Mexican travellers will soon be able to skip the US or Panama layover on the way to two Caribbean favourites. Aeroméxico has announced nonstop routes from Mexico City to Montego Bay, Jamaica, and Nassau, Bahamas — the first-ever direct connections between Mexico and either destination.
The Montego Bay service starts 18 March 2027, flying Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. It leaves Mexico City at 9:20 a.m. and lands in Jamaica at 2 p.m., with the return leg departing at 3:15 p.m. and arriving back in the capital at 6:20 p.m. Nassau follows a day later on 19 March, running Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays: departures at 9:10 a.m., arrival at 3 p.m., and a 4:15 p.m. return that touches down at 6:30 p.m. Both routes will use Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft seating 166 passengers, though both are still awaiting government approval.
Until now, anyone flying from Mexico to Jamaica or the Bahamas had to connect through the United States or Panama — a full day lost in transit. A three-hour nonstop changes the maths entirely, turning a two-stop Caribbean holiday into a straightforward long weekend. Aeroméxico CEO Andrés Conesa framed the move as part of the airline's wider international push, while the carrier's global sales chief Giancarlo Mulinelli pointed to the tourism, food and culture on offer at both ends.
The new routes slot into an already busy Caribbean network: Aeroméxico also flies nonstop to Punta Cana and Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, plus Havana in Cuba. By Holy Week 2027 (21-28 March), the airline expects to be running 27 weekly Caribbean frequencies with more than 4,000 seats a week.
For travellers, the practical upshot is simple. Departure times are friendly — morning flights out, afternoon returns — and the three-weekly schedules pair nicely with long weekends, especially on the Nassau route's Friday-to-Sunday rhythm. If the approval comes through, expect these seats to be popular with both Mexican holidaymakers and diaspora travellers who've been waiting years for a direct option.
