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Avolar Aerolineas
Image:Avolarlogo.PNG
IATA
V5		ICAO
VLI		Callsign
AVOLAR
Founded2005
Focus citiesDon Miguel Hidalgo Int'l Airport
Fleet size8
Destinations15
Parent companyAvolar Aerolíneas S.A. de C.V.
HeadquartersTijuana, Mexico & Los Angeles, CA
Key peopleJorge Nehme (CEO. hubs=Gen. Abelardo L. Rodríguez Int'l Airport
Website: www.avolar.com.mx
For the short-lived UAL Corporation subsidy, see Avolar (UAL Corporation subsidiary).

Avolar Aerolineas (airlines) is a low-cost airline based in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico with corporate offices in Tijuana. The airline operates an extensive domestic network of 17 cities as of November 2007. Avolar's main base is located at the sole large-hangar facility at the General Abelardo L. Rodríguez International Airport in Tijuana[1].

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[edit] History

Avolar began operations on 7 September 2005[1] with a single Boeing 737-500 aircraft. The airline is often considered the first low-cost airline in Mexico, though other low-cost airlines such as Click Mexicana, Interjet, and Volaris have since surpassed Avolar's growth. Avolar's aircraft are painted in an orange and white "wave" livery designed by Benjamin Najar. Avolar presently holds the record for the lowest fare promotion in Mexican history at 1 USD. As of November 2007, Avolar operates a fleet of eight Boeing 737 aircraft, comprising of five 737-300 series, and three 737-500 series. Plans reportedly exist between Boeing and Avolar for a direct purchase of at least twenty 737-700 series aircraft[2].

Avolar's passenger reservations and management are provided by Radixx International, Inc.[3], centralizing all of their sales, passenger reservations and management into a single system including online booking through Avolar's website, which in November 2nd 2007, due to server maintenance[4][5], was taken offline forwarding users directly to its booking engine powered by Radixx without any problem until the site was brought back online November 12 2007.

[edit] Destinations

Image:Avolar Routemap 110507.jpg
The Avolar Aerolineas Route Map current as of November 5th, 2007 reflecting Tijuana as a hub on the left, and Guadalajara as a focus city on the right.

Avolar operates to and from the following domestic destinations (as of November 2007): [6]

Image:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico

[edit] Fleet

As of November 2007 the Avolar fleet includes [7]:

  • Avolar plans to order 20 Boeing 737-700s[8] to strengthen its domestic network and launch a number of international routes to the USA and Canada. The airline plans take delivery of these aircraft between 2008 to 2010. Avolar still plans to lease eight older Boeing 737-300s and Boeing 737-500s in the meantime, adding these to its existing fleet of 8 aircraft by the end of 2007.

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines", Flight International, 2007-03-27, p. 83. 
  2. ^ AeroTransport Data Bank
  3. ^ Mexico's Avolar Accelerates Growth With Radixx International's Support
  4. ^ Services to many Alabanza customers went down during data center migration
  5. ^ Web Host NaviSite Discusses Downtime
  6. ^ Avolar Route Map & List
  7. ^ AeroTransport Data Bank - Fleet Type List
  8. ^ AeroTransport Data Bank - 20 737-700s Listed as Planned
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