Viva Launches Twice-Weekly Nonstop Flights Connecting Oaxaca and Tuxtla Gutiérrez. Mexican ultra-low-cost airline Viva has inaugurated a new scheduled nonstop service connecting the city of Oaxaca directly with Tuxtla Gutiérrez, the state capital of Chiapas, strengthening air connectivity across southwestern Mexico. The official inauguration was held at Oaxaca International Airport, gathering airport group ASUR representatives, tourism and economic development authorities, and airline leadership.
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Operating twice weekly on Mondays and Fridays, the route injects more than 35,000 annual seats into regional passenger flows under the following schedule:
- ✈ Oaxaca to Tuxtla Gutiérrez: Departs Oaxaca at 18:33, landing in Chiapas at 19:39.
- ✈ Tuxtla Gutiérrez to Oaxaca: Departs Tuxtla Gutiérrez at 20:19, touching down in Oaxaca at 21:23.
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Airline corporate communications director Walfred Castro Novelo highlighted that the link improves regional transit for business, visiting friends and relatives (VFR), and leisure tourism. The addition expands Viva’s footprint in Oaxaca state to 15 scheduled routes spanning three commercial airports (six from Oaxaca city, five from Puerto Escondido, and four from Huatulco), following a traffic milestone of over one million passengers carried across the state throughout 2026.
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