The inaugural flight from Mexico City arrived in Seattle to a traditional water-cannon salute
On Wednesday, November 1 at 7:57 p.m., the inaugural Aeromxico flight from Mexico City to Seattle touched down eight minutes ahead of schedule. After a brief taxi, the Boeing 737-800 lined up for the traditional water cannon salute, courtesy of the Port of Seattle Fire Department.
An Aeromexico 737-800 – Photo: Eddie Maloney, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.
’œSeattle was the largest North American market without nonstop service to Mexico City,’ said Port of Seattle Commissioner Stephanie Bowman. ’œMexico City is an important gateway to Mexico and Latin America, and Sea-Tac provides numerous regional connections to cities throughout the Pacific Northwest.’
Consul of Mexico Dr. Roberto Dondisch gets his picture taken by the media attach as Aeromxico’s inaugural flight taxis past
Aeromexico is the sixth new international carrier to inaugurate service at Sea-Tac in the last 18 months. Mexico City is now the airport’s 25th nonstop international destination.
Roberto Dondisch, Mexico’s Consul General in Seattle, is interviewed by local media inside the terminal
Dondisch said there will be benefits for businesses on both sides of the border. ’œHaving a direct flight between one of the most important tech hubs in the world right now, which is Seattle, and one of the most innovating cities in the world, which is Mexico City, will simply allow us to strengthen those dimensions to allow business people to travel more, be more directly engaged in getting businesses from Mexico and from Washington state and Seattle on a stronger footing, and to find new opportunities to grow trade and to grow investments.’
There were no festivities at the gate; just a few balloons at code-share partner Delta’s check-in counter marked the service launch. Sometimes, airlines are all business.
Service between Mexico City and Portland starts December 1st!
Hey Brian,
Based on a quick LinkedIn search (sorry, the professional “stalking” aka networking is what I do), I can see why you are pretty excited about the service to PDX :).
David | AirlineReporter
Haha. You got it!