DATE OF DISTRIBUTION: April 1, 2008 FOR RELEASE UPON RECEIPT
AEROMEXICO CONNECT INTRODUCES
REGIONAL JETS ON APRIL 7
Aeromexico Connect (formerly Aerolitoral) will introduce service on board a 50-passenger ERJ A5 regional jet two days per week from Tucson International Airport (TIA) starting April 7. They will continue to provide service the other five days a week with the 33-passenger SAAB340.
The airline flies nonstop to Hermosillo, Mexico, daily, departing Tucson at 1:50 p.m. and arriving in Hermosillo at 2:40 p.m. The return flight leaves Hermosillo at 10:40 a.m. and arrives in Tucson at 11:40 a.m.
Aeromexico Connect is the only carrier at TIA offering service to Mexico. A subsidiary of Aeromexico, the airline has been operating in Tucson since 1993.
There are 13 airlines currently providing service at TIA with 89 daily departures to 28 nonstop destinations.
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