Volaris

Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) | June 15, 2016

DFW AIRPORT, Texas, July 15, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Volaris has launched new flight service from Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport to Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico....

Volaris | August 24, 2016

For the last 10 years, Mexican airline Volaris has been trying to get travelers off of buses and onto its planes. The budget carrier launched in 2006 with a focus on intra-Mexico travel -- where buses still reign supreme -- but over the last several years it has also been expanding its presence in the United States to cater to Mexican-Americans who want to visit friends and family south of the border....

Volaris | October 17, 2016

The problem isn't demand. Volaris has continued to post steady growth in revenue per available seat mile during 2016, despite growing capacity at a double-digit rate. Instead, Volaris' biggest problem is the weak peso, which has fallen sharply against the dollar this year, with most of the damage coming since the beginning of May. Since most of Volaris' expenses are dollar-denominated, the weak peso is driving cost inflation, pressuring profitability. However, this doesn't make V...

Volaris | October 12, 2016

Volaris has previously expressed interest in adding routes for Houston fliers but was stymied by regulations between the U.S. and Mexico. Each route, such as Houston to Mexico City, could only be operated by two or three U.S. airlines and two or three Mexican airlines. That changed this year when a new agreement removed such limitations....