Flying with Aeroméxico from Quito to Los Angeles

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In this new flight report I'll tell you what it's like to fly with the airline Aeroméxico from Quito to Los Angeles, with a stopover in the City of Mexico.

It's been a long time, exactly 1 year and 4 months since I last boarded an international flight, on that occasion he went to Bogotá to participate in the celebration of the 100 years of Avianca.

At this moment we never thought that the world would stop and that aviation would change forever, but we flew again, I know can fly and I invite you to do it without fear.

In this opportunity, for the first time I flew with Aeromexico, so this report is doubly special, first for flying abroad again and second for adding a new company to the list of airlines that we have reviewed here.

Too, It is the window to comment on various interesting topics of this new normal, even more so applied to an international flight, so welcome back to a flight report. Enjoy it!

Flying from Quito to Los Angeles with Aeroméxico

In this opportunity, As I told you, we are launching a new airline, so we took one of the daily flights operated by Aeroméxico, where on Fridays and Sundays it has double frequency to Quito thanks to the increase in migration.

So it was that from 11 that night we were at the Mariscal Sucre International Airport in Quito for the first, check-in since the website did not allow me to do it directly due to review of travel documents.

The flight from now I tell you that it was almost full, but anyway the checking process was fast, the flight leaves at 1 in the morning, so you have to take into account the time, especially if they are going to document a suitcase in the hold in case of congestion at the counter.

It is important to note that the path to Mexico is considered "hot" so additional screening of passengers and baggage may be given, so this is another recommendation and come up with more than 2 hours before flight is highly recommended.

In times of this new normal, we must be very attentive to the different travel restrictions imposed by governments or even certain states, such as USA.

Something interesting and that more and more airlines offer is the WiFi service, in the case of Aeroméxico you can connect and enjoy a messaging service such as Messenger or WhatsApp totally free, but only text, no photos or audio.

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This is where the report gets interesting., since my scale was almost 9 hours in Mexico City I made all the inquiries both with the airline, airport and a great friend who lives there, so I confirm that you can leave the airport.

Although they can leave the airport without problem after passing immigration, topic that all passengers must do even if they are in transit, take into account the times between entering the country and leaving again, so quietly at the exit time of the flight they must subtract a minimum 3 hours.

Thanks to my great friend Alex Torres, spotter and aeronautical correspondent from Mexico we were able to meet and have an incredible time getting to know a little about the enormous Mexico City, where spotting could not miss.

After the short technical stop, it was time to continue, but there are more requirements to meet. One of them is to present the form that I show you below and never lose the immigration paper that they give you at the entrance., applies to all passengers.

Once past filters, it's time to head for the door 63 where would our flight depart from, but here are more controls. As you may have noticed, at no time have I talked to you about the negative test to be able to address USA, but here it comes.

In the departure lounges of flights to USA you will find Aeroméxico personnel with orange vests, to whom one by one must present the enabling documents to be able to fly. Here the passport is shown and now yes, the negative test that can be PCR or antigen.

This document will be delivered by staff in orange, that it is nothing more than an affidavit indicating that the evidence presented is legal, real and the true result with name and signature, nothing more and this paper is kept by the airline staff.

On several occasions the cabin crew remember the biosafety procedures and protocols, because there is no lack of the person who forgets or removes the mask to eat and never puts it on again

After some more 3 flight hours and adding more than 16 hours from departure from Quito, we land in Los Angeles after living a good experience in a new airline that reaches the flight reports, that teaches us that it is possible to fly internationally in times of pandemic and in a totally safe way. I go two negative tests and without news.

And the negative test? On USA no one asks you, airlines are trusted to have enforced the requirements at the airport of departure, so the arrival is very fast in migration, unless there are many people, but time is not wasted again delivering the papers to health personnel, as it still happens in our countries, topics that should change and optimize.

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