Volaris

• Tijuana
• Guadalajara
• Cancún

Volaris (trade name of the Mexican group Concesionaria - Vuela Compañía de Aviación SA de CV) is a Mexican airline based in Mexico City.

History

In 2003, the fund Discovery Americas I and TACA met to form a new Mexican airline. The preparations to the first flight lasted for three years. The founder and co-owner of Volaris is the media company Grupo Televisa, the insurance company Inbursa, Grupo TACA and Protego Discovery Fund. Each of them has invested about 25% ( and $ 100 million ) in the construction costs.

2006, Airbus delivered the first of 16 A319s ordered -100.

Volaris offers from San Diego to Tijuana airport, from Santa Fe to the Toluca airport, from Puebla ( 4 Poniente ) to Puebla airport from Cancun city center via the Hotel Zone to the airport and Santa Ana, Caborca ​​, Nogales, Cananea, Agua Prieta, Guaymas - San Carlos, Ciudad Obregón, Navojoa or Magdalena to Hermosillo airport each round trip bus shuttle connections under the name Terraris.

On 27 April 2009 Volaris began its international expansion with the announcement of destinations Los Ángeles and Oakland.

Destinations

With Volaris you can reach within Mexico following objectives: Acapulco, Aguascalientes, Cancun, Chihuahua, Culiacan, Guadalajara, Hermosillo, La Paz, Leon - Guanajuato, Los Cabos, Mazatlan, Merida, Mexicali, Mexico City (MEX), Monterrey, Morelia, Oaxaca, Puebla, Puerto Vallarta, Tijuana, Toluca, Uruapan and Zacatecas. In the U.S., we have the following objectives: Los Angeles, Oakland, San Jose. The main base is located at the Toluca airport, about fifty kilometers west of the capital. The base was chosen for cost and traffic reasons. Between Toluca and Santa Fe maintains Volaris on a travel day free bus shuttle.

Fleet

As of March 2014, the fleet of Volaris from 45 aircraft with an average age of 4.2 years

Trivia

• The name Volaris is a combination of volar ( fly ) and the North Star Polaris. He was selected from more than 1,000 proposals.