CAPA: Mexico City a nonoptimal market for US LCCs

CAPA - Centre for Aviation, in a report entitled: 'US airlines vacate Mexico City: US LCC model ultimately not viable', stated (18-Nov-2019) Southwest Airlines and Alaska Airlines decided to leave Mexico City during the past year, with JetBlue Airways to follow in early 2020, going to show how shifting market conditions are able to change predictions of successful route performances. Mexico City mostly focuses on leisure passengers and visiting friends and relatives traffic, making it a nonoptimal market for low cost carriers based in the US. [more - CAPA Analysis]