Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación

VLRS

Market cap $1.02B

Controladora Vuela (VLRS) might move higher on growing optimism about its earnings prospects, which is reflected by its upgrade to a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).

MEXICO CITY, Jan. 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: VLRS and BMV: VOLAR) (“Volaris” or “the Company”), the ultra-low-cost carrier (ULCC) serving Mexico, the United States, Central and South America, reports its December 2025 preliminary traffic results.

Mexico's antitrust commission will revise a planned tie-up between low-cost airlines Viva Aerobus and Volaris , the country's President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Monday, adding she considered the deal good news for Mexico's airline sector.

Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación, S.A.B. de C.V. (VLRS) M&A Call Transcript

Shares in Mexican airline Volaris jumped nearly 20% in early trading on Friday after plans to create a joint airline group with rival Viva Aerobus were announced.

MEXICO CITY, Dec. 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: VLRS and BMV: VOLAR) (“Volaris” or “the Company”) and Grupo Viva Aerobus, S.A. de C.V. ("Viva") today announced that they have entered into an agreement to create a new Mexican airline group (“the airline group”) under a holding company structure, with the objective of expanding low fare travel and the connectivity within Mexico and abroad.

Volaris and Viva Aerobus are close to agreeing a merger, sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday, a move that would combine two of Mexico's largest airlines and create a low-cost champion in the country.

MEXICO CITY, Dec. 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: VLRS and BMV: VOLAR) (“Volaris” or “the Company”), the ultra-low-cost carrier (ULCC) serving Mexico, the United States, Central and South America, reports its November 2025 preliminary traffic results.

MEXICO CITY, Nov. 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --  Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: VLRS and BMV: VOLAR) (“Volaris” or “the Company”), the ultra-low-cost carrier (ULCC) serving Mexico, the United States, Central and South America, announed today the successful completion of all inspections and repairs required under the Airworthiness directive issued last Friday by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) on the official notification from Airbus (AOT Alert Operators Transmission) affecting approximately 6,000 A320-family aircraft worldwide. The directive addressed a flight-control software issue potentially influenced by solar flares, and in some cases required associated hardware checks.

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