Guadalajara International Airport, Jalisco, Mexico

The Mexican carrier's application for a new route to Bogota follows a record year for passenger traffic in Colombia.

Rome will become a new point on the SkyTeam alliance member’s route map from next summer, while Madrid will also receive more flights.

The carrier is also restarting four domestic routes from MTY.

Competition at Felipe Angeles International is starting to heat up as Volaris responds to the expansion plans of Aeromexico and Viva Aerobus.

Viva Aerobus is the latest carrier to increase its footprint in the Mexico-Colombia market.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks

The ULCC is adding 27 new routes between April and June, including launching flights to two new destinations in Mexico.

Routes selects 75 new air services set to start around the world in December 2021, looking at the planned frequency, start date and aircraft to be used.

General director Raul Revuelta Musalem wants to build on the success of Guadalajara’s first route to Europe and opportunities being created by the Cross Border Xpress at Tijuana.

Mexico’s flag-carrier is increasing capacity to Spain by more than 20% with a new long-haul route from Guadalajara.

The airline is converting 767 passenger aircraft into freighters for new all-cargo service.

Flights between Mérida, Mexico and Oakland, California will operate four times per week.

This week one-way seats between the US and Mexico are down just 12% year-on-year.

Despite intense competition in Mexico’s domestic market, the regional airline is seeking out unserved city pairs to aid its recovery.

The Mexican ULCC is following rival Viva Aerobus into the market.

Volaris capacity will recover to 70% of pre-coronavirus levels in August as the Mexican ULCC continues to reinstate services.

In the first of a two-part feature, Routesonline takes a closer look at the airports shortlisted in two categories of the Routes Americas 2019 Marketing Awards.

Mexican airport operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico has been attending Routes events for more than ten years and places a big emphasis on the role of relationships within the route development process including utilising the ‘city pair’ meeting offering with great success.

Having already secured a strong position in the domestic Mexican market, Volaris has been focussing on developing its international network. With the addition of its new service to Reno and previously announced link to Fort Lauderdale it will serve 17 international destinations with 38 routes by year-end. These are targeted at travellers wishing to visit friends and family on both sides of the border providing better travel options for the Hispanic communities in these regions.

Mexican low-cost carrier, Volaris, is to further expand international links into the US with a new service between its base in the city of Guadalajara

Mexican low-cost carrier Volaris is to launch flights to the American southwest city of Phoenix with the introduction of non-stop flights to Sky