Volaris is Southwest's ticket to MexicoTuesday November 11, 2008 Having already sealed a codeshare deal giving it access to Canada, Southwest Airlines yesterday announced a partnership with Toluca-based Volaris that will give the world's largest LCC a foothold in Mexico for the first time.Southwest CEO Gary Kelly said in July that he was looking to expand on the carrier's deal with WestJet and offer passengers access to Mexico and the Caribbean (ATWOnline, July 28).
Yesterday, SWA said it and Volaris will offer "a seamless travel experience to a wide array of destinations," with codeshare flight schedules and "additional features" scheduled to be announced by early 2010.
By next spring, Southwest's website will become a distribution channel for Volaris tickets. Loyalty programs, ground handling and cargo are areas of potential cooperation, it said."We are continuing to look for ways to expand our network through international codeshare partnerships, and we are excited to team up with Volaris to offer our customers access to attractive Mexican destinations," Kelly said.
Launched in early 2006 (ATWOnline, Jan. 13, 2006), Volaris flies 18 A319s and one A320 on 39 routes to 23 Mexican destinations. It has 13 more A320s on order. CEO Enrique Beltranena called SWA the "best possible partner." Southwest serves 64 airports.SWA Senior Director-Planning and Distribution Richard Sweet wrote on the carrier's website that Volaris plans on flying to the US next year and that despite being an "unknown brand in the US" and a "relatively small and certainly new" airline, it has "proven [to be] a successful and viable airline and [is] developing a new generation of flyers in Mexico."
by Brian Straus
Publicado en las páginas 18 y 21 de la revista Air Transport World del mes de noviembre del año en curso- LATIN AMERICAN/ CARIBBEAN report.
AEROMÉXICO began operations at its new heavy maintenance hangar at Guadalajara International. The hangar, with some 20,000 sq. m. of space, is able to accomodate three widebodies simultaneously for maintenance services.
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