Tulum Airport to Add Direct Flights to Five Canadian and U.S. Cities

Tulum, Quintana Roo — Tulum’s Felipe Carrillo Puerto International Airport will add direct flights to five cities in Canada and the United States for the 2026-2027 winter season, federal officials announced.

The seasonal routes, part of the government’s “Tulum Renace” (Tulum Reborn) strategy, will connect the Riviera Maya airport with Montreal, Toronto, Calgary and Quebec in Canada, and Newark in the United States. Federal Tourism Secretary Josefina Rodríguez Zamora announced the expansion during President Claudia Sheinbaum’s daily morning press conference, timed to World Tourism Day.

Four Airlines, Up to 10 Weekly Flights

Four carriers — Air Canada, Air Transat, WestJet and United Airlines — will operate seven connections, offering as many as 10 weekly frequencies. Service will begin in stages starting in October.

The first flights are scheduled for Oct. 25, 2026, with Air Transat service to Montreal and Quebec and Air Canada’s Toronto route.

• Montreal: Air Canada will fly every Thursday from Oct. 29, 2026, to April 8, 2027. Air Transat will operate on Sundays from Oct. 25, 2026, to April 18, 2027.
• Newark: United Airlines will run two flights a week, on Thursdays and Sundays, from Dec. 17, 2026, to Jan. 24, 2027.

Rodríguez Zamora said the strategy also includes improvements to Parque Jaguar, a 50 percent cut in the cost of access to the Tulum archaeological zone, and new regulation of tourism service providers, with the goal of strengthening Tulum as one of Mexico’s leading destinations.

National Tourism Records

At the national level, Rodríguez Zamora said Mexico set five historic records for visitor arrivals, international tourists and cruise activity between January and July, surpassing levels not seen in more than two decades.

Mexico received 59.7 million international visitors in the first seven months of the year, a 7 percent increase over the same period a year earlier, while international tourist arrivals rose 4.5 percent to 28.9 million.

Quintana Roo Operators Seek More Promotion

Tourism providers in Quintana Roo, however, said the state needs stronger institutional promotion of the kind many other countries carry out. They pointed to a season that has left daily flight operations below 300, hotel occupancy of just 51.5 percent in the week before the announcement, and restaurant and hotel closures driven by a mix of factors.