Dublin, June the 13th 2016

Inauguration of direct flight Dublin - Cancun

The Embassy of Mexico is delighted to announce the inauguration of the very first direct Charter flight Dublin-Cancun, operated by Falcon Holidays and Thompson, a member of TUI Group, with the 787 Dreamliner aircraft. At this first stage the flight will operate on a weekly basis for six weeks.

As per the Mexican Tourism Board, in 2015 the number of Irish tourists travelling to Mexico was more than 24 thousand passengers, 10.6% more than the previous year. In per capita terms, Ireland is one of the European countries that sends more tourists to Mexico, even more than Germany, Netherlands or Italy.

The flow of tourists from Ireland to Mexico endured even during the worst of the Irish economic crisis. The impressive recovery of the Irish economy, along with the optimistic outlook for 2016 in both countries, allows us to predict that this trend will remain.

Mexican national Victor and his family among more than 300 passengers ready for departure on the inaugural flight

Cancun is not only one of the most attractive tourist destinations in Mexico, but also the door to Playa del Carmen, Riviera Maya, Cozumel and the wonders of Chichen Itza and Uxmal, and an important hub with connections to major cities in Mexico, the United States, Central America and South America. That is why this flight will appeal not only to vacationers in search of beaches, sun, culinary heritage and archaeological treasures, but also to businessmen.

The Embassy would like to acknowledge the effort of the Mexican Tourism Promotion Board with this project.

Convinced that this pilot flight has great potential, and will soon become a regular route, the Embassy of Mexico would like to extend its best wishes for the success of this flight and an enjoyable trip to all passengers who have chosen this route for their holiday this summer.

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by Lorenzo Córdova Vianello,

President Councillor of the National Electoral Institute.

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He has a Law degree from the Autonomous National University of Mexico, (UNAM) and Doctorate of Political Theory Research from the University of Turin, Italy. Fulltime Researcher, at the Institute for Legal Research of the UNAM, where he was the coordinator in the area of Electoral Law. The National Research System (SNI) distinguishes him as a National Researcher Level III.

He is the author of several texts on electoral and constitutional issues, and on political theory. His recent books include: Law and Power. Kelsen and Schmitt Face to Face (Cultural and Economic Fund 2009), coauthored, Umpire of State Elections, with Cesar Astudillo. An X-Ray of Institutional Architecture (UNAM-IEPC, 2010) and in joint coordination with Cesar Astudillo, Reform and Control of the Constitution. Implications and limits (UNAM, Mexico, 2011) and with Pedro Salazar, Democracy Without Guarantors. The Authorities vs. Electoral Reform (IIJ-UNAM, Mexico, 2009).

Columnist with the El Universal Newspaper, and contributor to the magazine Voice and Vote. He has been a member of the editorial boards of several journals. From August 2005 to May 2012t he headed the Faculty of Law Journal at the UNAM.

He lectures at the Faculty of Law at the National Autonomous University of Mexico on Constitutional Theory, Constitutional Law and Electoral Law.

In 2010 the UNAM awarded him the National University Award for Young Scholars

From 2010-2011 he was the Technical Secretary of the working group that processed "political reform" in the Senate. Member of the Governing Board of the Institute for the Study of Democratic Transition.

He was the presenter for the AMIJ Punto de Encuentro program on the Judicial T.V. Chanel and the Eleciones 09 series on the Congress T.V. Chanel, work for which he received the National Prize for Journalism from the Journalists Club of Mexico. Together with Ciro Murayama and Pedro Salazar, he hosted A Different Mexico (channel 11), Left Lane (Channel 40) and Observatory 2012 (TV-UNAM), for which he also received the National Journalism Award 2011 from the Journalists Club of Mexico, category, Journalism on Electoral Issues.

On the 15th December 2011 he was appointed Electoral advisor to the Federal Electoral Institute. Derived from Political and Electoral Reform, on April 3, 2014, he was appointed Chairman of the National Electoral Institute (INE) by the Chamber of Deputies of the Mexican Congress.