Tulum Airport is facing a 30% to 40% reduction in flights, partly due to connectivity issues and travel times between the airport and the hotel zone. The limited supply of ground transportation and travel times have complicated airline operations, resulting in fewer flights.
Just in June 2025, it was announced that two major foreign airlines, Air Canada and Avianca, announced they would cease operations from Tulum. Analysts have pointed out that the lack of ground transportation is the same problem Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA) is facing. As a result, three US airlines, such as American, Delta, and United, have reduced their operations. Although they continue to fly to Tulum Airport, they have reduced their frequency, and others have permanently suspended operations, such as Avianca and Copa, and Spirit, a low-cost airline from the United States.
In this regard, airlines report low profitability as the reason for reducing or canceling their air travel at that airport, in contrast to the much more profitable performance on their routes to Cancún.
It should be noted that Cancún Airport has more competitive advantages in the area, which is why many other airlines have gradually migrated to that airport, as it has established an aggressive policy to return some of these airlines.
Tulum International Airport, officially Felipe Carrillo Puerto International Airport, is located approximately 20 km southwest of Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico, and was inaugurated on December 1, 2023. The airport received an investment of 3.2 billion pesos. It is the second largest airport in the Yucatán Peninsula, behind only Cancún Airport.
Source: mexicoaeroespecial
