gopbroek
Contributor
Typically from mid August till mid November the various airlines cut back on their schedules into Cozumel. This has a lot to do with folks not wanting to book vacations in advance during the 'Hurricane season'. This year is a little different with a lot of pent up demand and the phase being used is 'Revenge' travel, nothing is going to stop vacation! There is a commercial out there with two ladies talking about vacation plans while one is tenderizing meat and the other mentions the phrase 'cancel' and the gal with the hammer shifts over and pounds the other gals tablet into oblivion for mentioning the 'C' word.
I was looking at flight schedules today and noticed little to no reductions in flights from the two main routes into the island, DFW and IAH (yes there are other routes but these two carry the bulk of the travelers). It looks like United is running a full schedule and AA is running a full schedule until mid October and then drops Tuesday and Wednesday for three weeks. In years past the reductions were much deeper, I remember a few years back when United reduced to one flight per week (Saturday). It appears SW is shifting to a once a week schedule out of HOU September 10th but I think in years past they dropped this route entirely in the fall.
With all the extra capacity it appears, at least for now that the pricing is pretty reasonable. I personally find Cozumel diving in the fall very pleasant but have often had to do the bag drag to CUN as I travel back home on Tuesdays.
I was looking at flight schedules today and noticed little to no reductions in flights from the two main routes into the island, DFW and IAH (yes there are other routes but these two carry the bulk of the travelers). It looks like United is running a full schedule and AA is running a full schedule until mid October and then drops Tuesday and Wednesday for three weeks. In years past the reductions were much deeper, I remember a few years back when United reduced to one flight per week (Saturday). It appears SW is shifting to a once a week schedule out of HOU September 10th but I think in years past they dropped this route entirely in the fall.
With all the extra capacity it appears, at least for now that the pricing is pretty reasonable. I personally find Cozumel diving in the fall very pleasant but have often had to do the bag drag to CUN as I travel back home on Tuesdays.