On January 24, the bilateral agreement known as "Open Skies" came into force, which considers flights between both countries as domestic.
Friday, January 24, 2020
The agreement reached between the two countries, which aims to promote tourism and investment, was announced by the vice presidents of Guatemala, Guillermo Castillo, and El Salvador, Felix Ulloa.
Francis Argueta, head of Guatemala's Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC), told Prensalibre.com that "... one of the protocols is that one of the two airports of origin or destination must be controlled, that is, it must have customs, immigration and airport security."
It adds the article that "... In this agreement it will be possible to fly to a controlled airport in El Salvador such as Ilopango or San Oscar Arnulfo Romero, in San Salvador. On the way back it will be possible to fly to the runways of Quetzaltenango, Huehuetenango or Chiquimula and vice versa, since the requirement of passing through a controlled airport would be fulfilled."
The controlled airports in Guatemala are La Aurora International and Mundo Maya in Petén, which are also part of this open skies program.
The airline began to apply for permits, and is expected to start operating flights from Europe to the Central American country next year.
Authorities of the General Directorate of Civil Aviation of Costa Rica confirmed that last October 7 the company submitted its application to obtain the Certificate of Exploitation of Foreign Operator.
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.
TAP, BlueSky and Aeromexico are negotiating flight connections from Portugal, Grand Cayman and Mexico City to Tocumen airport.
The Mexican carrier has already made the first approaches for connections to the Tocumen International Airport. Although it has not defined when flights would start, representatives indicated that it could begin with seven a week.
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