Volaris, the ultra-low-cost airline serving Mexico, the United States and Central America has reported impressive passenger growth figures for October 2018 of 21% this week.
The airline increased total capacity, as measured in Available Seat Miles (ASMs), by 19.1% year over year and total demand, as measured in Revenue Passenger Miles (RPMs), in October 2018 increased 21.2% year over year, reaching 1.5 billion.
In total Volaris transported a total of 1.6 million passengers during the month, that's a massive increase of 21.5% over the same period last year. Network load factor for October was 85.4%, an increase of 1.5 percentage points year over year.
During October 2018, Volaris started service between: Tijuana, Baja California to Ixtapa Zihuatanejo, Guerrero; Tijuana, Baja California to Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas and Tijuana, Baja California to Huatulco, Oaxaca.
"Capacity growth in terms of ASMs was driven by better aircraft utilization, commensurate with stronger passenger demand. As a general outlook, unit revenues continue improving as compared to last year." said, Volaris' President and Chief Executive Officer, Enrique Beltranena.
The following table summarizes Volaris traffic results for the month and year-to-date.
October
2018 |
October
2017 |
Variance
|
October
YTD 2018
|
October
YTD 2017
|
Variance
| |
RPMs (in millions, scheduled & charter)
| ||||||
Domestic
|
1,119
|
910
|
23.1%
|
10,346
|
9,075
|
14.0%
|
International
|
376
|
324
|
16.0%
|
4,166
|
4,034
|
3.3%
|
Total
|
1,495
|
1,234
|
21.2%
|
14,512
|
13,109
|
10.7%
|
ASMs (in millions, scheduled & charter)
| ||||||
Domestic
|
1,260
|
1,037
|
21.5%
|
11,947
|
10,416
|
14.7%
|
International
|
491
|
433
|
13.4%
|
5,341
|
5,020
|
6.4%
|
Total
|
1,751
|
1,470
|
19.1%
|
17,288
|
15,436
|
12.0%
|
Load Factor (in %, scheduled)
| ||||||
Domestic
|
88.8%
|
87.7%
|
1.1 pp
|
86.6%
|
87.1%
|
(0.5) pp
|
International
|
76.6%
|
74.9%
|
1.7 pp
|
78.1%
|
80.3%
|
(2.2) pp
|
Total
|
85.4%
|
83.9%
|
1.5 pp
|
84.0%
|
84.9%
|
(0.9) pp
|
Passengers (in thousands, scheduled & charter)
| ||||||
Domestic
|
1,320
|
1,077
|
22.5%
|
12,107
|
10,721
|
12.9%
|
International
|
265
|
228
|
16.5%
|
2,911
|
2,784
|
4.5%
|
Total
|
1,585
|
1,305
|
21.5%
|
15,018
|
13,505
|
11.2%
|
(Image Volaris)
