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.
Starting from August, Avianca plans to operate a flight between the Honduran cities of San Pedro Sula and Tegucigalpa, and Boston, in the United States.
The airline announced that on August 17 it will start running four weekly flights that will connect, via El Salvador, Honduran cities to Logan International Airport, in Boston.
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.
Until November 6 of this year Wamos Air will operate one frequency per week between Guatemala and the European country.
From a statement issued by the INGUAT:
Guatemala, May 29, 2018.After the success and the good reception by the Spanish and Guatemalan market, the flight season started today on the Madrid-Varadero-Guatemala route and vice versa, with a weekly frequency on Tuesdays which will conclude on November 6, 2018.The equipment to be used is a Boeing 747-400 aircraft with a total capacity of 529 seats, 12 of them in executive class and 517 seats in tourist class.
Copa Airlines has started operating two weekly flights between Tocumen International Airport and the city of Bridgetown.
The Copa Airlines flight will depart from Panama on Tuesdays and Fridays, departing at 9:30 a.m. and arriving in Bridgetown at 2:00 p.m.The return flight will operate on the same days, leaving at 3:00 p.m. and arriving at 5:30 p.m. This itinerary will be operated with a Boeing 737-800 NG with capacity for 16 passengers in executive class and 138 in the main cabin.
Starting from October, Avianca plans to start operating a daily flight between Guatemala City and Chicago, in the United States.
On October 29, the flight connecting La Aurora Airport to Terminal A of O'Hare Chicago International Airport will start operating on board an A320 aircraft with capacity for 150 passengers, 12 in business class and 138 in economy class.
To avoid the company leaving Panama, Tocumen has proposed Viva Colombia to move its operation to Colón airport and to reduce to $10 the airport fee.
Arguing that this would benefit the airline company, authorities at Tocumen reported that they sent a proposal to executives of the airline Viva Colombia, to move their operations to the terminal Enrique Jiménez de Colón.
Lufthansa has been announced that from November 3 it will add an additional frequency to its air route between Tocumen International Airport and the German city.
With this new frequency the Lufthansaairline will run six flights a week between Panama City and the city of Frankfurt.
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 airlineTransportes Aéreos Guatemaltecos (TAG) intends to operate, Costa Rican authorities stated that the approval process is in phase 2.
Citing high operating costs and the increase in the airport tax, the low cost airline VivaColombia has announced that it will stop flying between Panama and the cities of Bogotá and Medellin.
Through a statement, the airline reported that "... VivaColombia, the first low cost airline in the country, announces that it will cancel its Bogota-Panama-Bogotá and Medellín-Panama-Medellín routes as of May 20, 2018. This decision is made taking into account the high operating costs and the increase in the airport tax which went from $15 to $35, representing an increase of 135%."
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.
Starting from August, the airline Avianca plans to start operating three weekly flights between Guatemala City and Orlando, in the United States.
Reyna Mejía, commercial director of Avianca, explained that "...'Operations will begin on August 2, three days a week from Guatemala to Orlando and vice versa. The service will use A319 aircraft with capacity for 120 passengers. This is a new commitment to strengthen and diversify the supply of direct flights between both destinations'."
The agreement between both governments also implies the resumption, in the coming days, of Copa flights between Caracas and Panama City.
Almost a month after President Maduro decided to suspend economic relations with Panama, both governments have reached an agreement to resume dialogue.
Starting in August, Avianca plans to start operating new direct routes between the Salvadoran capital and the cities of Boston and Orlando.
The airline reported that both flights will have four frequencies per week and will depart from Monsenor Óscar Arnulfo Romero and Galdámez International Airport. The flight to Orlando will be inaugurated on August 1 and the route to Boston will begin on August 17.
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