In order to reduce travel costs, the Guatemalan Airline Association asked Ministry of Health authorities to no longer require passengers to take a negative covid-19 test to enter the country.
According to the Ministry of Health document called "National Guidelines for the Prevention of COVID-19 for International Travel to and from Guatemala" prepared on September 15, 2020, all travelers arriving in the country must present a negative test for covid-19.
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 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.
The U.S.-based Frontier Airlines announced that as of April 2020 it will operate new frequencies to the Guatemalan capital from Miami and Los Angeles.
Pressalibre.com review that "... The routes established for Frontier Airlines will be from Ontario Airport (ONT) in Los Angeles, California to Guatemala and from Miami Airport (MIA) to Guatemala."
The low-cost airline Sun Country announced that between June and August 2020 it will operate a weekly flight between the U.S. city of Dallas and the province of Guanacaste in Costa Rica.
The operation will begin on Saturday 13 June and end on Saturday 15 August. The flight will depart at 8 a.m. from Dallas Fort Worth Airport and arrive at Daniel Oduber Quirós at 11:05 a.m.
Starting October 27, Interjet Airlines will increase its flights between San Salvador and the U.S. capital, reaching 14 weekly frequencies.
Representatives of the airline confirmed that with the increase in frequencies, passengers will be able to choose between morning and afternoon schedules, flights that will be operated on a daily basis.
Volaris Costa Rica announced that in 2019 it plans to launch five new routes and by 2023 it plans to increase its fleet in the country to 22 aircraft.
Regarding the new routes that the airline will begin to operate this year, representatives of the company did not detail the destinations, as they do not yet have the permissions of the General Directorate of Civil Aviation to make them public.
Salvadoran authorities reported that the Mexican Interjet is managing licenses to make flights between the two countries, and is expected to start operations in December.
The Mexican Volaris announced that next year will turn Costa Rica into its hub, from where it will open flights to South America and will put two or three more aircraft based in the Central American country.
The representatives of the low-cost airline reported that their plan for 2019 is to start direct flights to South America from Juan Santamaria International Airport and expand from four to seven the number of aircraft departing from Costa Rica.
Charges, taxes, high fuel prices and other costs at airport terminals can represent close to 30% of the value of air tickets in countries in the region.
Airlines that operate in the Latin American region face an uncompetitive market, since in 2018 these companies are projected to earn $2.95 per passenger, a figure much lower than the $15.67 estimated in North America or $7.58 in Europe, according to representatives of the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
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.
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 airlineVolaris 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.
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.
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.
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.
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