Volaris, a low-cost airline serving Mexico, the United States and Central America, reported their preliminary year to date traffic results.
In March 2019, capacity measured by ASMs (Available Seat Miles) increased by 13.5% vs last year, with demand measured by RPMs (Revenue Passenger Miles) showing a strong increase of 16.7%. Volaris carried 1.8 M passengers in total (19.4% increase vs last year), with load factor increasing 2.3 pp to 86.6%.
During the month, Volaris started operations on ten domestic routes from key cities Mexico City, Chihuahua, Merida, Hermosillo and Tijuana; and launched an additional ten new domestic routes for sale linking existing cities: Mexico City, Guadalajara, Chihuahua, Monterrey, Durango and Queretaro, and two international routes: between Mexico Cityand El Salvador; and also, Guadalajara and El Salvador.
Volaris’ President and Chief Executive Officer, Enrique Beltranena, commenting on the results, said: “Passenger demand for Volaris continues to be strong. We carried a record number of passengers for the month of March this year, despite last year´s figures including Holy week which will be in April this year. In addition, our unit revenues continue to improve as a result of our new Plus fare launch.”
The following table summarizes Volaris traffic results for the month and year to date.
|
March |
March |
Variance |
March YTD 2019 |
March YTD 2018 |
Variance |
|
|
RPMs (in millions, scheduled & charter) |
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|
Domestic |
1,234 |
1,037 |
19.0% |
3,386 |
2,902 |
16.7% |
|
International |
468 |
422 |
10.9% |
1,358 |
1,253 |
8.4% |
|
Total |
1,702 |
1,459 |
16.7% |
4,744 |
4,155 |
14.2% |
|
ASMs (in millions, scheduled & charter) |
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|
Domestic |
1,381 |
1,190 |
16.0% |
3,971 |
3,446 |
15.2% |
|
International |
584 |
541 |
8.0% |
1,733 |
1,609 |
7.7% |
|
Total |
1,965 |
1,731 |
13.5% |
5,704 |
5,055 |
12.8% |
|
Load Factor (in %, scheduled) |
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|
Domestic |
89.4% |
87.1% |
2.3 pp |
85.3% |
84.2% |
1.1 pp |
|
International |
80.1% |
78.2% |
1.9 pp |
78.6% |
77.9% |
0.7 pp |
|
Total |
86.6% |
84.3% |
2.3 pp |
83.2% |
82.2% |
1.0 pp |
|
Passengers (in thousands, scheduled & charter) |
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|
Domestic |
1,469 |
1,212 |
21.2% |
4,004 |
3,383 |
18.4% |
|
International |
329 |
294 |
11.8% |
958 |
880 |
8.9% |
|
Total |
1,798 |
1,506 |
19.4% |
4,962 |
4,263 |
16.4% |