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2.  Reserve your flight well in advance of your trip.  Airline tickets are most expensive if you buy them at the last minute. ◦ Purchase your tickets at least 21 days before flying, you will generally get better rates.  Most expensive to fly to/from Mexico on Fridays and Sundays.  Cheapest days to fly are Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.  Consider flights with layovers…nonstop flights to Mexico are usually more expensive than those that feature one or two stops.  Travel to Mexico during the off-season. ◦ Better airline rates if you travel between June and November.

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4.  Aeromexico - http://www.aeromexico.com/ http://www.aeromexico.com/ ◦ Phone number - 800.237.6639 Aeromexico is the only airline that flies to Asia from Mexico City.

5.  There are 1,834 airports in Mexico. ◦ 3 rd largest number of airports by country in the world.  The 7 largest absorb 90% of all air travel.  The largest airport is Mexico City International Airport. ◦ Largest in Latin America & 44th largest in the world.

6.  It’s name is Benito Juárez International Airport and in Spanish, Aeropuerto Internacional de la Ciudad de México Benito Juárez or AICM. ◦ It’s name comes from a former president of Mexico, Benito Juárez. It was formally named in 2006.  Busiest airport by both passenger traffic and aircraft movements and is the 2 nd busiest in Latin America, next to one in Brazil.  Benito Juárez airport will be able to handle up to 32 million passengers per year.