Flights to Mexico launched by American Eagle

More flights to Mexico, to the sort of smaller cities that make up an important part of trans-border traffic between the United States and its southern neighbor.American Eagle just launched daily service from its Dallas/Fort Worth megahub to Veracruz on the deep Gulf Coast. The airline also now flights to Queretaro, Mexico’s fastest-growing city. It’s located in the interior of the country.The airline flies 50-passenger ERJ-145 regional jets to Veracruz, and 37-seat ERJ 135s to Queretaro.

Eagle timed both flights to facilitate fast connections at DFW. The southbound Dallas/Fort Worth to Veracruz flight departs at 6:50 p.m. and arrives at 9:35 p.m. The northbound return leaves Veracruz at 7:30 a.m. and arrives DFW at 10:15 a.m.American Eagle’s new Dallas/Fort Worth to Queretaro flight leaves at 10:30 a.m., and gets to the central Mexican city at 1:20 p.m. The return Queretaro to Dallas/Fort Worth flight departs at 2:10 p.m., arriving at American Airlines’ largest hub at 4:35 p.m.The upshot for flyers looking for more cheap flights to Mexico: between them, American and American Eagle offer 50 daily departures to the country, and serve 16 total destinations.

Heretofore, if you wanted to flight nonstop from Texas to either Veracruz or Queretaro there was but one way: via Continental Express from Bush Houston Intercontinental Airport. American Eagle’s move serves to further heighten the already robust competition between American’s DFW hub and Continental’s Houston hub. And that’s good for seekers of cheap flights.