Alaska Airlines announces daily nonstop service to El Paso, Texas (QX: SEA/SAN-ELP)
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I believe that San Diego/Tijuana and El Paso/Juárez are the 2 busiest border crossings in the Western Hemisphere, so perhaps border patrol and customs employees would frequent the route?
I looked at non-stop flights between Tijuana and Juárez, but it’s only served by Volaris once a day. Either there is not a lot of traffic between the two cities, or maybe there’s an opportunity to pick up traffic from Mexico as well?
I looked at non-stop flights between Tijuana and Juárez, but it’s only served by Volaris once a day. Either there is not a lot of traffic between the two cities, or maybe there’s an opportunity to pick up traffic from Mexico as well?
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I believe that San Diego/Tijuana and El Paso/Juárez are the 2 busiest border crossings in the Western Hemisphere, so perhaps border patrol and customs employees would frequent the route?
I looked at non-stop flights between Tijuana and Juárez, but it’s only served by Volaris once a day. Either there is not a lot of traffic between the two cities, or maybe there’s an opportunity to pick up traffic from Mexico as well?
I looked at non-stop flights between Tijuana and Juárez, but it’s only served by Volaris once a day. Either there is not a lot of traffic between the two cities, or maybe there’s an opportunity to pick up traffic from Mexico as well?
Ciudad Juárez - El Paso is somewhat different as there are more crossings, including at least one or two pedestrian only bridges over Rio Grande, aka Rio Bravo del Norte (commonly just Rio Bravo) south of the border (very little known fact in Texas).
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All flights launching west will cross in to Mexican airspace. Going off 22 will actually send you "deeper" into Mexico, since there's a giant mountain off the end of the runway.
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