| Mexico is getting a new airline and if the carrier | | | | along with competing start up airline, Interjet, are |
| meets all expectations it will go a long way in helping | | | | expected to quickly reshape the Mexican airline |
| Mexican air traffic double over just the next three | | | | industry beginning this year. |
| years. Volaris Airlines, started by Mexican billionaires | | | | Volaris is planning to serve at least six Mexican cities |
| Carlos Slim and Emilio Azcarraga, is expecting to take | | | | and eventually provide service between Mexican and |
| its first flight on March 13, 2006. Volaris may impact | | | | U.S. destinations. No word how all of this will impact |
| the airline industry well beyond Mexico especially if its | | | | wannabe start up Mexus Airlines, currently operating |
| aggressive expansion plans work out. | | | | as a "paper carrier" with no concrete plans [or |
| With the Mexican government in the process of | | | | funding] to start flying. |
| divesting its interest in two airlines, Aero Mexico and | | | | Volaris plans on flying 16 A319 aircraft and has an |
| Mexicana Airlines, start up carriers are poised to jump | | | | option on 40 A320 aircraft. TACA International |
| in and provide service as fares drop and demand | | | | Airlines, based in El Salvador, will hold a minority stake |
| surges. Up to now, the highly controlled Mexican | | | | in the airline. If all goes well with Volaris, expect the |
| airline industry has put a damper on customer | | | | Mexican airline industry to go through a shake up |
| demand as artificially high prices and a restricted | | | | similar to what the U.S. airline industry has |
| market have kept customers away. Volaris Airlines, | | | | experienced. |