Which cities are connected by direct flights between Mexico and Asia?

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https://www.flightconnections.com/flights-from-mexico-city-mex lists the following direct flight from MEX airport to Asia:

  • MEX -> ICN
  • MEX -> IST (in Europe but a few kms away from Asia without having to cross a border)
  • MEX -> NRT

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https://www.flightconnections.com/flights-from-canc%C3%BAn-cun lists the following direct flight from CUN (Cancún) airport to countries that are partly in Asia (Russia and Turkey), but the airports themselves are in Europe:

  • CUN -> IST
  • CUN -> SVO Moscow Sheremetyevo
  • CUN -> VKO Moscow Vnukovo (seasonal route that starts in December and ends in January)

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https://www.flightconnections.com/flights-from-guadalajara-gdl, https://www.flightconnections.com/flights-from-monterrey-mty, https://www.flightconnections.com/flights-from-tijuana-tij shows no direct flights from GDL (Guadalajara), MTY (Monterrey) and TIJ airports to Asia.


MEX, CUN, GDL, TIJ and MTY are the top 5 Mexican airports.

# Airport IATA ICAO 2020[1] %
(19/20)
1 Mexico City International Airport MEX MMMX 21,977,268 Decrease56.31%
2 Cancún International Airport CUN MMUN 12,259,148 Decrease51.89%
3 Guadalajara International Airport GDL MMGL 8,094,115 Decrease45.40%
4 Tijuana International Airport TIJ MMTJ 6,310,798 Decrease29.23%
5 Monterrey International Airport MTY MMMY 4,994,170 Decrease55.32%
6 Los Cabos International Airport SJD MMSD 2,927,987 Decrease45.16%
7 Puerto Vallarta International Airport PVR MMPR 2,489,825 Decrease49.51%
8 Del Bajío International Airport BJX MMLO 1,377,573 Decrease49.85%
9 Culiacán International Airport CUL MMCL 1,373,102 Decrease44.16%
10 Mérida International Airport MID MMMD 1,297,308 Decrease53.51%

Upvote:5

I plugged "Mexico, anywhere" to "China, anywhere" for a random Friday in August into Skyscanner, and it only throws up one-stop connections - no direct flights. Ditto going to South Korea, India, Singapore. However, there is a single direct flight from Mexico City to Tokyo (14h on Aeromexico).

On a Saturday, I can see a direct flight from Tijuana to Shanghai, as well as Mexico City to Tokyo again.

The flights are AM98 (to Shanghai) and AM58 (to Tokyo). The AM98 code is used for both Mexico City - Tijuana and Tijuana - Shanghai legs of the journey, but looking at a recent flight map it seems pretty clear it's non-stop after Tijuana. AM58, likewise, does not seem to stop.


Going beyond that answer - if you're happy to tolerate a connection anywhere but the US, there are flights which connect in Canada; however, I think they have US-type transit visa requirements, so it might not be any more help. The long way around via a connection in Europe might be worth looking at in case a cheap ticket via some unusual route turns up; you can (mostly) have airside transit without visas there.

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