Introducing VivaAerobus!

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If you are thinking about making plans for Spring Break or a summer vacation, Mexico might be a good destination.

A low-cost Mexican airline is starting service out of Austin flying non-stop to Cancún, Guadalajara, León, Monterrey, Puebla and Queretaro.

Mexico's VivaAerobus is a no frills airline and will have a new terminal with no jet bridges, baggage handling, gates, or ticket counters.

Tickets are set to go on sale in a few weeks starting at just $9.99. Flights are scheduled to start in March.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/mex...1e8e94100.html

The airline's website looks interesting.

http://www.vivaaerobus.com/?lng=2e8356f8-1dae-4cb3-9387-8b89101a0cb5

What is going on in Mexico these days? By next year, how many LCCs will be operating within Mexico?

[Jet-fighters.Net]

The taxes and fees are what will kill you on these fares i looked up a sample fare from Juarez to Monterey and it workes out to about $85 for a round trip 2 weeks in advance. with $37 for the fare and the rest eaten up in taxes and fees.

[Enrique Rivera]

Well, in fact taxes and TUA ( airport user fee ) are high in Mexico, but not as high as you mention, i have paid $1,846.80 MXP, about $180.00 US Dlls for 4 round tickets from QET-MTY-QET with this airline (VivaAerobus) finding 1 peso promo fare, as far as i knowm Viva will began operation from/to AUS on March/08 with promotional fares starting as low as $9.99 Dlls before taxes, i think that a round ticket with all taxes and extra fees will be around $80.00 to any of the destinations and i think that a round flight AUS-CUN-AUS is a real bargain on that price.
Let me make a suggestion; buy your tickets 3 months before your flight date.

Regards