Ultra-low-cost carrier Volaris will add year-round nonstop service to Monterrey, Mexico, from Denver International Airport starting Dec. 1.
The flights will depart on Tuesdays and Thursdays, with one-way ticket prices starting at $119, according to the airline. Planes will leave Monterrey, Mexico’s third largest city, at 10:07 a.m. Central time and arrive in Denver at 12:15 p.m. It will then leave Denver at 1:30 p.m. and touch back down in Monterrey at 5:25 p.m. Central time.
In 2015, more than 11,000 passengers traveled between Denver and Monterrey, up 65 percent from 2014, according to DIA.
Volaris started service at DIA in 2012, connecting Denver to Mexico City. In 2014, it added nonstop flights to Guadalajara and Chihuahua.
The airport previously hyped the start of daily direct service between Denver and Panama in December 2014, but United Airlines cut the flight in September 2015 after it gained less traction than hoped during spring and summer months. The airline had also started once-weekly flights to Costa Rica cities San Jose and Liberia in December but has since canceled the San Jose flight.
Frontier Airlines had also offered flights to Liberia and San Jose but ended those in June and February 2015, respectively after the Denver-base carrier became an ultra-low-cost carrier.
Southwest Airlines will start seasonal once-weekly flights to Belize City, Belize, on March 11.
