Oakland International Airport (OAK) and Volaris celebrate ten years of air service between the U.S. and Mexico. Volaris inaugurated service between Guadalajara, Mexico, and Oakland in 2009. OAK, along with LAX, were Volaris’ first two U.S. destinations.
Volaris serves both domestic and international destinations within the Americas, and is the largest domestic airline in Mexico.
In a festive gate celebration held at OAK, Carolyn Prowse, Volaris’ chief commercial officer and Miguel Aguiñiga Rodriguez, Volaris’ market development & distribution director, spoke to passengers present for the milestone, along with Port of Oakland Commissioner Arabella Martinez, and Director of Aviation Bryant L. Francis.
“Volaris has been a tremendous partner at OAK over the last ten years, and we are delighted to share in the celebration of this significant milestone,” said Francis. “We’re proud to have been selected by Volaris in its initial US expansion, and we look forward to many more years of this ever-strengthening partnership.”
“Volaris is proud to celebrate ten years flying between OAK and Mexico,” said Prowse. “Since our inaugural flight, we have carried more than 10 million passengers between California and the USA. Our business model of low cost and low “clean” base fares has made air travel more affordable and offered the opportunity to reunite families and provide opportunities for both leisure and business travel. This is an important market for us and we continue to grow – in 2019 so far we have increased frequency from OAK to Guadalajara, Bajio and Morelia. We look forward to continuing our successful partnership with Oakland as well as to offering more opportunities for travel to Mexico for the residents of the Bay area.”
Volaris’ success at OAK has grown to four nonstop cities throughout Mexico: Mexico City, Guadalajara, Morelia, and Bajio/Leon.
Volaris has carried over 1.7 million passengers to/from OAK over the past decade.
