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Pues esta nota salio hace unos momentos, se explica la caida del pasaje tanto de Mexico a Canda y viceversa yo lo cheque en el sistema y apartir del dia 24 ya no da el flt 630 que eral el que operaba con mayor frecuencia.
TRANSPORTATION REPORTER
AeroMexico is dropping Canada barely a year after introducing its service, a sign of tough times for the Canadian tourism sector.
The Mexico City-based carrier started serving Toronto last March and Montreal last April, but suspended scheduled flights to and from Quebec's largest city in January. AeroMexico's computer reservation system now shows Toronto will be scratched from its network after a final flight on March 24.
William Clark, a Toronto-based aviation lawyer who represents AeroMexico, said in an interview yesterday that the airline has given notice to the Canadian Transportation Agency of the termination of scheduled service to and from Canada.
While the global recession and the H1N1 influenza outbreak hampered Canada's tourism industry last year, the Canadian government's requirement that Mexicans obtain visas to visit Canada, effective last July, hurt AeroMexico just as it sought to establish its new service, industry observers say.
Statistics Canada reports that there were 3,743 visitors from Mexico entering Canada in November, 2009, or a drop of 62.3 per cent from the same month in 2008. The Canadian Tourism Commission warned in a newsletter that trips from Mexico have been "still influenced by the new visa requirements for travellers to Canada."
In first 11 months of 2009, there were 161,399 inbound visitors from Mexico, down 34.9 per cent from the year-earlier period. Mexico registered a sharp decline in January-to-November visitors to Canada last year, with 86,343 fewer travellers than in the same period in 2008.
In November, the total number of international visitors to Canada fell 11.3 per cent to 722,667, according to Statscan data that underscore the slump in inbound tourism. In the first 11 months of 2009, the total slid 7.9 per cent to 14.8 million travellers.
After Mexico, the sharpest percentage drops in the January-November period were overnight trips from Japan, South Korea, the United Kingdom, Australia and Brazil.
The March withdrawal of AeroMexico will leave Mexicana, Air Canada and WestJet Airlines Ltd. to continue serving Canada-Mexico routes with their scheduled flights. There are also a variety of tour operators and charter and regional carriers.
Mexicana recently scaled back its Canadian service, cancelling its non-stop flights to and from Edmonton.
WestJet and Air Canada target Canadian vacationers seeking to escape to a variety of spots in Mexico, and their passenger loads this winter haven't suffered like those of the Mexico-based carriers, which rely much more on Mexican traffic, said Brad Miron, vice-president of business development at holiday retailer itravel2000.
Last April, Canadian tour operators and airlines temporarily cancelled trips to Mexico amid that country's H1N1 outbreak.
But this winter, buoyed by the strong loonie, bookings to sun destinations are expected to improve, said Mr. Miron, who added that some Canadian travellers have switched to Mexico and away from the Dominican Republic after the Jan. 12 earthquake in neighbouring Haiti.
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Tourism slump
Overnight trips to Canada,
Jan.- Nov. 2009, per cent change
-34.9% / Mexico
-29.4 / Japan
-26.3 / South Korea
-17.2 / United Kingdom
-14.6 / Australia
-14.3 / Brazil
-6.2 / U.S.
-3.7 / India
-3.4 / France
-3.1 / Germany
+0.8 / China
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SOURCES / CANADIAN TOURISM COMMISSION
STATISTICS CANAD
TRANSPORTATION REPORTER
AeroMexico is dropping Canada barely a year after introducing its service, a sign of tough times for the Canadian tourism sector.
The Mexico City-based carrier started serving Toronto last March and Montreal last April, but suspended scheduled flights to and from Quebec's largest city in January. AeroMexico's computer reservation system now shows Toronto will be scratched from its network after a final flight on March 24.
William Clark, a Toronto-based aviation lawyer who represents AeroMexico, said in an interview yesterday that the airline has given notice to the Canadian Transportation Agency of the termination of scheduled service to and from Canada.
While the global recession and the H1N1 influenza outbreak hampered Canada's tourism industry last year, the Canadian government's requirement that Mexicans obtain visas to visit Canada, effective last July, hurt AeroMexico just as it sought to establish its new service, industry observers say.
Statistics Canada reports that there were 3,743 visitors from Mexico entering Canada in November, 2009, or a drop of 62.3 per cent from the same month in 2008. The Canadian Tourism Commission warned in a newsletter that trips from Mexico have been "still influenced by the new visa requirements for travellers to Canada."
In first 11 months of 2009, there were 161,399 inbound visitors from Mexico, down 34.9 per cent from the year-earlier period. Mexico registered a sharp decline in January-to-November visitors to Canada last year, with 86,343 fewer travellers than in the same period in 2008.
In November, the total number of international visitors to Canada fell 11.3 per cent to 722,667, according to Statscan data that underscore the slump in inbound tourism. In the first 11 months of 2009, the total slid 7.9 per cent to 14.8 million travellers.
After Mexico, the sharpest percentage drops in the January-November period were overnight trips from Japan, South Korea, the United Kingdom, Australia and Brazil.
The March withdrawal of AeroMexico will leave Mexicana, Air Canada and WestJet Airlines Ltd. to continue serving Canada-Mexico routes with their scheduled flights. There are also a variety of tour operators and charter and regional carriers.
Mexicana recently scaled back its Canadian service, cancelling its non-stop flights to and from Edmonton.
WestJet and Air Canada target Canadian vacationers seeking to escape to a variety of spots in Mexico, and their passenger loads this winter haven't suffered like those of the Mexico-based carriers, which rely much more on Mexican traffic, said Brad Miron, vice-president of business development at holiday retailer itravel2000.
Last April, Canadian tour operators and airlines temporarily cancelled trips to Mexico amid that country's H1N1 outbreak.
But this winter, buoyed by the strong loonie, bookings to sun destinations are expected to improve, said Mr. Miron, who added that some Canadian travellers have switched to Mexico and away from the Dominican Republic after the Jan. 12 earthquake in neighbouring Haiti.
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Tourism slump
Overnight trips to Canada,
Jan.- Nov. 2009, per cent change
-34.9% / Mexico
-29.4 / Japan
-26.3 / South Korea
-17.2 / United Kingdom
-14.6 / Australia
-14.3 / Brazil
-6.2 / U.S.
-3.7 / India
-3.4 / France
-3.1 / Germany
+0.8 / China
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SOURCES / CANADIAN TOURISM COMMISSION
STATISTICS CANAD
