New nonstop service to Guadalajara beginning in March.
HOUSTON – Volaris added to its expanding route network connecting Mexico and the United States, when it announced nonstop service between Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) and Guadalajara International Airport (GDL) will begin in March 2015.
Tickets went on sale immediately for the route, which will originate out of Guadalajara three days a week. Flights are available for booking, with the buy ahead approach and Volaris’ innovative pay-per-service plan – “Tu Decides” – that allows travelers to specifically select those services they need for their trip.
“Passengers at Bush airport continue to enjoy an unprecedented level of connectivity with Latin America and new partners like Volaris are helping to make that connection even stronger,” said Houston Aviation Director Mario C. Diaz. “This new non-stop service complements the continued expansion of the international service available at IAH and will provide Volaris’ customers with even better access to our dynamic, growing city and all that it offers.”
Volaris Chief Executive Officer Enrique Beltranena echoed that the new flight reinforces their expansion into the US market.
“We are extremely pleased to increase our international destination offering to a city of the caliber of Houston, which now becomes our second incursion into the Texas market,” Beltranena said. “We are ready to offer new and unique travel experiences to our customers in the Guadalajara marketplace.”
Since beginning their operations in March 2006, Volaris has safely and efficiently served more than 6 million passengers on flights between Mexico and the United States, operating 50 aircraft that make up one of the newest fleets in the Americas. The airlines’ 144-seat Airbus A319 and 174 seat Airbus A320 aircraft will service the route.
“Volaris seeks to unite family and friends on both sides of the border, on one of the youngest fleets operating in the Americas,” Beltranena said. “We are the Mexican airline with the greatest number of destinations reached and flights to the US, plus to date we have transported over 6.5 million passengers between Mexico and the US since we started operations, a number that is on the rise thanks to our growth efforts in 2014 and our expansion plans for the upcoming year.”
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