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Cal Jet Air to operate Houston-Mazatlan service

Houston Business Journal by Olivia Pulsinelli, Web producer                                         

Date: Wednesday, November 7, 2012, 4:50pm CST

Cal Jet Air will begin flying between George Bush Intercontinental Airport and Mazatlan, Mexico, next year.
Starting Jan. 11, Cal Jet will operate nonstop flights Fridays and Mondays. The flight out of Houston departs 12:30 p.m. and arrives in Mazatlan at 1:30 p.m. The flight out of Mazatlan departs at 8 a.m. and arrives in Houston at 11 a.m.
As part of its pilot program running Jan. 9 to April 9, Cal Jet will also offer flights from San Antonio, Denver, Los Angeles and Oakland, Calif., to Mazatlan.
Minneapolis-based Cal Jet is operated by Xtra Airways of Boise, Idaho.
Last month, Chicago-based United Continental Holdings Co. (NYSE: UAL) and Dallas-based Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) also said they would expand service in Houston.
United Airlines will add its third daily service between Bush Intercontinental and London’s Heathrow Airport starting March 30. Southwest said it will convert certain AirTran Airways routes to Southwest nonstop service beginning April 14.
Florida-based Spirit Airlines Inc. (Nasdaq: SAE) launched its initial service from Bush Intercontinental in September and expanded it last month.

Cal Jet To Operate New International Service To Mazatlan

MAZATLAN, Mexico, Nov. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

    --  Extensive research conducted by Mexico Tourism Board shows growing
        demand for in-bound service to Mazatlan from American cities, including
        Houston, San Antonio, Denver, Los Angeles and Oakland, California
    --  Cal Jet, operated by XTRA Airways, announces international service to
        Mazatlan - a strategic partnership amongst Mazatlan city mayor, state
        government, and airline
    --  Following announcement by Cal Jet, state government committed to an
        additional USD $2 million investment to strengthen international tourism

Cal Jet Air (www.caljetair.com), a United States air service operated by XTRA Airways, announced today that will offer international service to Mazatlan, its first tourist destination in Mexico, beginning this winter season. The pilot program begins January 9, 2013, and ends April 9, 2013, with nine weekly flights of 150-passenger capacity (1,350 total seats per week) from Houston, San Antonio, Denver, Los Angeles and Oakland, California. Roundtrip fares will start at $399.
The announcement follows extensive research conducted by Mexico Tourism Board on air connectivity, airline efficiency and air capacity from major American markets, in particular, which shows that Mazatlan needs more air seats to keep up with growing demand. As a consequence, the state government invested in this strategic partnership with Cal Jet whereby increased investment in marketing will, in turn, create increased in-bound airline activity to Mazatlan.
In addition to new routes from Cal Jet, U.S. Airways will increase frequency and seat capacity from Phoenix and American Airlines will restore the direct route from Dallas to Mazatlan in November. Mazatlan will continue service and promotional activity with Delta Airlines, Alaska Airlines and Sun Country Airlines as well.

The Mazatlan Tourism Board predicts an investment upwards of USD $10 million in tourism promotion by the end of 2012, including the additional commitment by the state government - combined the largest commitment to date - to further generate demand and expand into new target markets by way of in-flight promotional videos, web-based destination marketing and other marketing tactics for both domestic and foreign travelers.
Domestic travel is steadily on the rise with strong market demand and need for more air capacity. Recently Magnicharters, Aeromexico, Volaris and Viva Aerobus have increased the number of air seats from Mexico City, as well as from Monterrey and Tijuana, two cities which have required additional air seats for meetings and conventions at the newly renovated Mazatlan International Center