MexicanaLink, a subsidiary of Mexicana, was a

regional airline A regional airline is a general classification of airline which typically operates scheduled passenger air service, using regional aircraft, between communities lacking sufficient demand or infrastructure to attract mainline flights. In North ...

based in

Guadalajara International Airport Guadalajara International Airport (); officially ''Aeropuerto Internacional Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla'' (Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla International Airport) , is the main international airport serving Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. It is Mexico’s ...

that operated as a feeder airline for both Mexicana and MexicanaClick. It operated into markets that were considered too thin to justify the use of larger aircraft. It was Mexicana's regional carrier, while MexicanaClick was a low-fare domestic airline competing against

Interjet InterJet was a private jet charter operator in the Greek business aviation market. InterJet was based in Athens Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. A significant coastal ...

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, and

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. MexicanaLink used to compete against Aeromar and Aeroméxico Connect. The airline was presented to the media on 10 March 2009. The ceremony was conducted by Grupo Mexicana CEO, Manuel Borja. The president of Mexico, Felipe Calderon Hinojosa, joined the ceremony with a short speech. The event was held on the Mexicana maintenance base in the

Miguel Hidalgo. First flight of this airline was on 13 March 2009 at 2:30 PM CST departing from Guadalajara (GDL) to Puerto Vallarta (PVR). Link, along with its parent company ceased operations on 28 August 2010, after filing for bankruptcy earlier in the month. Mexicana and its subsidiaries had stopped selling tickets three weeks prior to the shutdown.

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* {{Airlines of Mexico Airlines established in 2009 Airlines disestablished in 2010 Defunct airlines of Mexico Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association Former Oneworld affiliate members Mexicana de Aviación