In December 2022, Volaris’ capacity (measured in ASMs) increased by 18.5% year-over-year, while demand (measured in RPMs) increased by 16.9%; the result was a load factor of 84.7% (-1.2pp YoY). Volaris transported 2.9 million passengers during the month, a 13.9% increase compared to December 2021. Demand in the domestic Mexican and international markets increased by 13.3% and 26.1%, respectively. For the full year of 2022, Volaris’ capacity increased 25.6%, 0.6pp ahead of the Company’s capacity guidance, with the load factor expanding 0.9pp YoY to 85.6%.
Enrique Beltranena, Volaris’ President and CEO said: “Traffic in December was solid, and booking curves remain resilient. We continue to expect that passenger growth will be in line with our planned capacity growth. At the end of the month, Volaris was affected by Winter Storm Elliott, which resulted in athree-daydisruptiontooperations. However,asaresultofhardworkbytheVolaristeam, the company was able to quickly recover to full operations and respond promptly to all impacted customers. While such disruptions can be challenging, I want to thank the Volaris Ambassadors for their extra effort throughout the holiday season to ensure that our passengers were well cared for.”
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