British Ambassador to Mexico Duncan Taylor was on hand at the Puerto Vallarta Airport Thursday to greet holiday makers from the United Kingdom arriving on the first direct scheduled flight from the European island nation to land in Jalisco.

Dallying by insurers representing state public bus company Sistecozome has meant that a U.S. couple in their 80s who were run over by a bus on a Puerto Vallarta street March 19 have had to pay their own hospitalization costs and hire a private jet to take them back to Phoenix, Arizona.

A new airline made its debut in Guadalajara last week offering immediate savings on flights to several destinations, including Puerto Vallarta.

There are encouraging signs that Jalisco’s cruise line trade is picking up after more than five years in the doldrums.

A crowd of about 100 gathered in the Melaque jardin to attend a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the opening of the long-awaited office of the National Migration Institute (INM) in the town. Local, state and federal officials joined nationals and foreigners for the event.

Esun Energy is offering free self-guided solar home tours in the Banderas Bay area Saturday, March 22, from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.