In order to stimulate the return of airlines to the country and reactivate tourism, the government eliminated from the price of jet fuel, the subsidy that financed the cost of LP gas, bunker, asphalt and asphalt emulsion.
In this context of health and economic crisis resulting from the outbreak of covid-19, the Alarado administration, signed Executive Decree No. 42352-MINAE which establishes a reduction in the sale price of jet fuel (aircraft fuel) paid by airlines, reported the Costa Rican Tourism Institute.
The Colombian-born airline, which operates in all Central American countries, voluntarily filed for bankruptcy in the United States following the company's economic losses due to the spread of covid-19 globally.
This process was necessary due to the unpredictable impact of the covid-19 pandemic, which has caused a 90% decrease in global passenger traffic and is expected to reduce industry revenues worldwide by US$314 billion, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the company reported.
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).
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).
Given the increase in port charges announced for 2020 and the high cost of aviation fuel, concern is growing among the airlines that use Costa Rica's Juan Santamaria airport.
According to a statement from the International Air Transport Association (IATA), Aeris, airport operator of the Juan Santamaria terminal, has confirmed that the rates will have a significant increase next year, because recent investments will be depreciated quickly to coincide with the expiration of the management contract in 2026.
Since November 11 this year, the company Air Panama resumed flights between the capital of Costa Rica and the city of David, located in the province of Chiriqui.
After Air Panama suspended the operation of the route, directors of the company reported that to resume flights between the two destinations the airline has a Fokker-50 aircraft.
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.
The Costa Rican government announced that in the remainder of 2019 and next year, it plans to invest about $158 million in the modernization of international and regional air terminals.
In the international airports Daniel Oduber, Tobías Bolaños and Limón, works for more than $131 million will be executed, according to official plans. Almost $27 million would be invested in aerodromes in Palmar Sur, Golfito, Pérez Zeledón, Guápiles, Quepos, Tortuguero, Coto 47 and Puerto Jiménez, informed the Costa Rican government.
In order to regain Costa Rica's air safety status, which was downgraded in May, the Federal Aviation Administration requested 22 amendments, of which 17 have already been completed.
Starting November 1, Jet Blue Airlines will operate three direct flights per week between the U.S. city and the capital of Costa Rica.
This announcement is in addition to the one made last June 26 by American Airlines, which reported that from November 21 will begin to operate a new flight between San Jose and New York, and in December will begin the operation of another flight between Liberia and the U.S. city involved.
On November 21, American Airlines will begin operating a new flight between San Jose and New York, and in December another flight between Liberia and that American city will begin.
The flight connecting the capital of the Central American country will be daily, departing from John F.
Aeroman opened in El Salvador its sixth hangar, which has an area of two thousand square meters and capacity to maintain 14 narrow cabin aircraft simultaneously.
The new hangar, which began construction in March 2018 and whose investment in infrastructure amounted to $20 million, is located on land adjacent to the Oscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport.
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