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    <periodOfReport>2026-05-28</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001520504</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion, S.A.B. de C.V.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>VLRS</issuerTradingSymbol>
        <issuerForeignTradingSymbol>VOLAR</issuerForeignTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001979736</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Donovan William Dean</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>AV. ANTONIO DOVALI JAIME 70, TOWER B, 13</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>FLOOR, COLONIA ZEDEC SANTA FE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>MEXICO CITY</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerNonUSStateTerritory></rptOwnerNonUSStateTerritory>
            <rptOwnerCountry>O5</rptOwnerCountry>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>01210</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription>MEXICO</rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
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            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
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        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Series A shares of common stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2026-05-28</value>
            </transactionDate>
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                <transactionCode>S</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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            <transactionTimeliness>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>50000</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>7.67</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Shares owned through American Depositary Shares (&quot;ADSs&quot;). Each ADS representing ten (10) Certificados de Participacion Ordinarios (CPOs). Each CPO representing the economic interest in one (1) share of Series A shares of common stock.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Isela Cervantes Rodriguez, as Attorney-in-Fact, for William D. Donovan</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2026-06-01</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
