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Originally Posted by hookem
It's the RyanAir business model.. in fact, they are the majority owners.
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To clear up some facts here, from vivaAerobus's own
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Originally Posted by vivaAerobus
vivaaerobus.com has been formed in Mexico as a strategic alliance between the Mexican bus group, IAMSA (Inversionistas en Autotransportes Mexicanos SA de CV), and the Irish backed RyanMex, the investment company of Dr. Tony Ryan, his family and other low cost aviation specialists.
IAMSA is the biggest passenger bus transportation operator in Mexico .
RyanMex is part of the investment fund of the Irish Ryan family, whose President is Dr. Tony Ryan, founder of Ryanair 21 years ago.
Dr Ryan was also founder of GPA (Guinness Peat Aviation) and is also a significant investor in Tiger Airways ( Singapore ) and Allegiant Air (USA).
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In other words, yes, the same Ryan guy founded RyanAir on the same principles that this airline will operate. But no, RyanAir does NOT own vivaAerobus. While I'm not familiar with the particulars of Mexican cabotage, I can't imagine that their rules would allow for such an arrangement.