seats, however, in terms of percentage, it was the most growing with 592.7 points.

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