Benito Juarez International Airport is also known as Mexico City International Airport which actually a commercial airport and is serving the city of Mexico. It is the busiest airport in Mexico and also in Latin America. Benito Juarez has become the official name of this airport after the 19th century president whose name was Benito Juarez. The airport was officially named in the year 2006 and became the main international and domestic gateway for Mexico. This airport offers direct flights to over 100 destinations in the world and serves more than 26,210,217 passengers every year. After the expansion as well as renovation this airport is now capable of handling some 32 million passengers a year.
Several airlines that operate from the Benito Juarez International Airport (MEX) are Aeromar, Aeroméxico, Aeroméxico Connect, Aeroméxico Travel, Air Canada, Air France, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Avianca, British Airways, Continental Airlines, Continental Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines, Copa Airlines, Cubana de Aviación, Delta Air Lines, Iberia, Interjet, KLM, LACSA, LAN Airlines, LAN Peru, Lufthansa, Magnicharters, Mexicana, MexicanaClick, TACA, TACA Perú, United Airlines and US Airways.
Cargo flights are also operated from this airport like ABX Air, Aerounión, Air France Cargo, Amerijet International, Astar Air Cargo, Atlas Air, Cargolux, Centurion Air Cargo, Cielos Airlines, DHL Aviation, DHL de Guatemala, Estafeta, Florida West International Airways, Lufthansa Cargo, MasAir, Regional Cargo, Tampa Cargo and UPS. Some of the airlines that provides on demand cargo services are Aeropostal Cargo de México, Air Cargo Carriers, Air Transport International, Ameristar Jet Charter, Contract Air Cargo, Kalitta Air, Martinair Cargo, USA Jet Airlines and World Airways.
This airport is the primary hub for the largest airline in Mexico which is Aeromexico and also a secondary hub for its subsidiary Aeromexico Connect. Through this the airport has become a SkyTeam hub. The airport provides a huge amount of lodging options to the passengers like hotels in Terminal 1 and also a NH Hotel at Terminal 2. The airport has total two terminals and also has an official website which is www.aicm.com.mx. As the airport is located at a distance of 13 kilometres towards east of Mexico City, you will get many attractions to explore even at the nearby areas from the airport
Transfer between the two terminals is linked by the shuttle train that takes around 5 minutes to reach to the other. If you are at the central Mexico City then from there take Fray Servando Avenue northbound then take left towards the Rio Churubusco and then simply follow signs to the airport. To park your car the airport provides short and long term parking in five car parks which is situated near to the terminal buildings and also parking for nearly 5000 vehicles are also available at the airport. You can even hire a car from various companies represented the airport. Rail, bus and taxi transportation are available to and from the airport from which you can reach to your destination.
For the airport details you can head to the information desks which are situated in both the international and domestic areas of the terminals. Also you will get a tourist information office which could be found in lounge B that provides information on Mexico City and also helps you to arrange for a good accommodation. Facilities that this airport provides are usual as the others like ATMs, post office, mobile phone hire, banks, bureaux de change, internet café, restaurants, bars, many shops and duty-free shops including handicrafts for shopping, porters, lockers and lost property office for luggage, medical assistance and pharmacies.
For conference and business facilities you have two hotels where you will get services as well. Hilton Mexico City Airport Hotel and Airport Camino Real Hotel are there for you. Besides this, airport also provides various services for conferencing and also for business facilities. Ramps, lifts, wheelchairs, special assistance, car parking spaces all facilities are there for the disabled travellers. Those who want to make their accommodation can stay at the airport’s hotels which are Hilton Mexico City Airport Hotel, Airport Camino Real Hotel and Holiday Inn Mexico City East.
Excellent infrastructure could be found at this airport which is a face of the engineers who made this a reality. So when you will arrive at this airport you can feel a wonderful environment especially because of its design. If you have few hours to depart then take a magnificent experience of the nearby attractions from the airport. Well, Mexico has unlimited attractions to offer you. Amazing landscape, beautiful parks, archaeological structures, Museums and many other breathtaking attractions are the part of this brilliant city. The Palace of Fine Arts, Museum of Mexico City and The Almeda Park are the nearest attractions from the Benito Juarez International Airport. So do explore them first.
