Atlas provides flight retailing and fulfilment infrastructure through an API designed to connect travel sellers with airline content. The addition of the three Volaris carriers expands its airline portfolio across Mexico, the United States, Central America and other markets in the Americas. Digitaltravel documents
Volaris operates one of Latin America’s largest ultra-low-cost airline networks. Through the new connection, Atlas customers can access the airline group’s content without developing and maintaining separate integrations for each carrier.
The partnership forms part of Atlas’s strategy to consolidate direct low-cost carrier content on a single retailing and fulfilment platform. The company said the approach allows travel sellers to connect once and access an expanding network of airline partners.
Clive Ashmore Butler, Chief Operating Officer at Atlas, said: “Every new airline partnership strengthens the value of a single connection to Atlas. Our strategy is to simplify low-cost airline distribution by bringing the world’s leading low-cost carriers onto one modern retailing and fulfilment platform. The addition of Volaris, Volaris Costa Rica and Volaris El Salvador represents another significant step towards building the industry’s leading platform for LCC retailing and infrastructure.”
Jorge García, Director of Market Development and Cargo at Volaris, said: “This partnership with Atlas allows us to reach Travel Sellers around the world through a single, modern connection, expanding the visibility of Volaris in new markets. As we continue to grow our network across the Americas, integrations like this one help us bring our ultra-low-cost model to more travelers, wherever they are searching for their next trip.”
The go-live broadens Atlas’s low-cost carrier coverage across the Americas and provides travel sellers with access to cross-border flight content through the same retailing and fulfilment infrastructure.
Volaris reported EBITDAR of $141m in 2nd Quarter of 2026
The announcement coincided with Volaris reporting its unaudited financial results for the second quarter of 2026. The airline generated total operating revenue of $859 million, representing a 24% increase compared with the second quarter of 2025.
However, Volaris recorded a net loss of $127 million during the quarter. The loss per American Depositary Share amounted to $1.11.
Total revenue per available seat mile reached a record second-quarter level of 9.49 cents, increasing by 22% year on year. Available seat miles rose by 2% to 9.1 billion.
Total operating expenses increased to $958 million, compared with $715 million in the same period of 2025. Operating expenses per available seat mile rose by 31% to 10.58 cents.
The airline’s average economic fuel cost increased by 70% to $4.18 per gallon. Cost per available seat mile excluding fuel rose by 19% to 6.75 cents.
Volaris reported EBITDAR of $141 million, down by 27% from the previous year. The EBITDAR margin declined by 11.6 percentage points to 16.3%.
At the end of the quarter, total cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments stood at $824 million. This represented 25% of the airline’s total operating revenue over the previous 12 months.
The net debt-to-last-twelve-month EBITDAR ratio was 3.3 times, compared with 3.2 times at the end of the previous quarter.
Enrique Beltranena, President and Chief Executive Officer of Volaris, said: “Our second quarter results continued to highlight the strength and resilience of our model, our full focus on the variables within our control, and the consistency of our execution. We acted decisively, driving strong performance across our network and cash flow generation despite operating in one of the most challenging fuel environments in recent years. Not only did we achieve record second-quarter TRASM through fare increases and our disciplined actions across pricing, network, capacity and operations, we also benefited from sustained domestic and strong international demand, demonstrating the balance of our domestic and transborder strategies. Notably, every flight we operated in the second quarter generated positive cash contribution. Our third-quarter capacity plan follows the same approach. ASM growth is concentrated in July and August as we capture peak demand, with a meaningful moderation beginning in September. As a result, we expect full-year ASM growth of approximately 5%. The actions taken during the first half are delivering tangible results, supporting stronger second-half earnings and the reinstatement of our full-year EBITDAR margin guidance.”
During the second quarter, Volaris retired four A320ceo aircraft and added two A320neo and two A321neo aircraft. Its total fleet therefore remained unchanged at 155 aircraft.
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At the end of the quarter, the fleet had an average age of 6.8 years and an average seating capacity of 200 passengers per aircraft. New Engine Option aircraft accounted for 68% of the total flee