Most popular destinations in Europe (2014, cost of, airport, beach)

[PacoMartin]

Most popular destinations in Europe from US and Mexico

These are the most popular nonstop destination cities in Europe from the US

1. 100% London, United Kingdom
2. 45% Paris, France
3. 42% Frankfurt, Germany
4. 30% Amsterdam, Netherlands
5. 19% Dublin, Ireland
6. 16% Rome, Italy
7. 15% Keflavik/Reykjavik, Iceland
8. 15% Madrid, Spain
9. 14% Munich, Germany

There are seven nonstop destinations to six countries from Mexico cities, and Cancun adds Portugal, Belgium and Switzerland. AFAIK, there are no other nonstops to Europe from other airports in Mexico except for Puerto Vallart to London and Manchester.

With the exception of Dublin and Reykjavik the destinations are the same in Mexico as the US (but in a slightly different order)

1. London, United Kingdom
2. Madrid, Spain
3. Paris, France
4. Rome, Italy
5. Frankfurt, Germany
6. Munich, Germany
7. Amsterdam, Netherlands

Iceland doesn't surprise me because I think Americans starting flying there because it provided a low cost way to get to Europe, although many people stay over for a few days in Iceland. Dublin also doesn't surprise me since there is not a strong cultural connection between Mexico and Ireland.

Other than that I was shocked to see the same 7 cities as the ones in the US ranking. London is ranked #1 for both US and Mexico, but the rest of the order is different with the Latin countries higher than the Germany and Netherlands.

Strictly from Mexico City (and not the entire country)(includes traffic in both directions)

1. Madrid, Spain 680,103 Aeroméxico, Iberia
2. Paris-Charles de Gaulle, France 484,935 Aeroméxico, Air France
3. Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands 307,348 Aeroméxico, KLM
4. United Kingdom London-Heathrow, UK 277,568 Aeroméxico, British Airways
5. Germany Frankfurt, Germany 222,928 Lufthansa

New low cost airlines growing in Oslo and Budapest are trying to increase travel to those cities from the US. Do you expect to see new cities to/from Mexico? I understand that Emirates will be offering 95,000 5th freedom seats (between Barcelona and Mexico City) in each direction a year starting later in 2018.

[malcorub16]

I thought Madrid would be number 1 nationwide but I suppose it makes sense for it to be #1 to Mexico City only.

[PacoMartin]

Originally Posted by malcorub16

I thought Madrid would be number 1 nationwide but I suppose it makes sense for it to be #1 to Mexico City only.

There are flights to Cancun from Newcastle, Birmingham, Manchester, Nottingham, Bristol as well as London. The progression of the exchange rate over the last decade plus the lower cost of airfare has made coming to Mexico for a beach holiday much cheaper than the traditional stomping ground in Costa del Sol in Spain and the Algarve in Portugal.

Cancun is also more varied than Jamaica, Belize, Barbados, Bahamas, Bermuda, Antigua and Barbuda, or the other former British colonies
So while Madrid and Barcelona have nonstop flights to Cancun, they are overwhelmed by the number of charters from Britain.

Also Aeromexico is now 49% owned by Delta Airlines who is very tight partners with Air France and KLM. Delta flies to Paris and Amsterdam from every hub plus some new cities like Orlando which is not a Delta hub.

Air traffic strictly from Mexico City (and not the entire country)(includes traffic in both directions)
680,103 Madrid, Spain Aeroméxico, Iberia
484,935 Paris-Charles de Gaulle, France Aeroméxico, Air France
307,348 Amsterdam, Netherlands Aeroméxico, KLM
277,568 London-Heathrow, UK Aeroméxico, British Airways
222,928 Frankfurt, Germany Lufthansa

Delta is hoping to increase the transfer traffic on Aeromexico to South America. Panama City is more centrally located, and COPA (allied with United Airlines) can fly almost every airport in North and South America with a fleet entirely composed of inexpensive Boeing 737s. From Mexico City AeroMexico can easily reach Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela and Peru on a single aisle jet, but they must use their Dreamliners to fly to Santiago, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, and Sao Paulo.

[PacoMartin]

Actually the number of routes and flights between Mexico and UK has been increasing at a huge rate in the last few years. In previous years Spain and then France provided the most number of air passengers to Mexico.

Passenger traffic and number of flights between Mexico and xxx flown by domestic and foreign scheduled service air carriers
U.K. year
126.7 2010
169.2 2011
237.7 2012
373.6 2013
538.5 2014
573.1 2015
689.3 2016
1169.0 2017

Spain
771.6
816.1
765.7
708.4
793.5
899.0
900.4
988.1

France
455.9
514.1
519.4
485.3
508.1
502.0
503.9
532.5

Germany
260.0
254.2
261.6
299.0
368.6
400.9
404.4
402.1

the Netherlands
295.6
291.6
237.4
233.9
240.8
248.0
298.9
364.2

Italy
64.5
92.7
91.7
76.7
72.3
76.5
87.6
164.2