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Founded | 1988 (as Aerolitoral) | ||||||
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Commenced operations | 1988 | ||||||
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Frequent-flyer program | Club Premier | ||||||
Airport lounge | Salón Premier | ||||||
Alliance | SkyTeam (Affiliate) | ||||||
Fleet size | 65 | ||||||
Destinations | 55 | ||||||
Parent company | Aeroméxico | ||||||
Headquarters | Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico | ||||||
Key people | Raúl Sáenz (CEO) | ||||||
Website | aeromexico.com |
Aerolitoral, S.A. de C.V., DBA Aeroméxico Connect, and formerly as Aerolitoral, is the regional airline of Aeroméxico operating Embraer ERJ-145 and E-190 aircraft, with crew bases in Monterrey, Guadalajara, and Mexico City. It is headquartered in Monterrey. It operates feeder services to AeroMéxico's hub airports, using 4 digit flight numbers. It is considered the biggest and most important regional airline in Mexico, offering more than 300 scheduled flights daily to 42 destinations in Mexico, 10 in the United States and 3 in Central America. Its main bases are Mexico City Airport, Culiacán, Monterrey, and Guadalajara. Other airports with many Aeromexico Connect flights are Hermosillo and Tijuana. The airline offers point-to-point services between other destinations in Mexico and as well to Los Angeles International Airport in the United States.
Aeromexico Connect flights are marketed as Aeromexico.
The airline was established in 1988 as Servicios Aéreos Litoral, to later become a subsidiary of Aeroméxico on December 1, 1990. It started with a fleet of 4 NAMC YS-11 aircraft in 1988 (XA-ROL, XA-ROV, XA-RPU and XA-RRG) and was originally based in Veracruz. In February 1992, AeroMéxico started another regional feeder airline, Aerovías de Poniente, S.A. de C.V. based in Guadalajara using Fairchild Metros. The fleet was replaced and expanded quite fast between 1991 and 1995 and grew to a total of 29 Fairchild Metro III and Fairchild Metro 23 aircraft between the two feeders.