In order to prevent the spread of covid-19, all international flights have been suspended since March 22.
Panamanian President Laurentino Cortizo reported through his social networks that "... As of Sunday, March 22nd at 11:59 pm (04H00 GMT on Monday), arrivals and departures of all international flights to our country will be suspended for a period of 30 days."
Since March 17th Avianca suspended all its flights to and from El Salvador, and United Airlines announced that as of April 1st it will no longer fly to Nicaragua.
In accordance with the directives of the government of El Salvador, all Avianca flights to and from that country are suspended from March 17 at midnight, the airline reported.
The closure of El Salvador's airport will last 15 days, which may be extended in accordance with the evolution of the pandemic, according to the document issued by Avianca.
The Guatemalan government signed an agreement so that after a mission from the U.S. Federal Aviation Agency conducts an audit, a roadmap will be drawn up for the Central American country to be certified as a category 1.
The plans are for the U.S. Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) to evaluate the country's legislation, regulation, organization, personnel training, guides and manuals, certification and licensing, surveillance and sanctions, and aviation environment. After this inspection, a proposal will be formulated for the accreditation of Guatemala.
As of October 27, 2020, Lufthansa will begin operating a third weekly frequency between the German city and the capital of Costa Rica.
Thus, the airline, which currently offers two flights per week on Thursdays and Saturdays, will also fly on Tuesdays round trip between the German destination and San Jose, Costa Rica, reported the Costa Rica Tourism Board (ICT).
The governments of both countries signed an agreement that will allow the opening of air operations between the two countries, in order to encourage the start of new routes and frequencies.
The agreement signed today creates opportunities for the operation of the country's airfields with flights to Belize to further promote tourism, reported the presidency of Honduras.
The low-cost airline Wingo announced that as of April 28 it will begin operating a direct flight twice a week between the capitals of Panama and Peru.
The new route, which will have tickets available on Tuesdays and Saturdays, will be operated by 737-800 NG aircraft with capacity for 186 passengers, company officials said.
On January 24, the bilateral agreement known as "Open Skies" came into force, which considers flights between both countries as domestic.
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.
With the reform approved by Congress, the airlines will avoid paying VAT and income tax twice.
The reforms that will come into effect in January 2021 were approved by Decree 2-2020, which received the endorsement of the Legislative on January 20.
The airline Jet Blue announced that as of June 1, 2020 it will begin operating one direct flight a day between the Guatemalan capital and the U.S. city.
"... JetBlue will offer service to and from Guatemala, with daily non-stop service between Guatemala City's La Aurora International Airport (GUA) and New York (JFK). You can book those flights starting today," the airline said on Jan. 17.
As of February 3rd, Avianca will begin operating a new frequency between the capital of El Salvador and the U.S. city.
The new frequency will leave El Salvador at 6:55 p.m. and arrive in Los Angeles at 10:35 p.m. The flight from the U.S. city will leave at 00:30 hours and will arrive in the Central American country at 7:19 hours.
Responding to the growing demand for the air route, Air China confirmed that it will increase the weekly frequencies it operates between Beijing and the Panamanian capital from one to three in the coming months.
Although did not specify the date when the three frequencies would start operating, officials from the Panama Tourism Authority (ATP) confirmed that Air China had informed them of the decision to expand its operations in the country.
As of October 2020, the route between the German city and Costa Rica, operated by the Condor airline, will abolish its current stopover in Santo Domingo.
The route will operate on Wednesdays and Sundays in a Boeing 767-300 with capacity for 255 passengers (18 in Business class, 35 Premium and 202 Economic) and will adjust its schedule, informed the Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT).
Evelop! will operate seasonal flights between Madrid and San José for eight weeks from 24 June 2020.
Evelop! flights will be made in an Airbus A330-300 aircraft with a capacity of 388 passengers, leaving Madrid at 11:30 am and arriving in San José at 14:20 pm, informed the Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT).
From December 1, 2019, Mundo Maya Volando will begin operating flights between the country's capital and the cities of Quetzaltenango and Huehuetenango.
According to the schedules announced by the airline, flights between the three cities of the country will be available seven days a week and will be operated on three aircraft.
Juan Pablo Nieto, deputy director general of the Guatemalan Institute of Tourism (Inguat), told Prensalibre.com that "... the increase in the number of seats and itineraries to these two destinations requires investment by businessmen and boost the economy and tourism in these departments. Only in the Guatemala route to Huehuetenango the company registered a growth in terms of number of people above 500% and 300% in relation to the number of flights, i.e. that the business of air transport on that route is highly profitable and now with the combination surely there will be new opportunities and hopefully grow the numbers of flights."