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 City and 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) |
||||||
| 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) |
||||||
| 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) |
||||||
| 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) |
||||||
| 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% |
