Volaris

Volaris CEO Enrique Beltranena said the agreement “contemplates compensation for each GTF engine removed from our fleet.”

Volaris says it is currently on track to introduce four aircraft lines onto U.S. bound routes by December.

The Mexican low-cost carrier operates around 70 Airbus A320neo aircraft all operated by GTF engines.

Mexico is one of the fastest growing aviation markets in Latin America, but policies have stymied the growth of airlines into a key market—the U.S.

The government stated the airline’s ticket prices would be 18-20% lower than current prices in the market.

The airline is taking several steps to counteract that surplus capacity.

Mexico-based ultra-LCC Volaris will take 25 more Airbus A321neos, citing a previously undisclosed purchase agreement signed eight months ago.

Forty routes within Mexico are being opened by Volaris as the airline seeks to increase its position as the country’s largest domestic carrier.

Airline private equity group Indigo Partners has invested $50 million in U.S. sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) startup CleanJoule.

The latest new route announcements, schedule changes and codeshares.

Volaris is working to ease any potential supply chain disruptions as it prepares to take advantage of an anticipated national safety upgrade.

Andrés Manuel López Obrado said Mexico’s airlines charge too high fares while serving too few cities in the country.

The ULCC is unable to start new service to the US due to Mexico's safety downgrade.

Speaking at Routes World 2022, Frontier Airlines CEO Barry Biffle said the carrier is in expansion mode despite losing out on Spirit Airlines.

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

Juan Carlos Zuazua says the carrier is ready to expand Mexico-US service as soon as it is allowed to.

The airline plans to serve three US destinations from March.

The ULCC intends to open three nonstop routes between El Salvador and the US from next March.

Volaris has scheduled the launch of its first route to Honduras.

The Mexican carrier plans to begin flights from El Salvador following the introduction of a new law that offers incentives to airlines that establish or increase operations in Honduras.

Routes rounds-up the latest new route announcements, as well as services returning to carriers' networks.

ULCC benefitting from a Mexican market in flux.

Aerocivil has cleared the path for the Mexican ULCCs to enter the Colombian market.

Reservations have opened for two routes to the US city, which has been absent from the airline’s network for nearly 10 years.

Routes looks at the current state of the growing US-Mexico transborder market in the wake of the FAA’s decision to downgrade Mexico’s safety rating to Category 2.