Number of Available Flight Seats Increasing

Following the recent notice that the FAA changed its safety rating of Mexico’s regulators from a Category 1—the highest ranking—to a Category 2, which prevents Mexican airlines from adding new routes, U.S. airlines are filling the void. According to the Official Airline Guide, U.S. airlines are offering an average of 32 percent more seats on their routes to Mexico, to a total of 676,118 during this Summer. 

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