Passenger traffic at GAP's Mexican and Jamaican airports falls 7.0% in October

Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico (GAP), which operates airports in western Mexico and in Jamaica, reported on 9 November 2026 that terminal passenger traffic fell 7.0% in October compared with October 2025, to 4,531.4 thousand passengers. Across its 12 Mexican airports alone, the decrease was 7.6%.

The drop was concentrated in domestic travel, which fell 11.2% to 2,673.6 thousand passengers, while international traffic was almost unchanged, down 0.1% to 1,857.9 thousand. Mexicali recorded the steepest fall, down 27.4%, followed by Puerto Vallarta, down 19.8%, and Tijuana, down 14.4%. Los Cabos fell 4.6% and Guadalajara 1.3%, although international traffic at Guadalajara rose 15.1%. In Jamaica, Kingston grew 3.7% and Montego Bay slipped 0.9%.

Airlines offered fewer seats: GAP says seats available decreased 7.3%, while the load factor rose from 80.7% to 81.0%. The group also lists new routes in operation, including Guadalajara to Atlanta, Boston, Nashville, Washington Dulles and Raleigh-Durham with Volaris, Los Cabos to Washington Dulles with United and Guanajuato to Vancouver with Flair.

GAP describes the figures as preliminary and its release does not give a reason for the declines. Travellers using these airports should not read the traffic data as a sign of disruption to any particular flight; schedules should be confirmed with the airline.