Would-be low-cost start-up carrier Vuelamex is restructuring its launch plans and making a new attempt to gain its operating certificate following its rejection by the Mexican civil aviation authority earlier this year and the loss of its four leased Boeing 717s to AirTran Airways.
The airline had planned to operate up to four 717s on lease from Pembroke Capital, but failed to obtain authority to operate (ATO) from Mexican agencies after questions over its financial security and its connections to failed former Mexican airline TAESA (Flight International, 26 March - 1 April).
Boeing says Vuelamex is "expressing continued interest in the 717". The carrier has re-organised its investor structure to avoid the TAESA issues and is thought to be talking to Boeing Aircraft Trading over former American/TWA 717s in storage.
Source: Flight International
