MexicanaClick, formerly Click Mexicana, was
Mexicana's regional operator, serving most of Mexicana's domestic routes between more than 25 Mexican cities. It was founded as a
low-cost carrier
A low-cost carrier or low-cost airline (occasionally referred to as '' no-frills'', ''budget'' or '' discount carrier'' or ''airline'', and abbreviated as ''LCC'') is an airline that is operated with an especially high emphasis on minimizing op ...
, but changed its market to regional operations after its acquisition by Mexicana. Its main base was
Mexico City International Airport
Mexico City International Airport ( es, link=yes, Aeropuerto Internacional de la Ciudad de México, AICM); officially ''Aeropuerto Internacional Benito Juárez'' (Benito Juárez International Airport) is the main international airport serving ...
.
History
The airline was founded in 1975 and started operations on 12 July 1975 as
Aerocaribe
Aerocaribe was an airline based in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico. It was a regional affiliate of Mexicana operating services under the Mexicana Inter banner and codeshares with its parent company. It operated almost 120 flights a day. In 2005 Mexica ...
. It was formed by Yucatán private investors but was bought by Corporación Mexicana de Aviación on 23 August 1990. It operated regional services under the Mexicana Inter banner using Fairchild FH-227 and
Douglas DC-9-30
The McDonnell Douglas DC-9 is an American five-abreast single-aisle aircraft designed by the Douglas Aircraft Company. It was initially produced by the developer company as the Douglas DC-9 until August 1967 and then by McDonnell Douglas.
After ...
aircraft (as of January 2005). Mexicana decided to transfer its fleet of
Fokker 100 aircraft to Aerocaribe and rebrand the airline, with Click Mexicana starting operations in July 2005. Some services previously operated by
Mexicana de Aviación, such as
Ciudad del Carmen,
Cozumel, and
Saltillo, were shifted to Click Mexicana. In December 2005 the Mexicana group, including Click Mexicana, was reprivatised and sold by the Mexican government to Grupo Posadas, a hotel chain.
As part of a restructuring of Mexicana in 2008, it was announced that Click would stop service as a separate low-cost airline and begin serving domestic destinations in Mexico as a regional feeder under the name MexicanaClick. The new airline also started adding to their fleet with Boeing 717 aircraft, which added Business class to the airline.
Click, along with its parent company, ceased operations on 28 August 2010 after filing for bankruptcy earlier in the month. Mexicana and its subsidiaries had stopped selling tickets three weeks prior to the shutdown.
Destinations
Fleet
The MexicanaClick fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of 15 March 2010):
The airline announced in February 2009 that it would replace its Fokker 100 fleet with 25 Boeing 717-200 aircraft from
Midwest Airlines
Midwest Airlines (formerly Midwest Express) was a U.S.-based airline headquartered in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, that operated from Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport between 1984 and 2010. For a short time, it also operated as a brand of ...
, starting in 2009 with 7 aircraft.
As of 11 March 2009, the average age of the MexicanaClick fleet was 13.3 years.
Cabin
The seats in the entire fleet were made of orange and grey leather. To match the interior there were also orange curtains and a "Click" symbol at the front of the cabin similar to that of the parent company
Mexicana.
Incidents and accidents
On February 11, 2010, a MexicanaClick
Fokker 100 landed at
Monterrey Airport
Monterrey International Airport, ( es, link=yes, Aeropuerto Internacional de Monterrey, ), ceremonial name General Mariano Escobedo International Airport, is an international airport located in Apodaca, Nuevo León, Mexico. Together with Del No ...
with its landing gear up after pilots reported a malfunction. The aircraft was bound for
Nuevo Laredo, but diverted to Monterrey given its longer runway and better emergency response capabilities. None of the 96 people on board were injured.
External links
Mexicana
References
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Airlines established in 2005
Airlines disestablished in 2010
Defunct airlines of Mexico
Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association
Defunct low-cost airlines
Former Oneworld affiliate members
Mexicana de Aviación
Regional airlines of Mexico
2010 disestablishments in Mexico
Mexican companies established in 2005