Transportation
United and Delta Announce Direct Flights to New Tulum Airport
- The new Tulum airport is due to be operational by year-end
- It is expected to boost the economy in the south of Mexico
The tourism hotspot has seen a boom in wealthy visitors and Instagram influencers in the past several years.
Photographer: Cassi Alexandra/Bloomberg
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United Airlines Holdings and Delta Air Lines are among the first airlines to announce direct flights to Mexico’s soon—to-open airport in the tourism hotspot Tulum, one of the government’s top projects to bolster economic activity in the region.
United will launch 22 weekly flights from Newark, New Jersey’s Liberty International Airport close to New York City, New York, Houston and Chicago to Tulum at the end of March, and add service from Los Angeles, according to a United statement Friday. Delta will offer a nonstop service from Atlanta to Tulum beginning March 28, the company said Thursday.