The airline and tour operator Sunwing announced a new direct route from Victoria that will begin operations on December 10 of this year.
With a weekly frequency, this flight represents an average of 700 more passengers who will arrive monthly from the capital of British Columbia to the international airport shared by Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit.
With this operation, next winter season the Canadian airline will fly to the Mexican destination from 10 cities: Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec, Regina, Toronto, Vancouver, Winnipeg and now Victoria, offering all-inclusive vacation packages on all its routes.
This is a reflection of the growing interest in visiting this region of western Mexico in the different markets of the country of the maple.
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It should be remembered that, recently, it was also reported that, given the increase in demand for seats, the American airline Southwest Airlines announced that it will begin to operate a direct flight between Sacramento and the international airport every Saturday starting March 8, 2025; This is in addition to the five direct routes to Puerto Vallarta that the airline already has.
With this flight, Southwest Airlines expands its offering with a new weekly international service. This new connection from Sacramento will be added to the direct Alaska Airlines flight that will begin operations in January 2025, which represents an increase of approximately 1,400 monthly airplane seats to the destination.
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Also, last month the airline WestJet confirmed that it will increase the frequency of flights from Winnipeg to Puerto Vallarta. While last year there was a maximum of 5 frequencies from December to April, this 2024-2025 season it will reach a maximum of seven weekly flights, which represents an increase of 17%.
In addition, the airline will use larger capacity aircraft on several of its routes, increasing its number of seats to Puerto Vallarta by 5%. This coming winter season, Westjet will fly to this destination from Abbotsford, Comox, Kelowna, Prince George, Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, Edmonton, Regina, Saskatoon, Winnipeg and Toronto.
Meanwhile, Air Transat has announced that it will add an additional frequency to its new service from Montreal to Puerto Vallarta from February 11 to March 25. It will also offer flights to this destination from other Canadian cities, including Toronto, thanks to domestic flights that connect them to Montreal through its partner Porter Airlines.
Source: vallartaopina
