It can make a tremendous difference depending on the terms of the lease. The aircraft owner is sacrificing any other usage of that plane, so even if it doesn't travel one day he still has to charge something. The question is, how much? And for how long - the whole eight months of the lease? Have Maya left themselves a getout clause if it just doesn't work? They've already cancelled some flights on this route for lack of business.

Where did you get that information? Please give your source.

Wish Maya Air the best,this will be great for Europeans and Canadians.My fingers are crossed, this is quite the challenge that could pay handsomely,for all. (can't imagine the RED TAPE and uncertainty involved)- NO GUTS ,NO GLORY, price you pay for success !

DS, not having checked connections in Cun to and from Bze (if you dont need a layover) RT Iah to Bze $472. Iah - Cun $300. Cun - Bze - Cun (Ive seen post from $198 to $345). Using the lower fare of $198 = $498 V $472, it still aint worth it in time, plane change, layover etc, to me, no matter how they package it.

Jesse - you're well connected. Why don't you find out directly? I found out from a contact in Tropic.

So its just a rumour...

A rumour is a statement that the speaker has no way of knowing the truth of, but chooses to repeat anyway. Rather akin to the "hearsay" much beloved of crooked lawyers. I have strong reason for believing what I was told was true, although I do appreciate that once my statement reaches you you may not be able to tell that. Essentially you can dismiss most of what people tell you as "rumour" as they rarely give you evidence that what they are saying is true - you just have to be discriminating.

If your departure airport is Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, Miami and sometimes LA, then it isn't going to be worth it for you.

But from any city where you have a non-stop to Cancun (which are many), then you have the same number plane changes if you fly through cancun or if you fly through one of the others mentioned.

And from many others, you already have two hops to BZE. For example, my folks fly out of Traverse City, MI or Grand Rapids, MI. From those airports, you cannot fly direct to any of the above. So if they fly to Belize, they have 2 hops either way. Why not make one of them in Cancun if it's cheaper?

The sched as it stands requires an overnite in CUN.
From what I understand, the flt Thu departed with 9 pax, don't know the return number.

Again, it goes to packaging the service more appropriately.

when I priced the examples in the other thread, none of the flights required an overnight. But it seems the schedule has changed.