Mexicana Ceases Flight Operations 28 Aug 2010
Aug 27, 2010, 3:28 pm
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Mexicana Ceases Flight Operations 28 Aug 2010
Operations will cease by tomorrow per AP, NBC, Marketwatch and other sources.
Statement on Mexicana.com: http://www.mexicana.com/cs/Satellite...eAlterno_US_EN
Statement on Mexicana.com: http://www.mexicana.com/cs/Satellite...eAlterno_US_EN
Last edited by shoodawg; Aug 27, 2010 at 3:34 pm
Aug 27, 2010, 3:37 pm
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Posted on their website (www.mexicana.com) as well... not good for OW
Aug 27, 2010, 3:53 pm
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How sad.
Aug 27, 2010, 3:56 pm
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ouch....that is sad. They upgraded Emralds and Saphires without any questions 
or any stickers as long as seat available.
or any stickers as long as seat available.
Aug 27, 2010, 4:01 pm
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MX was a nice Latin American addition to Oneworld besides LA. Do you think that there will be room for another player like AV or AR?
Aug 27, 2010, 4:05 pm
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AA should use the opportunity to gain some US-Mexico market share.
Aug 27, 2010, 4:09 pm
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Aug 27, 2010, 4:09 pm
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Aug 27, 2010, 4:10 pm
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G3 (Gol Airlines) has teamed up with AA recently, and AFAIK they're in negotiations to join OW. It is a shame that they've lost most of Varig international routes after the takeover...
Aug 27, 2010, 4:35 pm
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So sad.. sorry to hear this..
Aug 27, 2010, 4:53 pm
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That's disappointing, no less for an airline that entered into OW less than a year ago.
I have one unused MX ticket with them from DFW to EZE with the first sector being an MX-coded-AA-operated flights. So much for the chances of using that.
I have one unused MX ticket with them from DFW to EZE with the first sector being an MX-coded-AA-operated flights. So much for the chances of using that.
Aug 27, 2010, 5:39 pm
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No pain no game, right? 
Have you seen AR's new website and livery? Change is in the air.
http://www.aerolineas.com.ar/home.asp
GOL is nice but it does not have a vast international network.
By the way, a bit off topic but I was looking for fares SFO-GRU and when I tried the AM website it wouldn't allow me to continue and took me to a page to re-enter my destination but on the table there were only Mexican destinations. What's up with that? If I remember correctly MX had a similar thing happening.
Have you seen AR's new website and livery? Change is in the air. http://www.aerolineas.com.ar/home.asp
GOL is nice but it does not have a vast international network.
By the way, a bit off topic but I was looking for fares SFO-GRU and when I tried the AM website it wouldn't allow me to continue and took me to a page to re-enter my destination but on the table there were only Mexican destinations. What's up with that? If I remember correctly MX had a similar thing happening.
Last edited by aw; Aug 27, 2010 at 5:51 pm
Aug 27, 2010, 5:42 pm
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Aug 27, 2010, 5:46 pm
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You do not remember correctly , AR were never part of OW , although , IIRC ( and I could be wrong ) they were briefly on the Global Explorer fare way back in the day when QF and AR codeshared on each others AKL-SYD-EZE services .
Aug 27, 2010, 5:52 pm
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I flew them once and both the outbound and return flights were horrible, they only shamed OW...glad to see them go!