My husband has had a tour of the new terminal and will know more on Tuesday as he has a meeting there again. The terminal was due to open on 26th April. However will update on Tuesday pm. All flights from the US are due to use the new terminal. Rgds Tracey
Thanks Tracey, Will that be TO the US as well as FROM ths US? If so, would that mean Spirit, American, Delta, Continental, United and the little guys would all be relocated to the new terminal. And will it simply be called Terminal 3? I look forward to the update.
My husband has toured the new terminal as well, and in fact was offered the 2nd in command job in Immigration there, but turned it down flat. Immigration needs to hire at least 60 new people to cover the new terminal, right now they have a shortage of agents due to all the recent craziness there. Terminal 1 IS OPEN NOW, it's open only on weekends right now, and has been all this year. It's supposed to close anytime. An ASUR manager told my husband they weren't even sure they would open it this weekend but they did. It will closing very soon.
The last few times I flew Click (Mexicana) within Mexico, the plane was parked at Terminal 1 and we shuttled from terminal 2 on the tarmac. That sure adds some transit time.
Drewbert You need to get out more. They have been shuttling to and from remote locations since Wilma. With T1 being closed, for all pracitcal purposes, there are not enough jetways in T2 to accomodate all the flights in the manner you and Bill Gates typically enjoy. So "Get on the bus, Gus; Make a new plan Stan; etc." But thanks for sharing. Rivergirl points out that T1 is open for now on weekends but I have no idea what carriers are using it.
Maybe that is why it is called the Charter Teminal, even though pre-Wilma non charters used it too. Maybe non charters still do. I am so confused. Welcome to Mexico.
I flew out of Terminal 1 yesterday. pretty much the same as it was Pre-Wilma. Not many places to get anything to eat or drink and no real last minute shopping to speak of. All the flights leaving that terminal were charters. But not all charters were going out of there...still several out of terminal 2.
Terminal 1 has no a/c, no phones, no chairs, the bathrooms are awful, it's a wreck. But it looks like they might have to keep it open a bit longer since Terminal 3 looks like it's a bit delayed. As far as I know there's a mix of airlines using Terminal 1, some charters but some regular airlines also.
