JetBlue Airways and Air Canada have become the latest airlines to schedule new routes to Tulum, located in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo.
Commercial flights at Felipe Carrillo Puerto Tulum International Airport (TQO) began on Dec. 1, initially catering to domestic operations by Aeromexico and Viva Aerobus. International services to and from the country’s newest airport are set to commence in March.
JetBlue plans to open a route to Tulum from June 14, 2024, offering daily nonstop flights from New York John F. Kennedy International Airport. The destination will become its fourth in Mexico alongside Cancun, Los Cabos and Puerto Vallarta.
Meanwhile, Air Canada plans to offer two routes to Tulum from next May. Year-round flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) will start on May 3, operating twice a week, while a weekly service from Montreal-Trudeau International Airport (YUL) begins the following day.
The Star Alliance member currently serves eight points in Mexico during the winter 2023-24 season, flying to Cancun, Cozumel, Huatulco, Ixtapa, Los Cabos, Mexico City Juarez and Puerto Vallarta.
“Without connectivity there is no tourism, and the two new routes to the new Tulum International Airport, which is ready to receive five million passengers, will boost the arrival of tourists from our second-most important source market for international tourists,” says Mexico’s tourism secretary Miguel Torruco Marqués…
