
VLRS' October load factor fell to 82.4% as capacity growth outpaced traffic gains, despite rising international demand and a 3% increase in passengers.
Controller Flies Compaa de Aviacin, SAB de CV, Concessionaire Flies Compaa de Aviacin, SAPI The company is headquartered in Mexico City, Mexico.
| Revenue (TTM) | $3.55B |
| Gross Profit (TTM) | $856.09M |
| EBITDA | $172.34M |
| Operating Margin | 3.25% |
| Return on Equity | -144.80% |
| Return on Assets | -0.25% |
| Revenue/Share (TTM) | $30.89 |
| Book Value | $0.37 |
| Price-to-Book | 20.03 |
| Price-to-Sales (TTM) | 0.24 |
| EV/Revenue | 1.076 |
| EV/EBITDA | 96.63 |
| Quarterly Earnings Growth (YoY) | -91.10% |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth (YoY) | 32.40% |
| Shares Outstanding | $114.95M |
| Float | $86.64M |
| % Insiders | 0.16% |
| % Institutions | 35.17% |
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VLRS' October load factor fell to 82.4% as capacity growth outpaced traffic gains, despite rising international demand and a 3% increase in passengers.

MEXICO CITY, Nov. 06, 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 October 2026 preliminary traffic results.

Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación, S.A.B. de C.V. ( VLRS ) Q3 2026 Earnings Call October 27, 2026 11:00 AM EDT Company Participants Liliana Juarez Gonzalez - Manager of Investor Relations Enrique Javier Beltranena Mejicano - President, CEO & Director Holger Blankenstein - Executive Vice President of Airline Commercial & Operations Jaime Esteban Pous Fernandez - Senior VP & CFO Conference Call Participants Michael Linenberg - Deutsche Bank AG, Research Division Duane Pfennigwerth - Evercore ISI Institutional Equities, Research Division Rogério Araújo - BofA Securities, Research Division Julia Orsi - JPMorgan Chase & Co, Research Division Jens Spiess - Morgan Stanley, Research Division Filipe Ferreira Nielsen - Citigroup Inc., Research Division Alberto Valerio - UBS Investment Bank, Research Division Presentation Operator Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining Volaris' Third Quarter 2026 Financial Results Conference Call.

Although the revenue and EPS for Controladora Vuela (VLRS) give a sense of how its business performed in the quarter ended September 2026, it might be worth considering how some key metrics compare with Wall Street estimates and the year-ago numbers.

MEXICO CITY, Oct. 26, 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, today reports its unaudited financial results for the third quarter 20261.

Here, we present the traffic numbers for September 2026 for four airline companies: CPA, LTM, VLRS and RYAAY.

BRCB, CSIQ and VLRS have been added to the Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell) List on October 16, 2026.

LTM reported 6.2% traffic growth and 7.7% capacity expansion in September 2026, but its load factor fell as capacity growth outpaced demand.

CPA's September 2026 traffic surges 17.1% year over year, outpacing capacity growth of 15.7% as strong air travel demand lifts its load factor to 87.9%.

Volaris' September traffic rose faster than capacity, lifting consolidated load factor to 84.4% as passenger volumes increased 4.2% year over year.
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