Mexican Airlines See Transborder Potential Alongside Possible Hurdles

Volaris U.S. transborder market

The U.S. transborder market is key to Volaris’ strategy. Its revenue from those routes grew 53% year over year in the third quarter.

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Mexican airlines are welcoming a thawing in the icy bilateral aviation relationship between their country and the U.S. However, the FAA is in the midst of an audit of Mexico’s civil aviation agency that could result in a safety downgrade and freeze that progress. The agency last downgraded Mexico’s...
Lori Ranson

Lori covers North American and Latin airlines for Aviation Week and is also a Senior Analyst for CAPA - Centre for Aviation.

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