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Five airlines increase number of flights, a back and two more coming in 2015
Tour operators of the country feel that the increase in flights to the country – recently announced by at least five airlines – and the arrival of new firms provide opportunities for the guild linked to this activity.
The confirmation of new flights and the increase of seats toward our country, it means that there will be more opportunities to compete with our region. The airline connectivity is essential for attracting more tourists and thus grow organically as a destination," said Paul Heriberto Covers, president of the National Chamber of Tourism (Canatur).
Between September 1 and October 30 last, Avianca airlines, Aeromexico, JetBlue, Delta and United announced an increase in the frequency of flights to the two international airports of the country: the Juan Santamaria and the Daniel Oduber.
In addition, Cubana de Aviación will resume the direct flights to the island from mid November.
Also in the last few weeks he met the debut of the airlines Thomson Airways and Southwest Airlines beginning in 2015, as well as the interest of Turkish Airlines in an eventual direct flight to Costa Rica.
The rash of announcements could continue a while longer, if one takes into account the fact that the authorities of the country arranged meetings with 37 airlines in the World Routes international fair that was held in Chicago at the end of September .
The guild tourist, however, believes that the effort must be accompanied by a strategy to ensure maintain interest in the country.
"We consider vital to continue with this policy and the country will be even more voracious to attract airlines, however, it also entails taking responsibility for that as the destination we offer attractive conditions, both to continue taking these positive news, as well as to maintain the airlines that can fly today", added covers.
According to data from the Costa Rican Tourism Institute, currently 16 airlines offer a regular service to the Juan Santamaria International Airport and 10 regularly serving the Daniel Oduber International Airport.
In 2013, we generated a total of 6,153,594 seats available, data for the authorities of the ICT reflects a greater competitiveness of the country as a tourist destination, the facilitate routes that connect the country with the world’s major markets.
