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Yes the Cancun flights would be nice, but they really do not have the potential to greatly influence market share, there are a lot of reasons for a small airline not to bother with a cancun run.

I don't know if thats true or not Papashine. When I went to Jamica, people were taking flights to Cuba from there cause they could. I would suspect that Belize would get quite a few lookie loos from those staying in Cancun or nearby resorts if they had extra time and was easy to do.

I know I would travel 100% of my flights through Cancun unless they were significantly more expensive, especially if it landed directly on Ambergris Caye.

Plus, one of the biggest advantages of a Cancun route is that Europeans can travel to Belize without a transfer in the US. Several European cities have direct flights to Cancun.

Ok, so here I go out on a limb probably upsetting my friends at Tropic - upsetting someone being a first for me.
My question is: Why do we need a 3 million dollar terminal placed where it is already a highly congested traffic area for people who spend ten minutes getting on or off the planes? It is not like they are in transit and need a place to wait hours for their next flight.

PS: I say forget the terminal, lower my ticket price, and of course to my friends at Tropic, give them all a raise.

(Because the already own the property they are building on ($$$!))

Don't understand that. I can't see where the new terminal will add to the profitability of Tropic, unless they have installed pay toilets, only add to their overhead in servicing the debt and causing ticket prices to increase or remain at high levels. Thus discouraging travel to Belize - which I am not opposed to. Too many tourist now for the infrastructure, too much traffic,too much uncontrolled development etc. There I bet that will upset somemore who feel the answer to all of Belize's problems is more tourism.

I know I'm hoping for a bar and snack stand.

I believe I read here that the new terminal would serve not only as Tropic's passenger arrival and departure facility on AC, but also as it's base of operations for maintenence and logistics etc. What I find interesting is what I also read here about Maya's acquisition of a couple of ATRs with the intent to fly from CUN to BZE. Maya already offers access to Belize with flights from San Pedro Sula. Both CUN and SAP have low-cost and charter flights from abroad. Are there regulations in place that will hinder Maya from scheduling their international passengers on their domestic services? I think the San Pedro airstrip can handle ATRs and the island already has customs and immigration personnel. Anyway, it's just like anything else in Belize, absolutely fascinates. Does anyone know the status of Atlantic Airlines? They were flying 737s and suddenly went off the radar last December.

Thanks, kicman. There are different messages wherever they flew. Looks like Corn Is. and Bluefields in Nicaragua are those left stranded in the long run. Bummer.