Hainan Airlines Could Be Looking To Resume Direct Flights To Mexico
Staff, 2022-11-18 16:00:00,
After nearly three years of halting its direct services between China and Mexico, Hainan Airlines (HU) could be looking to reestablish passenger flights between both countries. This week, Mexico’s Embassy in China reported the possibility of Hainan resuming its service between Beijing International Airport (PEK) and Tijuana International Airport (TIJ).
Coming back to Mexico?
In early 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Mexico and China lost all connectivity. First Aeromexico (AM) suspended its commercial flight between Mexico City International Airport (MEX) and Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) in late 2019 in the middle of a controversial competition with Emirates over the Barcelona-Mexico City route. Then Hainan Airlines and China Southern Airlines (CZ) scrapped their flights to Mexico (Beijing-Tijuana and Guangzhou-Vancouver-Mexico City, respectively). Suddenly both countries went from having seven flights per week (three by Aeromexico, two by Hainan, and two by China Southern) to zero and has remained that way throughout the last two years.
The Asian segment has been the slowest to recover for the Mexican aviation industry; for instance, Aeromexico has only just announced the return of its flights to Tokyo, Japan, and has yet to restore its connectivity to Seoul, South Korea. On the other hand, Shanghai was permanently scrapped in 2019 after years of being a solid route for the Mexican carrier.
Nonetheless, it seems…
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