12 Facts About Aeromexico

Aeromexico is one of the four founding members of the SkyTeam airline alliance, along with Air France, Delta Air Lines and Korean Air.

Aeromexico added aircraft including the Douglas DC-3 and its successor, the Douglas DC-4.

In 1992 Grupo Aeromexico was among other investors that failed to consummate the acquisition of Continental Airlines.

In 1993 Aeromexico Group took over Mexicana, the second-largest airline in the Mexican market under the same management.

Between 2000 and 2005, Aeromexico had an average fleet of 60 aircraft in mainline operation, plus 20 in Aerolitoral, as well as five CEOs during this time.

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Aeromexico resumed its Mexico City-Tijuana-Shanghai route twice a week as of 30 March 2010.

On 29 June 2006, the International Lease Finance Corporation and Aeromexico announced that the airline would operate three Boeing 787 Dreamliners.

In 2011, Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico signed an enhanced commercial alliance, building on an original agreement from 1994.

In February 2018 Aeromexico introduced a new branded fares structure including a new Basic fare which did not include a checked luggage allowance, nor allow for seat assignments, upgrades or changes.

Aeromexico's stock dropped during first half of 2020 and rumors about bankruptcy appeared, however on June 19, the company denied these rumors.

In September 2016, Aeromexico became the first airline in the Americas to launch a chatbot, that enables customers to search, track and book flights interacting with a virtual assistant on Facebook Messenger.

In September 2017 Aeromexico announced that it would be among the first companies worldwide to start services on WhatsApp's new Enterprise solution – the first time large companies would be able to provide customer service to users at scale.