Discover Airlines, the leisure airline of Lufthansa Group, has announced its arrival at the Felipe Carrillo Puerto International Airport (TQO), serving the tourist city of Tulum, Mexico. With this, it becomes the first European company to land at this airport.
The airline will connect Tulum with Frankfurt (FRA), Germany, starting from the next winter season in the northern hemisphere from December 12, 2024, until April 2025, with two flights per week. The route will be operated with Airbus A330-300 aircraft with a capacity for 283 and 302 passengers, divided into business, premium economy, and economy classes.
For Discover, Tulum is its second destination in Mexico after Cancun, where it operates six weekly flights in the summer and winter seasons and four in the low season. With this announcement, the airline will connect the Yucatan Peninsula with Germany with up to a daily flight.
Moreover, being part of the Lufthansa Group, Discover has access to other European destinations through connections at Frankfurt airport.
Flight schedule for Tulum with Discover Airlines
- Frankfurt – Tulum flight 4Y 12 FRA 16:45 – 22:30 TQO / Thursday.
- Frankfurt – Tulum flight 4Y 12 FRA 10:20 – 16:05 TQO / Sunday.
- Tulum – Frankfurt flight 4Y 13 TQO 00:30 – 16:20 FRA / Thursday.
- Tulum – Frankfurt flight 4Y 13 TQO 18:05 – 09:55 (+1) FRA / Sunday.
The first European airline in Tulum
During the recent International Tourism Trade Fair (Fitur) held in Madrid, Spain, the Quintana Roo Tourism Promotion Council (CPTQ) announced that negotiations were underway to attract airlines from Switzerland, Germany, and Spain to Tulum.
The majority of airlines that had already announced their arrival at the new Mexican airport were North American: Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, American Airlines, jetBlue, and Air Canada, connecting with eleven destinations in the United States and Canada with up to 12 flights daily in each direction. Recently, the first flights from Central and South America were announced with Copa Airlines through Panama City.
The arrival of these airlines to Tulum throughout 2024 will boost international tourism in the region. In addition, an increase in hotel infrastructure is expected in the coming months due to construction projects in the area.
Other European airlines operating in Cancun, 133 kilometers from Tulum, are World2Fly and Iberojet from Spain, TUI Airways from the United Kingdom, Denmark, and the Netherlands, Edelweiss Air from Switzerland, and Neos to Italy.
