The carrier Aeromexico will restart its route between Mexico City International Airport (MEX) and Tokyo Narita International Airport (NRT) this weekend. With this route paused three years ago due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the direct connectivity between Japan and the North American country will strengthen.

Resuming the flight

Aeromexico is set to restart flying between Mexico City and Tokyo this weekend. The airline will operate its Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner fleet to operate this service, according to data from FlightRadar24.com.

Japan’s Embassy in Mexico released a statement saying,

“On March 25, Aeromexico will resume operation of its direct route between Mexico City and Tokyo Narita, which has been suspended for nearly three years since 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Photo: Guillermo Quiroz Martínez via @gquimar.

Flight AM58 will depart daily from Mexico City at 00:25, landing in Tokyo at 6:20 of the next day. The return leg, flight AM57 will depart from Tokyo Narita at 14:25, landing in Mexico at 12:10.

Aeromexico’s Boeing 787-8 has the capacity to carry 243 passengers in a three-class configuration. It has 32 flatbed Clase Premier seats, nine AM Plus standard seats with 38 inches of pitch, and 202 standard economy seats. The Mexican carrier also has 11 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners. Simple Flying has published two trip reports onboard the airline’s Dreamliners on flights from Mexico City to Bogota and Sao Paulo.

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The connectivity between Japan and Mexico

The Embassy added that with the resumption of Aeromexico’s flights, there “will be two airlines, All Nippon Airways and Aeromexico, which together will be operating two direct flights between Japan and Mexico per day, which is expected further to promote the exchange of people between the two countries.”

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Photo: Guillermo Quiroz Martínez via @gquimar.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the traffic levels between Mexico and Japan have decreased by around 70%. In 2019, 233,700 passengers flew between both countries, the largest number in history. In 2022, there were only 71,000 passengers.

Now with the resumption of Aeromexico’s flights and the increase in travel demand worldwide, the Mexico-Japan market should recover faster. The other Asian city connected directly to Mexico is Seoul. There are reports about Hainan Airlines possibly restarting its Beijing-Tijuana route this year.

Launching flights to Rome

On Saturday, Aeromexico will also launch another long-haul route. The Mexican flag carrier will begin operating its new route between Mexico City and Rome, flying to Fiumicino International (FCO).

With this route, Aeromexico now offers services to five European destinations, the same number it had in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic (although the fifth destination in 2019 was Barcelona). Aeromexico also flies to Amsterdam, London, Madrid, and Paris. Barcelona may have been silently scrapped as the airline has never acknowledged if it will ever resume flying to El Prat International.

Aeromexico will deploy its Boeing 787-8 and Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner fleets to operate these services to Rome. Additionally, passengers flying with Aeromexico will have access to other destinations across Italy, such as Milan, Torino, Genoa, Venice, Florence, Naples, Catania, and Bolonia.

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