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By the Caribbean Journal staff

Delta Air Lines has added another new route to Mexico, this time to the country’s increasingly popular capital city.

The carrier has officially launched a new route from Minneapolis-St Paul to Mexico City, with service operating daily.

Delta is running the flights on Airbus A319 aircraft, with 12 seats in first class, 18 in Delta Comfort+ and 102 in the main cabin.

Thanks to Delta’s new cooperation agreement with AeroMexico, the new flights will also provide one-point connections to destinations in Mexico like Oaxaca and Guadalajara.

That also includes access to 41 AeroMexico destinations in Mexico ranging from Cancun to Los Cabos.

“The nonstop service between the Twin Cities and Mexico City represents an advantage to the business community as it allows for easy access to one of the most important business capitals in Latin America,” said Ben Humphrey, Delta’s Vice President for Airport Operations.

— CJ

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By the Caribbean Journal staff

Holland America Line is planning a big push to the Panama Canal this upcoming season.

The cruise line will run a total of 32 sailings to the Canal from September 2019 and May 2020, it announced this week.

That will include seven ships and a total of 16 unique itineraries, including both partial transits on 10- and 11-day voyages and full transits through the canal on 14 to 23-day itineraries.

The Panama Canal cruises will also include stops across the Mexican Riviera, Central America and the Caribbean, from Costa Rica’s Puerto Caldera to Oranjestad, Aruba.

“Transiting the Panama Canal deeply resonates with any explorer because of the sheer magnitude and power of the experience, and we offer travelers a variety of itinerary choices with a robust season across seven premium ships,” said Orlando Ashford, president of Holland America Line. “The sensation of being raised and lowered through the Canal’s legendary locks is inspiring, and whether our guests do it on a full transit from ocean to ocean or a partial through Gatún, it really is one of the world’s greatest modern wonders.”

Holland America will be operating the Panama Canal cruises on its Amsterdam, Eurodam, Nieuw Amsterdam, Oosterdam, Rotterdam and Volendam cruise ships.

— CJ

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San Juan’s Luis Munoz Marin International Airport is continuing to see strong passenger growth, according to the latest data from parent company ASUR, which also operates a host of regional airports in Mexico and Colombia.

The airport saw 9.3 percent growth in passenger traffic last month, with a total of 693,694 passengers.

That was buoyed by 7.9 percent growth in traffic within the United States and 22.6 percent growth in international traffic.

It’s also a sign of Puerto Rico’s tourism recovery; for nearly a year, most year-over-year growth at the airport was simply a sign of rebound in the wake of Hurricane Maria.

Now, the increase in traffic represents full-fledged improvement — not just recovery.

– CJ

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