The Albuquerque International Sunport won’t be so international come next week. Its only flight across the border to Mexico is coming to an end.

Less than one year of service to and from Chihuahua, Mexico, and Aeromexico is hitting turbulence. Soon, the airline will cancel its three day a week route which never gained much popularity.

“I think the average was about 20 percent on a 50 seat regional jet so the numbers were really not ever there,” stated Daniel Jiron, a Sunport official.

The state was pitching in to subsidize the flight, setting $300,000 dollars aside to pay for up to 23 empty seats. According to state officials, about 175,000 taxpayer dollars will have been spent by the end of this month.

Though the Sunport will keep its “international” designation, officials there envision plenty of sand and sunshine in their future.

“Our numbers definitely show that Cancun, Puerto Vallarta, those types of places definitely have the numbers to support it,” said Jiron.