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.
Greater air connectivity is one of the factors that explains the increase in income generated from tourism activities in the first quarter in Costa Rica, when $1.182 billion was reported.
The travel category, in the exports section of the Balance of Payments, is composed mostly of the expense of foreigners who arrive for holiday trips, and the increase reported in the first quarter, which is the high season, is attributed to good promotion of the country and better air connectivity.
As of December, Air Canada will fly daily from Toronto to Liberia, Costa Rica, and from Montreal it will do so three times a week, during the entire high season.
The Costa Rican Tourism Institute reported that the airline will increase its frequencies to Liberia, in the province of Guanacaste, changing the "...
During the months of January and February 2019 United Airlines will fly daily from Chicago to San Jose, and Alaska Airlines will fly from Los Angeles, during the entire peak season.
A statement from the ICT details that "...There will be approximately 15,000 additional seats in the first quarter of 2019 for the United States."
The Mexican airline Volaris will be suspending its services as of July 1, and the luxury resort hotel Mukul, in Guacalito, has announced the indefinite closure of its operations.
The crisis that has been going on in the country for the last month continues to harm the tourism business sector.The airline Volaris reported that it will temporarily suspend services to Managua from next week, and the luxury hotel Mukul Auberge Resorts Collection, in the South Pacific, announced on Friday that it will close its operations indefinitely.
From January to April 2019 the company Apple Vacations will be running a weekly charter flight between the airport of Liberia, Guanacaste, and Rockford in Illinois, United States.
The Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT) reported that the route which will bring 2,340 tourists to the country will have a weekly frequency.
As of October of this year, Spirit Airlines will start flying four times a week between Juan Santamaría International Airport and Orlando International Airport in the United States.
The Costa Rican Tourism Institute announced that flights will now be made four times a week, and as of November 8, the frequency will be daily.
Starting from December, Sunwing will be operating two weekly flights between the Guanacaste airport in Costa Rica and Vancouver, Canada.
The airline will run the flights from December 23 until March 31, with a frequency of 2 weekly flights and with Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft, with a capacity for 189 passengers.
A statement issued by the Costa Rican Tourism Institute details that the itinerary of the flight will be as follows:
Starting from November, Aeromexico will run two weekly flights between Guanacaste airport in Costa Rica and the one in Mexico City.
The airline will start operations from November 10 and continue until April 21 (high season of visits from Mexico), with a frequency of 2 weekly flights and with Embraer 190 aircraft, with capacity for 99 passengers.
Transporte Aéreos Guatemaltecos has started processing permits to fly to Costa Rica, and according to the authorities, it could take up to six months to complete the process and be able to operate.
Without providing details of the types of routes that the airline Transportes Aéreos Guatemaltecos (TAG) intends to operate, Costa Rican authorities stated that the approval process is in phase 2.
The General Directorate of Civil Aviation has once again suspended, this time indefinitely, the operating permit for the company Nature Air.
Following the accident that occured in Guanacaste in December 2017, in January the General Directorate of Civil Aviation decided to temporarily suspend flights, arguing that due to problems in the company's administrative structure, they could not guarantee the safety of their operations.Although 15 days later they lifted the suspension and gave authorization for it to resume operations, the company failed to do so.
Avianca has announced that as of November 16 this year, five frequencies per week will start operating between El Salvador and the city of Germany.
The new route will operate with a frequency of five times per week, starting on November 16 of this year. From El Salvador to Munich, flights will be available on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. From Munich to El Salvador the will run on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
The General Directorate of Civil Aviation has lifted the temporary suspension of operations of the Costa Rican airline, which has not been able to fly since January 11.
According to the General Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGAC),"... the company has now hired the required personnel and made changes in their schedules and routes.Enio Cubillo, executive director of Civil Aviation, did not give details about this restructuring, as he thinks that it should be Nature Air who provides information about the adjustments."