Viva Airlines introduces 7 new routes from the U.S. to AIFA in Mexico City

Viva Airlines has announced 7 caller nonstop flights from the Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA) to U.S. destinations opening successful October. The hose is besides adding flights to 2 home destinations.

On Wednesday, Viva CEO Juan Carlos Zuazua said in a LinkedIn post that the caller flights reaffirm the airline’s “commitment to a much accessible, modern … aviation astatine the champion prices for all.”

AIFA welcomed Viva Airlines’ expanded offerings, which could boost usage of Mexico City’s caller airport. (Mario Jasso/Cuartoscuro)

Viva volition adhd flights from AIFA to 7 U.S. cities: Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami and Orlando. The hose volition besides adhd home work to La Paz, the superior of Baja California Sur, and Tepic, the superior of the Pacific Coast authorities of Nayarit.

In a property release, Viva said the caller routes solidify its presumption arsenic “the starring bearer for planetary question betwixt the Mexico City metropolitan country and the United States.” 

“We went from 29 to 38 nonstop flights from AIFA, marking a maturation of 31% (at AIFA),” Zuazua wrote. He added that the enlargement is important due to the fact that “the U.S. is [Viva’s] main planetary marketplace and a strategical spouse for tourism, concern and commercialized successful Mexico.”

The caller flights could assistance found AIFA arsenic an planetary hub; truthful far, Viva has flown 5 cardinal passengers retired of AIFA, Zuazua said — astir fractional of each passengers who person passed done the México authorities airport.

The caller airdrome has struggled to conscionable expectations successful presumption of rider numbers, according to manufacture experts cited by Mexico Business News.

The government’s archetypal projections had AIFA handling 20 cardinal passengers annually wrong its archetypal 3 years. However, since opening connected March 21, 2022, the airdrome — located 45 kilometers northbound of downtown Mexico City successful neighboring México authorities — had served lone 10.47 cardinal passengers done Jan. 31, 2025, an mean of conscionable implicit 3.5 cardinal passengers per year.

The deficiency of crushed proscription has been a important hurdle for passengers flying into and retired of AIFA, adjacent though summons prices are little than astatine the archetypal planetary airdrome successful eastbound Mexico City, Benito Juárez. A caller rider obstruction line connecting AIFA to the aged Mexico City bid terminal, conscionable 3 kilometers northwest of the capital’s Historic Center, is acceptable to unfastened successful July.

Viva — which changed its sanction from Viva Aerobus successful October — has Mexico’s youngest aviation fleet, operating 93 Airbus A320 and A321 aircraft.

With reports from El Financiero, Mexico Business News and Aviación del Día