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| AeroMexico Airlines |
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| Volaris Airlines |
Aeromexico and Volaris are two airlines of Mexico, and the
difference ends rights there. While the former is a full service legacy
carrier, the latter is an ultra low cost carrier which does not offer any
frills for free. The success story of low cost carriers worldwide has been
repeated with Volaris as well. Let us examine one of the most fundamental
policies of these airlines- The Baggage Policy.
Aeromexico provides 3 cabin fare types- Main Cabin and Clase
Premier on all its routes and, an additional basic fare ticket fare is
available for its domestic routes, and on routes between Mexico and Europe. Volaris
offers three fares as well and their names go as Vuela Basic, Vuela Classic and
Vuela Plus.
Volaris baggage allowance for check in luggage does not
exist for Economy class tickets and for the Regular fare tickets under Vuela
Classic and Plus fares, the allowance is limited to 1 check in bag of 25 kg and
62 inches linear dimensions. What is interesting to note is that the airline
offers 2 kgs more in one check in bag than what the other vast majority of
airlines offer. So, this is a boon for travelers using Volaris flights.
On the other side, the Aeromexico baggage allowance for
check-in baggage is not free for Base Fare tickets. However, for domestic route
of Mexico and to Europe, the allowance is of 1 check in bag of 25 kg for the
Main Cabin level. For Asia and Brazil routes, the airline is even more generous
as it offers 2 bags of 23 kg each free for each passenger. However, for the US
and Canada markets, there is no free allowance and even the first check in bags
have to be paid for. The AeroMexico baggage allowance details depend on route
and class of service.
What is interesting to note is that Volaris has the baggage
structure based on, among other parameters, the time of buying the baggage. This
is to mean that the fares will differ if baggage is bought at the airport, at
the time of booking the tickets or anytime before the flight but after the
tickets have been booked. AeroMexico does not have this in its fee structure.
These are essentially the key differences in the basic
structure of their fees policies with respect to luggage.
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