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:
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.
It has been announced that the Sofitel chain is preparing the opening of a 159-room hotel in the old town of the capital.
Laestrella.com.pa review that "... The project, which was built with an investment of $ 100 million, will begin to operate despite the hotel oversupply that hits the sector, with 159 rooms, each with a butler, plaza Open, rooftop bar, Spa service, pool, gym, conference rooms and a ballroom."
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.
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.
In the department of La Libertad, a 4,000 square meter beach hotel is being built, which will include a restaurant for 300 people, a wedding chapel and an event center.
Hotel Acantilados, which is reportedly 85% complete, will be ready to open its doors in September of this year, according to its directors.It is located at kilometer 41.5 of the Litoral highway, in La Libertad, and the total investment amounts to $5 million.
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.
A search has begun for investors interested in participating in the tender to award the operation of La Aurora International Airport in concession, for a term of 15 to 20 years.
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.
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