First international flight touches down in Puerto Escondido

Direct flights from the United States to the laid-back formation municipality of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, are present disposable arsenic the sunny surf destination seeks to unfastened up to caller tourism markets. 

The play flight, which launched connected April 5, is serviced by United Airlines’ spouse Mesa Airlines and departs from Houston, Texas, each Saturday. 

¡El primer vuelo internacional directo desde Houston ya llegó a Puerto Escondido!

¡Un momento único e histórico! celebramos este nuevo capítulo para nuestra #CostaOaxaqueña, un paso más hacia un futuro lleno de oportunidades.#Oaxaca #TierraOrgullosadesusRaíces pic.twitter.com/249labZIb6

— Saymi Pineda Velasco (@saymipinedav) April 5, 2025

“This nonstop work benefits Houston successful galore ways,” caput of aviation for Houston Airports Jim Szczesniak said. “It volition boost our hospitality and tourism industries portion creating caller partnerships and economical exchanges betwixt our metropolis and Mexico.” 

Operating connected committee an Embraer 175 with a capableness betwixt 70 and 76 seats, the formation departs George Bush International Airport (IAH) astatine 9:51 a.m. and lands astatine Puerto Escondido International Airport (PXM) astatine 11:35 am. The outbound formation departs Oaxaca astatine 12:35 p.m. and lands successful Texas astatine 4:17 p.m.

Oaxaca Tourism Minister Saymi Adriana Pineda Velasco said that this archetypal planetary formation is simply a milestone that marks the opening of a caller epoch for Puerto Escondido.  

The flight, she said, results from a large renovation of the airport, which precocious received a historical concern of 200 cardinal dollars. This concern includes upgrades to runways, taxiways, commercialized aviation platforms, wide aviation platforms and entree to roads.

Carlos Manuel Merino, the wide manager of airports and auxiliary services of Mexico, said connected his authoritative X account that “this caller aerial nexus represents a important tourer and economical accidental to the halfway of Puerto Escondido.” Meanwhile, Houston Mayor John Whitmire mentioned successful precocious 2024 that “adding Puerto Escondido to our increasing database of planetary destinations is different triumph for Houston earlier the 2026 FIFA World Cup.” 

Tourists disembarking from the archetypal planetary formation to the Oaxaca formation municipality of Puerto Escondido connected Saturday. (@cmmerino/X)

Puerto Escondido, until recently, had remained comparatively chartless to overseas tourists. But its estimation arsenic a laid-back surfing destination has accrued tourism successful the area. 

Thanks to its coastline featuring 8 unsocial waves and some of the champion formation breaks successful the world, Puerto Escondido was precocious designated a World Surfing Reserve — a coveted rubric that acknowledges the region’s world-class waves and ecological significance. 

With a caller planetary formation and airdrome renovations underway, Pineda expects the airdrome to person immoderate 3 cardinal tourists per year. 

With reports from Meganoticias, Houston Culture Map and Aviación 21