VivaAerobus Announces Two New International Routes to Florida: Miami - Monterrey and Orlando - Monterrey

MONTERREY, Mexico, Nov. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- VivaAerobus, Mexico's ultra low cost carrier, announced today the start of operations of two of their routes to Florida in the United Sates from the city of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico at a total price starting at $125 dollars.

Miami – Monterrey is scheduled to operate as follows

And starting November 19, Orlando – Monterrey is scheduled to operate on the following schedule during vacation season:

With these new international routes, VivaAerobus now amounts to 6 destinations being served in the US market placing it as the Mexican airline with the greatest connectivity with the neighboring country from Monterrey.

"We are entering the last stretch of the year with new operations to the US and it is a pleasure for us to offer our low cost travel model to the Hispanic market interested in traveling to Mexico and visiting family members at reasonable fares," said Juan Carlos Zuazua, VivaAerobus CEO.

Zuazua added, "We are looking to consolidate in the North American market extending our presence in the most important cities throughout the US, as is the case with Miami and Orlando."  

The relevance of these new routes is in connecting Northeastern Mexico with cities like Miami, which concentrates the largest number of Latin American focused corporations in the US, and Orlando, a city with a diverse variety of entertainment options with its world class amusement parks and a convention center that ranks among the best in the world.

Booking for the new international destinations is now available on the carrier's website, www.vivaaerobus.com

Based out of the city of Monterrey, NL, VivaAerobus is Mexico's ultra low fares airline. The carrier started operations in November 2006, and was created with the combined expertise of IAMSA and Irelandia. VivaAerobus operates a fleet of 17 Boeing 737-300 aircrafts to 46 domestic routes and 6 routes to the United States.

IAMSA, is Mexico's leading passenger ground transportation company. IAMSA operates a fleet of 9,000 buses throughout 22 states in the country, transporting over 260 million passengers a year, reaching over 70% of the population. IAMSA employs more than 24 thousand people.  

Irelandia, the Ryan's family investment mechanism, are founders of Ryanair, the largest and most successful low cost airline in Europe. Irelandia is one of the leaders in developing low cost air travel throughout the world. They are also investors in other companies including Singapore's Tiger Airways.

SOURCE VivaAerobus