Monterrey Airport leads the flow of international passengers attributable to its connections, the tourist and business attractions of Nuevo León, in addition to the lack of slots in Mexico City, which is why it is becoming an important hub for the Aztec country. According to data from the DASHA MTY tourism analysis portal, Monterrey International Airport in 2023 reached 13 million 326 thousand 936 passengers, with a growth of 167% compared to 2020, as reported by Milenio.
The airport is the first in the top 5 of the airports that represent 70% of the passengers mobilized during the year 2023, where the airports of Monterrey, Cancun, Mexico City, Guadalajara and Tijuana appear in order.
Monterrey Airport is consolidating its position as the main air interconnection hub in the north of the country, connecting 38 direct domestic and 22 international destinations, with 8 domestic and 5 international air operators.
New international routes include Phoenix, Bogotá, Toronto, Denver, Austin, Orlando and Seoul, in addition to 14 new domestic routes in 2023.
Recently, the Monterrey airport opened Terminal A. “These expansion and remodeling works have allowed us to increase the dimensions and functionality of this space by 42 percent, going from 62 thousand to 88 thousand square meters, to serve 15.9 million passengers in this first phase,” said Ricardo Dueñas, general director of Grupo OMA.
The destination also hosts conferences, concerts, and health treatments. Although it does not have a beach, it offers ecotourism with its dams, rivers, mountains, and various natural attractions.
As reported by REPORTUR.mxIn January, they announced a new reduction in operations at Mexico City International Airport (AICM), which would go from 52 to 43 on average. For this reason, now instead of 1,031 operations being carried out each day at Mexico City’s Benito Juárez Airport, only 847 would be carried out, so the reduction will be 183 landings or takeoffs. (AICM will have 183 fewer operations than AIFA is seeking to capture).
