MEXICO  Airports

Taxes and Fees When leaving Mexico, you will have to pay a tax of about USD 13, which may be included in the air ticket if you have bought it in the country; but if you buy it abroad, you will have to pay it at the airport. In domestic flights it is the same: apart from the I.V.A. (a special tax), you will have to pay an airport tax of about USD 8.5.When buying your air ticket abroad, you will be charged this tax at the airport.  Facilities Most Mexican cities, even some small ones, have an airport.The main airlines are Aeroméxico and Mexicana; however, there are some smaller companies such as Aero California, Aero Caribe, Aero Cozumel, Aero Litoral, Aeromar, and Aviacsa, among some others.  Some of the most important airports in Mexico are: International Airport Benito Juarez (México City), International Airport of Cancún, International Airport ‘Miguel Hidalgo’ (Guadalajara), International Airport ‘Miguel Díaz Ordaz’ (Puerto Vallarta), International Airport ‘San José del Cabo’ (Baja California Sur), International Airport ‘Juan Álvarez’ (Acapulco), International Airport ‘Mariano Escobedo’ (Monterrey), International Airport of Ixtapa Zihuatanejo (Guerrero).All of them have facilities such as International Police, Migration, Customs, restaurants, restrooms, travel stores, magazines stands and waiting lounges. Transportation International and domestic airports have transportation services to hotels and the city, such as taxis, shuttle buses and buses, which may be hired directly at your arrival in the airport. Customs Vehicles entering Mexico through the frontier will have to obtain a Mexican permit and insurance if they are planning to go further than 25 kilometers from the border zone. You will be able to enter the country with duty-free objects such as personal use things, clothing, shoes, personal use medicine (with the corresponding prescription in case of psychotropic substances), a video camera, a photographic camera, 12 photographic film rolls, and if you are over 18, 3 liters of alcohol or wine, and 400 cigarettes or 50 cigars. Anti narcotic traffic checks are common in Mexico City Airport, so don’t get surprised if it is your turn.