Hmm, interesting report. Thanks, Jose.

Re. Load factors, my impression is that the MEX-GDL market is primarily a business route, while service into TIJ and CJS also caters to a more broad market. This is likely due to logistics of other options: the same $120 or so one way buys either a flight or a bus ticket MEX-TIJ, but the flight is clearly much faster. For MEX-GDL, the bus for about 8 hours costs 1/4 as much as the flight..... I, in that situation, would be tempted to spring for ETN overnight and pocket the difference, if I weren't in much of a hurry.

Another friend, who worked for a travel agency in MEX, says that Azteca is a reincarnation of TAESA... but with new planes. I wonder if it's the same Valujet-to-Airtran transformation. IMHO, a domestic Mexican partner is a very smart move for CO, since right now CO serves more Mexican destinations than any other US carrier. Plus, given CO's dismal award availability, knowing routes like MEX to ONT, ELP, and LRD can help us find trans-border availability when CO operated flights are gone.