Let's take a look at the trajectory of Delta in Mexico. A few American politicians have been attempting to claim that Mexicans infected the U.S. with Covid in an attempt to appeal to their base; the opposite is actually true. American tourists brought Delta Covid to Mexico; it established itself in tourist areas before widely spreading across Mexico.
Let's start by taking look at the travel situation of American tourists to Mexico which has hit all time peaks -- because Mexico is one of the very few nearby countries allowing unvaccinated and untested tourists into the country.
US Airlines Carrying Record Number of Passengers to Mexico
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Airlines in the United States carried more travelers to Mexico in July than at any point in history, breaking all-time records and exceeding pre-pandemic totals.
According to The Riviera Maya News, the Secretariat de Comunicaciones y Transportes (SCT) announced that the five largest carriers in the U.S. transported 2.3 million passengers to and from Mexico in July, the highest on record.
American Airlines carried 24.3 percent more passengers than in July of 2019, while United Airlines carried 22.2 percent more passengers when compared to the same period. Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines and JetBlue also saw a substantial increase in passenger totals.
Other low-cost carriers have also found success in Mexico, as Spirit Airlines saw passenger totals increase by 146 percent from 50,936 in July of 2019 to 125,542 in July of 2021 after opening new routes to Puerto Vallarta.
Earlier this month, Alaska Airlines announced new service between San Francisco International Airport and Loreto, Mazatlan and Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, Mexico, starting on December 18.
While the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the surge of Delta variant cases has impacted the travel industry, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said that his country has no plans of asking residents and arriving tourists for proof of COVID-19 vaccination.
Let's start by taking look at the travel situation of American tourists to Mexico which has hit all time peaks -- because Mexico is one of the very few nearby countries allowing unvaccinated and untested tourists into the country.
US Airlines Carrying Record Number of Passengers to Mexico
https://www.travelpulse.com/news/ai...ng-record-number-of-passengers-to-mexico.html
Airlines in the United States carried more travelers to Mexico in July than at any point in history, breaking all-time records and exceeding pre-pandemic totals.
According to The Riviera Maya News, the Secretariat de Comunicaciones y Transportes (SCT) announced that the five largest carriers in the U.S. transported 2.3 million passengers to and from Mexico in July, the highest on record.
American Airlines carried 24.3 percent more passengers than in July of 2019, while United Airlines carried 22.2 percent more passengers when compared to the same period. Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines and JetBlue also saw a substantial increase in passenger totals.
Other low-cost carriers have also found success in Mexico, as Spirit Airlines saw passenger totals increase by 146 percent from 50,936 in July of 2019 to 125,542 in July of 2021 after opening new routes to Puerto Vallarta.
Earlier this month, Alaska Airlines announced new service between San Francisco International Airport and Loreto, Mazatlan and Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, Mexico, starting on December 18.
While the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the surge of Delta variant cases has impacted the travel industry, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said that his country has no plans of asking residents and arriving tourists for proof of COVID-19 vaccination.
