Volaris

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Volaris is the commercial brand of the Mexican group Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación S.A. de C.V., a low cost airline based in the city of Toluca, Mexico State. The name Volaris was selected among 1000 proposals, representing a fusion between the word volar (to fly) and Polaris a star in the sky that indicated north to ancient travelers.

The inauguration of activities was held with a ceremony at the Lic. Adolfo López Mateos International Airport (TLC) in which President of Mexico Vicente Fox cut the inauguration ribbon. Volaris' first flight was a Toluca-Tijuana trip on March 13, 2006.

The founding and owner partners of Volaris are Protego Discovery Fund, Grupo Televisa the world's biggest spanish mass media conglomerate, Inbursa (a Mexican bank owned by billionaire Carlos Slim) and TACA, the national airline of El Salvador. Each of these partners invested 25% of the initial cost of activities, accounting $100 million USD.

Contents

1 Operations and Fleet
2 Fleet
3 Destinations
4 External links

Operations and Fleet

Its headquarters and operational base are located at the Lic. Adolfo López Mateos International Airport in Toluca, known as Mexico City's secondary airport due to its proximity of only 50 kilometers to the west (around 31 miles). Volaris selected this airport because it is not as congestionated as Mexico City's and because of the reduction of costs it represents. Volaris also provides free transportation from Toluca Airport to Mexico City's Santa Fé area.

Fleet

6 Airbus A319

They have signed an order of 16 more brand new aircraft of the same model, for delivery in 2007, with a configuration of 144 seats in a single class. The same contract has options for 40 additional A319. The separation pitch between each seat is 16 inches. Seats are made of leather. In April Volaris announced it also has option for 40 A320.

Due to the experience of TACA the engines selected for Volaris' fleet were the model V2500 of the company International Aero Engines.

Destinations

External links

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