Until some pendejo in the 1960´s closed down the San Andres Tuxtla airport and converted it into a football field and the usual questionable "fraccionamiento", the beautiful downtown Catemaco, Veracruz area actually had air access.
A few planes had previously crashed around Cordoba and other places, but what the hell - during those times that was to be expected. Nowadays the only way to fly to Los Tuxtlas is on the governors or one of his cronies helicopter.
For years, flying into Veracruz from Mexico City was considered one of the most expensive flights in the world, except for maybe flying into Saigon or Baghdad. The cause was and is the usual stranglehold over Mexican business by dinosaured privileged national companies like the Mexicana/Aeronaves combination. Things are looking up. Several discount airlines are circling Veracruz and Coatzacoalcos, - the closest airports to Catemaco. It´s now possible to fly roundtrip to Toluca, next to Mexico City for less than 100 bucks.
They are even talking about building an airport in the San Andres Tuxtla area.That goes under the usual rubric "Mexico Talking", including highways to Montepio, around the Laguna, or across to Minatitlan.
I would just like to see an ultralight aircraft taking passengers to see the wonders of Los Tuxtlas. To hell with those thousands of tourists that want to spend their money here.
A few planes had previously crashed around Cordoba and other places, but what the hell - during those times that was to be expected. Nowadays the only way to fly to Los Tuxtlas is on the governors or one of his cronies helicopter.
For years, flying into Veracruz from Mexico City was considered one of the most expensive flights in the world, except for maybe flying into Saigon or Baghdad. The cause was and is the usual stranglehold over Mexican business by dinosaured privileged national companies like the Mexicana/Aeronaves combination. Things are looking up. Several discount airlines are circling Veracruz and Coatzacoalcos, - the closest airports to Catemaco. It´s now possible to fly roundtrip to Toluca, next to Mexico City for less than 100 bucks.
They are even talking about building an airport in the San Andres Tuxtla area.That goes under the usual rubric "Mexico Talking", including highways to Montepio, around the Laguna, or across to Minatitlan.
I would just like to see an ultralight aircraft taking passengers to see the wonders of Los Tuxtlas. To hell with those thousands of tourists that want to spend their money here.
