About

Volaris, also known as Concesionaria Vuela Compañía de Aviación, is a Mexican low-cost airline based in Mexico City. It is the country’s second largest airline and serves domestic and international destinations within the Americas. Among their leading personnel is Jaime Esteban Pous Fernandez who has served as the chief legal officer since 2013. Pous has been central to the organisation’s growth, which includes negotiating deals to increase Volaris’ routes from five to more than 140 destinations and its fleet from four to 57 aircrafts. Some of his recent work involves talks with Southwest Airlines on behalf of Volaris Costa Rica’s application for permits to start US flights. Prior to his role at Volaris, Pous was legal director at Grupo Televisa for over 13 years and before that enjoyed a three-year spell in private practice. Pous holds a law degree from the Tecnolgico Autnomo de Mexico (ITAM) and obtained his LLM from the University of Texas in 1996.