Lead Coverage
Delta’s Only Tulum Route Goes Seasonal, Leaving One US Nonstop for Summer
Delta flights to Tulum run daily from Atlanta until May 2, 2027, then pause until a seasonal return in November, as United, American, and Volaris trim service.
Tulum Airport, TQO Flights, and Arrival Logistics
Coverage and practical guidance around Tulum International Airport, routes, transfers, delays, and airport operations.
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Riviera Maya Travel
Canadian Flights Lift Tulum Hotel Occupancy Forecast Above 80 Percent for High Season
With Air Canada, Air Transat, and WestJet bringing winter visitors, officials project Tulum hotel occupancy above 80 percent and a new market for Maya artisans.
Businesses
United Airlines ends Houston and Newark flights to Tulum
United Airlines Tulum flights from Houston and Newark end in January, after Aeroméxico, Volaris, and American cut service. Canadian carriers and Mexicana now anchor the winter schedule.
Businesses
Tulum Airport Incentives Set at 100 Percent for Three Years
Tulum airport incentives will run at 100 percent for three years, Sectur says. Grupo Mundo Maya still has to publish the terms, and frequencies may not return until the second half of 2027.
Riviera Maya Travel
Mara Lezama announces 21 new winter routes for the Mexican Caribbean
The 21 new winter flights to Cancún and Tulum start between October 25 and January 8. Canada supplies 13 of them, and Tulum airport gets seven, six Canadian and one from Newark.
Real Estate
Investors bet on a richer Tulum
Airlines are pulling 72 percent of this quarter’s US capacity to Tulum. Investors answer with Tulum luxury tourism, a Faena complex, and a 57-room UMusic hotel opening in December.
Politics
Tulum pays the image bill for an airport in another municipality
A Tulum airport name change is on the table after councilman Eugenio Barbachano said the terminal in Felipe Carrillo Puerto should stop carrying the destination’s name.
Businesses
American Airlines ends its Miami to Tulum route
American Airlines Tulum flights lose Miami on January 5, 2027, leaving one daily Dallas jet with 78 seats as the airport’s operator projects US service nearly doubling.
Politics
Who should sell Tulum, the army or the travel industry?
AMATUR blames the Tulum airport military management for the airline exodus and wants a private sector council. The operator answers with 1,064 projected winter flights.
Politics
Sheinbaum answers the security question behind Tulum flights
Fuel costs and route economics, not insecurity, explain the missing Tulum flights, the president said Thursday. International carriers are due back on October 24, and Mexicana adds 24 flights.
Businesses
Mexicana de Aviación added 18 monthly Tulum flights since January
Tulum airport flight cuts took Aeroméxico out on September 30 and Volaris in January. Federal data show that the only routes growing this year are operated by the state airline, Mexicana.
Politics
What happened to Tulum airport?
Two national airlines quit Tulum airport in a single week. Behind the exits sits a 33.2 percent drop in traffic and a military group losing money across its tourism companies.
Riviera Maya Travel
Airlines blame airport fees, travelers blame Tulum's prices, and the flights keep disappearing
Aeroméxico has already flown its last. Volaris leaves on January 7, and Tulum airport flights are reduced to two Mexican carriers, while Punta Cana picks up the frequencies.
Businesses
Aeromexico ends its Tulum flights at the close of September
Aeromexico Tulum flights end on September 30, with none filed through August 2027. What the exit leaves on the domestic board, and what ticket holders can claim.
Riviera Maya Travel
A direct flight from Chile to Tulum, proposed without a date
A direct flight from Chile to Tulum came up in a meeting with Chile's ambassador. No airline flies it, and the town also proposed a promotional deal with Viña del Mar.
Riviera Maya Travel
Twelve departures are the entire Newark season at Tulum's airport this winter
Tulum airport flights return to five international cities this winter. Four are Canadian; the Newark route lasts 39 days, and the full schedule adds up to 10 weekly frequencies.
Riviera Maya Travel
Winter gives Tulum airport 13 destinations
Tulum airport flights will cover 13 destinations with 10 airlines from October 25 to March 27. Four carriers are named, and the summer they follow closed at 15 percent occupancy.
Sports
A Tulum airport weekend becomes a global case study at UN Tourism next week
Opemsa published the official results of the Tulum 100 at Tulum International Airport, with 22,783 attendees, 200 million pesos for the region, and a UN Tourism presentation next week.
Riviera Maya Travel
Ninety minutes of Highway 307 is what the cheaper Cancun fare actually buys you
Tulum airport vs Cancun airport, on real numbers. Thirteen scheduled nonstop routes against close to seventy, 118 kilometers of road, and a winter schedule officials count differently.
Society
ADO moves up to 1,200 repatriated passengers monthly from Tulum
Repatriation flights at Tulum airport now move 1,000 to 1,200 passengers a month onto ADO buses, a flow the company says did not exist a year ago.
Riviera Maya Travel
Four ways out of Tulum airport, and the cheapest one leaves without most arrivals
Tulum airport to Tulum town costs 175 pesos on the ADO coach, priced at launch, or over 1,000 pesos in a taxi. Coach times, the train, rentals, and what runs after dark.