Tag: McAllen International Airport

McALLEN — Huge. That's how local officials described the impact that some $7.4 million in federal funding will have on plans to improve the airport here.

Rio Grande Valley residents who enjoy traveling to the Sunshine State will soon be able to take advantage of new non-stop flights to Florida starting this summer.

A top official with Aeromexico joined McAllen city officials to make one last push to promote McAllen International Airport’s upcoming direct flights between McAllen and Mexico City. The daily flights, which begin February 1, were first announced last October and began booking in November.

Though the final numbers have yet to come in, all signs point to 2023 having been a banner year for the McAllen International Airport — a banner year that followed nearly half a decade of similarly successful upward momentum.

In efforts to reinforce its ties to Latin America, the city of McAllen has created a new department and has appointed the international business manager at the McAllen International Airport as its leader.

McAllen is getting new air service to Austin starting in April.

It’s official. The McAllen International Airport has a new aviation director.

Travelers are now able to book daily nonstop flights though Aeromexico from McAllen International Airport to Felipe Angeles International Airport outside of Mexico City, which will take flight beginning Feb. 1, 2024.

McALLEN — At 12:20 p.m. Tuesday, an American Airlines Airbus with an American flag painted rudder sliced through overcast sky — slowly descending in front of a small crowd of veterans, local law enforcement and family members — before touching down on the tarmac at McAllen International Airport.

McALLEN — V’s up!