American Airlines plans to begin operating flights from the Honduran cities of San Pedro Sula and Tegucigalpa to Dallas in the United States in June 2019.
The airline has announced that next year it will begin operating four flights a week between the Dallas International Airport, Fort Worth and San Pedro Sula, and from the same U.S. air terminal in Tegucigalpa, three times a week.
Charges, taxes, high fuel prices and other costs at airport terminals can represent close to 30% of the value of air tickets in countries in the region.
Airlines that operate in the Latin American region face an uncompetitive market, since in 2018 these companies are projected to earn $2.95 per passenger, a figure much lower than the $15.67 estimated in North America or $7.58 in Europe, according to representatives of the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
Air Europa reported that from February 26, 2019, it will be running five weekly flights between the Central American country and the capital of Spain.
In a statement the Tourism Authority of Panama reported that the European airline will carry out flights next year using Boeing 787 Dreamliner and Boeing 787 aircraft, from the capital of Spain, where the company has connections with almost all European countries.
The airlines Emirates Airlines and Jetblue Airways were approved to operate flights under a codeshare agreement between both cities, with connections in the United States.
From a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Costa Rica:
The Technical Council of Civil Aviation has approved a request by Emirates Airlines and Jetblue Airways, for the operation of flights under the codeshare concept between San José and Dubai, via points in the United States.Emirates is one of the most sophisticated airlines in the world, flying with its fleet of 244 aircraft, all Airbus 380 or Boeing 777-300, to more than 160 countries directly or via shared flights.The company uses the Dubai International Airport as a base of operations.
In El Salvador, a tender is being launched for the supply, installation and implementation of different information systems for the Monsenor Óscar Romero International Airport.
Government of El Salvador Purchase DR-CAFTA-ADACA-UE CEPA-LA-33/2018:
"Supply, installation and commissioning of the airport resource management system (RMS) and expansion of the flight information display system (FIDS) for the International Airport of El Salvador, Monsignor Óscar Arnulfo Romero and Galdámez.
Starting from October, Avianca is adding two new daily direct frequencies from La Aurora to the United States, and increasing the frequency of flights to Los Angeles.
The airline reported that flights to New York and Chicago will begin on October 28 and 29, respectively, both on a daily basis.
The statement details that routes to Los Angeles and New York will be served on A320 aircraft with capacity for 150 passengers: 12 in Business Class and 138 in Economy Class, offering a total of 2,100 weekly seats between Guatemala and New York and 4,200 between Guatemala and Los Angeles.For its part, the route to the city of Chicago will be operated using an A319 aircraft with capacity for 120 passengers, 12 in Business Class and 108 in Economy Class, making a total of 1,512 seats between Guatemala and Chicago.
The union of Nicaraguan businessmen has stated that starting from September, Copa Airlines will stop operating frequencies to Managua from San Jose, Costa Rica and Panama City.
According to the Superior Council of Private Enterprise in Nicaragua (Cosep), "...The affected flights are Managua - Panama, San José-Managua, Managua-San José and Panama-Managua, while the only route that the airline is keeping active is Managua-Guatemala, however, only Monday, Wednesday and Friday."
As of October 1, the airline Iberia could start operating a daily frequency between the Spanish capital and San Salvador.
Without providing details about the schedules of the new frequencies, the airline stated that the flights will probably start operating on the first day of October, and the route will be covered with the new Airbus A330-200, with capacity for 288 passengers.
Sun Country Airlines has announced that between December and March 2019 it will increase the number of frequencies it operates between the US city and the Guanacaste airport in Costa Rica from 38 to 53.
The 53 flights that the US airline will operate during the peak tourist season will be distributed as follows: 6 in December of this year, 14 in January, 15 in February and 18 in March 2019.
Terminal 2, whose opening is scheduled for next year, promises to improve conditions at the Panamanian airport, making it competitive with other hubs in Latin America.
The new Terminal 2, which is 92% complete, will have capacity to serve aircraft in 20 contact doors and 8 remote locations, taxiways, parking platform and aircraft circulation, adding up to pavement surface measuring more than 250,000 square meters.
The new Avianca air route will operate as of October 30 of this year four times a week, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays.
The Avianca airline reported that the new El Salvador-Cartagena route will operate using an Embraer E190 aircraft with capacity for 96 passengers, 8 in Business Class and 88 in Economy, offering a total of 768 weekly seats between the two destinations.
Due to lack of demand, the airline Iberia has decided to postpone the start of the direct air flight between the Spanish capital and Managua, which was scheduled to start in October of this year.
The airline said that "... it will maintain connections with the Nicaraguan capital via other airports, but it is suspending the direct route because the levels of demand necessary to make it effective have not been reached."
As of yesterday, the South American airline Aeroregional has started operating a charter flight between the Central American city and the capital of Ecuador.
According to information from Panama's airport authorities, the flight will arrive on Thursday at 13:30 local time using a Boeing B737-500 with a capacity of 130 passengers.
Due to the political crisis that has been going on in the country for almost four months, the airlines American Airlines, Delta, United and Spirit, have decided to reduce the number of flights to Managua.
Representatives from the National Chamber of Tourism (Canatur) reported that American Airlines went from having three flights a day to one and Delta Airlines from three flights a week to one.
Starting from September this year Spirit Airlines will fly three times and four times a week from La Aurora Airport to Houston, and Orlando, respectively.
In a statement, the Guatemalan Tourism Institute explained that "... As of September 7, Spirit will fly from Guatemala to Houston three times a week and from November 8, 4 times a week, for this route it will use an A319 crew with capacity for 145 passengers.