[6] The pre-operations phase, the founding of the legal entities and setting up of the required infrastructure, started in August 2005 under the name Vuela Airlines.

[7] In July 2010,[8] it was announced that Televisa and Inbursa had sold their stake in Volaris leaving the ownership of Volaris as follows: TACA Airlines with Roberto and Maria Cristina Kriete (50%), Investment fund Discovery Americas (over 25%) and Indigo Partners: Fund led by former America West CEO Bill Franke.

Volaris began service to Mexico City in September 2010 after absorbing flight routes from two defunct Mexican airlines, Aerocalifornia and Mexicana.

[9][non-primary source needed] It is the membership program that provides special fares, offers, last minute travel deals and other perks.

[10][non-primary source needed] In September 2012, Volaris announced a codeshare partnership with a German airline, Condor.

[13][14] The subsidiary, based at Juan Santamaría International Airport in the Costa Rican capital of San José, started operations in November 2016.

In April 2009, Volaris announced the start of U.S.-bound flights out of Toluca and Guadalajara (initially to Los Angeles and Oakland) to feed into the hubs of Southwest Airlines.

The key trends for Volaris are (as of the financial year ending 31 December):[20][21] The airline is headquartered in Santa Fe, Álvaro Obregón, Mexico City.

[35] It formerly had its headquarters on the first floor of Prolongación Paseo de la Reforma 490 in Peña Blanca, Santa Fe.

[41] Customers can book codeshare flights and earn points through fellow ultra-low-cost carrier, Frontier Airlines.