The Mexican market continues to lead the recovery figures in the region after the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic and Volaris is one of the main success stories, with the national segment much stronger than the international one, in line with the global trend.
The ultra low-cost closed April with a growth in capacity (ASM) of 7.3% compared to the same month of 2019, and 4.6% in demand (RPM) resulting in a load factor of 82, 4% (-2.2 percentage points).
The national segment recorded an improvement of 17.8% in capacity and 13.1% in demand, reaching a load factor of 83.7% (-3.5 percentage points compared to April 2019).
Although it has a significantly better performance than the previous month, the demand in the international market fell 17.1%, while capacity did -16.7%, resulting in a load factor of 78.3% (- 0.4 percentage points).
The total number of passengers transported reached 1.91 million, 3.3% more than in April 2019, of which 1.6 did so on domestic flights (6.7%) and 306 thousand on international flights (-11, 7%).
For the second quarter of 2021 Volaris expects to operate at 110% of the capacity of the same period of 2019.
“Our recovery continued in April and we believe there is room for improvement in the US cross-border market in the following months. We are seeing a gradual improvement in the booking trend as customers begin planning trips for spring and summer, especially in our main segments of visiting friends and family (VFR) and leisure travel,» concluded Enrique Beltranena, Executive President and CEO of Volaris.
