Volaris Reports a 19% Increase in Passengers and a Three Percentage Point Increase in Load Factor for January 2014

MEXICO CITY, Feb. 6, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion, S.A.B. de C.V. (“Volaris”) (NYSE: VLRS and BMV: VOLAR), the ultra-low-cost airline based in Mexico, today reported its preliminary traffic results for January 2014.

The total number of booked passengers in January 2014 reached 813 thousand, an 18.9% increase compared to the same period in 2013. Volaris’ demand, measured in Revenue Passenger Miles (RPMs) increased 18.0% year over year in January 2014. Volaris registered a load factor of 81.6% in January 2014, a 3.1 percentage point increase year over year.