RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Mexico's airline industry readjustment due to the pandemic has led low-cost airlines to concentrate half of the commercial fleet, a trend driven by the contraction of mainline airlines leaving a capacity gap that this segment is looking to fill.
At the start of the first quarter 2020, low-cost Viva Aerobus and Volaris operated 34% of the passenger airacraft fleet. In the same period this year, the ratio has risen to 50%. Both companies' aircraft in operation increased by 9% in relative terms, while the overall domestic air fleet declined 26% in the same. . .