United Airlines will launch nonstop service from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Monterrey, Nuevo León, offering two flights daily beginning on Oct. 27.
United will be the only airline offering direct flights between these two cities, boosting Monterrey’s status as the principal air hub in northern Mexico. United Express partner Skywest will operate the service using Embraer EMB-175 aircraft. Tickets for these flights are already available.
In a bulletin announcing the new route, United claimed it would also improve connectivity via United Airlines to Asia and Australia.
“Destinations such as Hong Kong, Singapore, Seoul, and Sydney, Australia, will now be easy connections from Nuevo León via San Francisco.”
Gov. Samuel García issued a statement calling the new route “a great opportunity to strengthen Monterrey as a destination, particularly as Nuevo León has flights to practically every city in Mexico, as well as new routes to Latin American and Europe.”
Nuevo León Tourism Minister Maricarmen Martínez Villarreal added that the new United flight will boost international connectivity while opening new tourism opportunities in the state.
The new route boosts a Mexico’s aviation sector and has seen nearly 500 new international routes added since 2018.
Source: El Economista
