MSP airport celebrates first flight to Mexico City
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MINNEAPOLIS, MN (FOX 9) - The first flight from Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport to Mexico City took off Saturday morning.
The new route from Delta, with a partnership with Aeroméxico, will allow Twin Cities residents a path to the city and 55 other airports in Mexico and Latin America.
Saturday's inaugural flight was celebrated by local leaders from Mexico, a performance by Mariachi Jalisco de Minnesota and a customary fire truck water cannon salute.