Mexico’s VivaAerobus returns to 100% of pre-covid capacity

Mexico’s VivaAerobus says it will become the first airline in the Americas to return to 100% of pre-coronavirus capacity in November. In a note on its website on 5 November, the low-cost-carrier says that its November 2020 capacity will equal that of the same month a year ago, after the global pandemic decimated the air transport industry earlier this year. The airline says October capacity was at almost 94%, and that it transported 885,000 passengers during the month. That’s up 21% from September and represents a load factor of 85%. “In November [VivaAerobus was] the first airline in the entire American continent to have reactivated its operational capacity to 100% compared to November 2019,” the airline says on its website. The airline plans to operate 109 routes - 96 domestic and 13 international during November. That’s up from 97 routes - 86 domestic and 11 international - during October.<br/>