Mexicana Stops Issuing Tickets

Effective immediately, Mexicana Airlines will no longer be issuing international flight tickets. They will continue to operate domestically (within Mexico). All outstanding flights that have been issued by Mexicana will be honored and remain valid.

Mexicana Airlines' (MX) has filed for bankruptcy protection in the U.S. and Mexico and announced Wednesday that it has suspended all ticket sales until further notice. However, Mexicana also assured that it will continue flight operations as scheduled for ticketed passengers. For more information and updates, please see Mexicana's Web site.

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