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Airbnb to Help Mexico City Lure Digital Nomads With Marketing Site

Mexico City's mayor has signed a deal with Airbnb to help encourage more digital nomads — people working online remotely — to work in the capital city with the help of a new informational website. Airbnb said on Wednesday it had created a site to "showcase unique cultural and creative destinations and experiences" in Mexico's…

Sean O'Neill | 1 year ago

Airlines

JetBlue’s Long Game Involves More International Flights

The airline’s planned takeover of Spirit will give it a bigger footprint in the U.S., but destinations including Africa are part of a bigger, bolder plan — one, however, that could take several years to materialize.

Matthew Parsons | 1 year ago

JetBlue’s Long Game Involves More International Flights

Business Travel

Mexico City Faces U.S. Remote Worker Surge Amidst Large Wealth Gap

Unless Mexico City authorities take concrete steps to rein in the short-term rental market, stories about local residents being priced out of their neighborhoods will continue to be all too common.

Alberto Fajardo, Roberto Ramirez and Josue Gonzalez, Reuters | 1 year ago

Mexico City Faces U.S. Remote Worker Surge Amidst Large Wealth Gap

Airlines

Airlines Using Mexico City’s Main Airport Agree to Cut Peak-Hour Flights by 15 Percent

Mexico City's main international airport is enduring a crisis of delays and cancellations. Authorities let airlines schedule too many flights during peak hours, creating snarls on the runway and in the skies. Good to see some action at last.

Kylie Madry, Reuters | 1 year ago

Airlines Using Mexico City’s Main Airport Agree to Cut Peak-Hour Flights by 15 Percent

Airlines

Mexico City’s New Airport Still Lacks Amenities Despite Grandiose Launch

Mexico City's new airport is nowhere near making President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's claim of being one of the world's best believable. So he's staring at the prospect of another expensive blunder, considering his decision in 2018 to scrap an airport already under construction cost Mexico billions.

Kylie Madry, Reuters | 2 years ago

Mexico City’s New Airport Still Lacks Amenities Despite Grandiose Launch

Airline Weekly

Mexico City’s New Airport Off to Slow Start

Mexico City finally got the new airport it's long needed on Monday. But most remain skeptical whether the new airfield will attract enough travelers to seriously relieve congestion at the capital's busy main airport.

2 years ago
Mexico City’s New Airport Off to Slow Start

Tourism

Mexico City’s Newly Revealed Ancient Treasures to Prompt Future Tourism Upturn

Teotihuacan near Mexico City has drawn visitors for decades. But archaeologists have just revealed more of their finds from under the ruins. In the future, they'll put these treasures on display.

David Alire Garcia, Reuters | 2 years ago

Mexico City’s Newly Revealed Ancient Treasures to Prompt Future Tourism Upturn

Online Travel

Mexican Short-Term Rental Startup Casai Raises $48 Million Led by Andreessen Horowitz

Venture capitalists rarely bet on Mexico's travel startups. But Casai's 80 percent average occupancy rates in August and September must've helped it woo top-tier investor Andreessen Horowitz.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 3 years ago

Mexican Short-Term Rental Startup Casai Raises $48 Million Led by Andreessen Horowitz

Tourism

Mexico City to Emerge Slowly From Lockdown on Monday

Coronavirus cases are still rising, but officials in Mexico City are moving ahead with easing lockdown restrictions. Will tourists follow soon?

Raul Cortes, Reuters | 3 years ago

Mexico City to Emerge Slowly From Lockdown on Monday

Airlines

Local Politics Threaten to Derail Mexico’s New International Airport

There hasn't been a new major airport built in the United States since 1995. Why? Well, politics can be tricky, as we're seeing in Mexico City. Its new airport is slated to begin accepting flights in 2020. But will it? The answer is probably yes, despite recent rumblings. But who knows.

Justin Fox, Bloomberg | 6 years ago

Local Politics Threaten to Derail Mexico’s New International Airport