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Mexican Low-Fare Carrier Avolar Aerolineas Accelerates Expansion with Support from Radixx International.


TIJUANA, B.C., Mexico and ORLANDO, Fla. -- As jet fuel prices climb, Radixx's advanced, low-cost Internet-based airline reservations & management services become fundamental to Avolar's growth & success

Avolar Aerolineas, Mexico's first successful low-cost airline, (http://www.Avolar.com.mx), today announced that, with the help of its passenger reservations and management provider, Radixx International, Inc. (http://www.Radixx.com) it will accelerate its expansion into several new markets.

Avolar, which launched scheduled domestic airline operations on Sept. 16, 2005, utilizing Boeing 737 aircraft, has acquired two additional 737s and has quickened its pace of aircraft acquisitions through the summer travel season. Avolar operates these aircraft in a one-class configuration on an average of 170 weekly intra-Mexican flights, with plans to add a fourth 737 this month and a fifth 737 by July. Plans call for serving 20 Mexican destinations by mid-year. Utilizing these aircraft an average of 13 to 14 hours per day gives Avolar the ability to serve several new points that previously were accessible only via ground transportation.

Avolar will add five new destinations this month: Guadalajara (May 11), Culiacan, Durango, La Paz La Paz, city, Bolivia
La Paz (lä päs), city (1992 pop. 713,378), W Bolivia, administrative capital (since 1898) and largest city of Bolivia. The legal capital is Sucre.
 and Los Mochis Los Mochis (lōs mō`chēs), city (1990 pop. 162,659), Sinaloa state, W Mexico. Los Mochis is connected to Mexico City by highway and to the port of Topolobampo by road and rail. It also has an airport.  (May 25). Avolar now serves Acapulco, Bajio/Leon, Colima, Cuernavaca, Hermosillo, Morelia, Oaxaca, Puebla, Tepic, Tijuana, Uruapan and Zihuatanejo.

"The dedicated professionals at Avolar are very thankful thank·ful  
adj.
1. Aware and appreciative of a benefit; grateful.

2. Expressive of gratitude: a thankful smile.
 to the government of Mexico and to many individuals in the private sector, including our growing ranks of professional Mexican travel agents, in assisting us with the successful introduction and growth of this important new business entity," said Fabricio Cojuc, chief executive of Avolar. "In addition, our use of Radixx International to ensure stable and easy availability and booking of our low-fare services to air travelers throughout Mexico is a testament to the ability of the Radixx Air Enterprise(TM) service to capably handle our agents and customers from the beginning of the reservations process all the way through to flight closeout closeout, closure

the finalization of a feeding program in a feedlot. The cattle are sold and a balance sheet is struck which includes the costs of feeding and housing or confining them.
."

Additionally, Radixx International's use of the Oracle(R) database and off-the-shelf hardware allows Avolar to serve some of the fastest growing economic regions in Mexico - all with an extremely small local technology footprint.

"We are very happy not only to be an integral part of a new airline's success, but also to play a small but unique role in the growth of a neighboring neigh·bor  
n.
1. One who lives near or next to another.

2. A person, place, or thing adjacent to or located near another.

3. A fellow human.

4. Used as a form of familiar address.

v.
 country's economy," said Michael Barrera, vice president and chief technology officer for Radixx International. "For new low-cost carriers A low-cost carrier or low-cost airline (also known as a no-frills or discount carrier / airline) is an airline that offers generally low fares in exchange for eliminating many traditional passenger services. , as well as hybrid and traditional major world airlines, to grow or to continue their recovery, they must be able to implement major changes in how this rapidly perishable per·ish·a·ble  
adj.
Subject to decay, spoilage, or destruction.

n.
Something, especially foodstuff, subject to decay or spoilage. Often used in the plural.
 product - an airline seat - is sold. The simplicity and stability of an Internet-based reservations system such as Radixx Air Enterprise will be a major factor in the development of commercial air travel."

Avolar now employs more than 200 people, including inflight, cockpit and maintenance professionals. Its parent company, Avolar Group, also recently opened one of the largest aircraft maintenance facilities in Tijuana, capable of housing up to four 747 aircraft. A joint operation between Avolar and Hamilton Aerospace Technologies, a US FAA and JAA-approved aircraft repair station that specializes in the maintenance, engineering, and modification of large commercial jet transport aircraft owned by Global Aircraft Solutions, is offering a variety of third-party maintenance services to other airlines at the new hangar.

About Radixx International

Based in Orlando, Florida The city of Orlando is a major city in central Florida and is the county seat of Orange County, Florida. According to the 2000 census, the city population was 185,951. A 2006 U.S. , Radixx International, Inc. is now offering its highly advanced, fourth generation airline reservations hosting and distribution management system. Radixx Air Enterprise(TM) successfully combines the power and scalability of the Oracle(R) relational database management system relational database management system - relational database  with the flexibility and low cost of Linux(R) and Windows(R) 2003.

The fully integrated modules provide state-of-the-art reservations, call center and web hosting Making a Web site available on the Internet. Many ISPs host a few personal Web pages for an individual at no additional cost above the monthly service fee, but the address is subordinate to the ISP; for example, www.friendlyisp.com/pat_smith.  products for any size and type of airline. The system is designed to increase productivity, eliminate costs, generate sales through new direct distribution channels, and enable airlines to adapt rapidly to changing market conditions, thereby maximizing profitability. Radixx Air Enterprise is positioned for any model airline, including new entrant en·trant  
n.
One that enters, especially one that enters a competition.



[French, from present participle of entrer, to enter, from Old French; see enter.
; middle tier (1) Generally refers to the processing that takes place in an application server that sits between the user's machine and the database server. The middle tier server performs the business logic. See application server and client/server. , low-cost carriers utilizing hybrid business plans; and large airlines that are in the process of streamlining their business models and transitioning from legacy systems to next-generation technologies.

For more information, call Radixx International at +1.407.856.9009, e-mail GetTheInfo@Radixx.com, or look for us on the Web at http://www.Radixx.com.
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