The Calafia Airlines flight between Puerto Peñasco and Tijuana launched onto the local scene and into the skies at the end of April 2022, hitting the tarmac running and quickly meeting goals of average 70% passenger occupancy. While bringing Puerto Peñasco and Tijuana effortlessly accessible to each other via the just over 40-minute flight, an […]
At about a month out from its launch, tourism and governmental authorities met in Tijuana recently to formally present the new flight set between Tijuana-Puerto Peñasco. The first Calafia flight along the new route will take place April 29th, offering direct connection between Tijuana and Puerto Peñasco Fridays and Mondays. Passengers in and out of […]
By José Antonio Pérez To add to Puerto Peñasco’s growing connectivity, recently boosted with the first three cruise dates of “The Treasures of the Sea of Cortez”, Héctor Vázquez del Mercado, President of the Puerto Peñasco Convention and Visitors Bureau (OCV), reported negotiations are underway to resume commercial flights to the area, with the aim […]
By José Antonio Pérez The director of the Mar de Cortes airport in Puerto Peñasco, Fernando Antillon Valenzuela, reports that plans to establish a new flight path between Puerto Peñasco and Tijuana are moving along nicely. There are currently two airlines interested in flights to Puerto Peñasco, yet participation from sectors across the city is […]
On Thursday, July 21st, the first TAR flights between Puerto Peñasco, Hermosillo, Tijuana, and Cd. Juárez will begin, offering new connectivity meant to promote Puerto Peñasco regionally, nationally, and internationally. The first TAR flight is scheduled to fly into the Mar de Cortés International Airport at 10:30 a.m., where additional information will be presented about […]
A new aerial connection to Puerto Peñasco was recently reconfirmed by local Convention and Visitors Bureau (OCV) President, Héctor Vázquez del Mercado, after an agreement reached with TAR airline who will begin a commercial flight between Puerto Peñasco and Cd. Juárez, Chihuahua at the end of June. The OCV President indicated this entails an “Embraer” […]
A new flight to Puerto Peñasco will take off beginning May 1st from Scottsdale, AZ with the goal of cutting down on time and distance to this seaside community. Beginning May 1, 2015, the round-trip service operated by WestWind Air will depart Scottsdale at 2 p.m. with an estimated travel time of 1 hour 15 […]
By Shandra Keesecker-Rivero Aeroméxico began flying out of Puerto Peñasco on Thursday, June 20th. Three days later, my husband drove me to the Mar de Cortés International Airport shortly after 5 p.m. in order to catch the Embraer 145 jet, with capacity for up to 50 people, so I could hop over the desert on […]