Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico September passengers down 7.3% to 4.08M amid capacity cuts
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Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico (GAP) reported preliminary terminal passenger traffic results for September 2026, recording a 7.3% Y/Y decrease across its total network to 4.08M passengers.
Domestic traffic fell 9.5% to 2.55M, while international passenger volume declined 3.2% to 1.53M.
Available seats decreased 7.2% Y/Y during the month, while average load factor edged up slightly by 30 basis points to 81.0% (up from 80.7% in September 2025).
September traffic highlights: Guadalajara total traffic dipped 0.9% Y/Y to 1.40M, despite a 10.0% international gain. Tijuana declined 12.1% to 830,100, while Cross Border Xpress (CBX) users rose 1.4% to 266,200. Key resort destinations experienced broad declines, with total traffic falling 7.5% at Los Cabos (374,900) and 10.4% at Puerto Vallarta (307,100), influenced by reduced airline seat capacity and temporary operational disruptions from Hurricane Polo.
Kingston traffic dropped 3.8% to 132,400, while Montego Bay fell 16.6% to 238,300.
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