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Interjet offers Mexico flights aboard all-coach Airbus A320 aircraft |
During a recent trip in Mexico, I flew Interjet, the fast-growing low-cost Mexican airline, from Mexico City to the Pacific coast resort city of Huatulco. Here is my review of the flight experience of the increasingly attention-getting airline (and its increasingly famous female-only on-board lavatories).
THE FLIGHT: Mexico City Benito Juárez International Airport to Huatulco (50 minutes)
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The Interjet ticket counter at Mexico City airport. |
CHECK-IN AND DEPARTURE: Check-in at the ticket counter at the Mexico City airport’s Terminal 1 was speedy, with multiple lines rather than the usual “next-available-agent” concept. Terminal 1 has a gate-assignment process for domestic flights wherein they usually don’t announce the exact gate until about 30 to 60 minutes before the departure time, so passengers are sent to a common waiting area behind the security checkpoint, next to a bustling food court. About 50 minutes before departure time, the monitors showed the gate — number 5, at the end of the domestic wing. It’s a congested terminal (which is not Interjet’s fault, of course), with multiple lines for simultaneous flights, but the boarding process was efficient, boarding by zone (with Zone 1 the last to board).
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Interjet flight attendant uniforms are neat and attractive. |
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Leather airline seats aboard the Interjet Airbus A320. |
THE PLANE: Interjet bears some resemblance to the most positive on-board experience elements of JetBlue. The all-coach airplane seating is leather, with slightly more leg room than the average aircraft. The flight attendant uniforms, however, are even better — attractive blue outfits worn neatly by (on our flight) an all-female flight attendant crew with their hair pulled back. And speaking of females, Interjet is the only airline I’ve ever flown with a women-only lavatory onboard — I peeked inside and found that the bathroom itself was no different (it does have a changing table, which some airplane lavatories don’t have); the main point is that the pink sticker on the door is supposed to keep messy males from using the facilities.
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The inflight entertainment system monitors on board the Interjet Airbus A320. |
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The women’s lavatory on board the Interjet Airbus A320. |
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Airline meals aboard Interjet include free snacks and both alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks. |
THE SERVICE: No headphones were provided, but we had the option of using our own headphones to watch the short-subject travel shows presented on overhead video monitors. Free snacks (we could choose from a variety of potato chips and other bagged goodies) and free non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages (including Dewars, Finlandia, Corona, Modelo and Bacardi) were served (and we got the whole can for each soda we ordered, which was a nice plus).
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