Tulum Airport loses another carrier as Discover Airlines moves its flights to Cancún

Discover Airlines, the German subsidiary of Lufthansa, has announced it volition cancel its nonstop way betwixt Frankfurt International Airport (FRA) and Tulum International Airport (TQO) starting this winter.

The German bearer began operations to Tulum connected Dec. 12, 2024, seeking to diversify its offerings successful the Caribbean. However, aft an archetypal season, it volition redirect its operations to Cancún International Airport (CNC), a much accepted hub that continues to ore astir planetary tourer postulation to the Riviera Maya.

In its archetypal twelvemonth and a fractional of operations, the Tulum airdrome has received a dependable watercourse of travelers but infrastructure challenges stay an issue. (Mara Lezama vía X)

“The airdrome [in Tulum] has large potential, but it is ever a operation of galore factors. For now, we volition absorption connected Cancún,” a spokesperson from the hose said.

The way betwixt Frankfurt and Cancún volition run during the 2025-2026 wintertime play connected Sundays, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. A 5th formation volition beryllium added connected Thursdays during the Christmas play to conscionable accrued demand.

More airlines cancel routes to Tulum

Less than 2 years aft its opening, aggregate planetary airlines person had to reevaluate their beingness successful Tulum, chiefly owed to infrastructure challenges. Ground transport options are constricted and dilatory owed to a deficiency of roads connecting to the Tulum edifice zone. Furthermore, airlines are facing debased profitability arsenic request has been little than expected.

Air Canada and United Airlines some chopped backmost their operations successful Tulum, eliminating connections from cardinal cities. Air Canada suspended flights from Ottawa (YOW) and Quebec City (YQB), and volition trim frequencies from Montreal (YUL), dropping from 5 to 3 flights per week. Only the way from Toronto (YYZ) volition stay unchanged, with 4 play flights to Tulum.

Our CEO takes a circuit of the Tulum airport

Meanwhile, United Airlines canceled a planned way from Denver (DEN) and eliminated work from Boston (BOS), shifting its absorption to Cancún. Copa Airlines and Avianca person besides withdrawn their connections from Panama City (PTY) and Colombia (BOG), respectively.

Along with the Maya Train and the Felipe Ángeles International Airport adjacent Mexico City, the Tulum airdrome was 1 of erstwhile President Andrés López Obrador’s flagship projects. It opened arsenic a modern and strategical alternate to relieve congestion successful Cancún and bring planetary tourism person to destinations specified arsenic Bacalar, Mahahual and the surrounding Maya region. But contempt incentives announced by the government, including discounts connected the Airport Use Fee (TUA) and level services, airlines proceed to withdraw.

New flights betwixt Argentina and Cancún

Meanwhile, Cancún continues to adhd flights. Starting successful January 2026, Aerolíneas Argentinas volition summation its work to Cancún, 1 of the astir in-demand planetary destinations for the Argentine market. The institution volition spell from operating 3 flights per week to offering up to 7 flights per week betwixt Buenos Aires (EZE) and Cancún.

The caller routes volition run connected Mondays and Saturdays with 2 flights per day, and Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays with 1 regular flight. There’ll beryllium nary operations connected Fridays and Sundays.

With reports from Diario Imagen, La Jornada Maya and A21