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Signature start operating in 2016, with rates from $ 50 plus tax
Situation will bring more competition on air and ground travel within the region
Irelandia Aviation Company, owner of Ryanair and other budget airlines in the world, installed in Costa Rica its base to operate in Central America.
The Irish company plans to start flights next year from our country and regional cruises offer $ 50 plus tax.
In the case of Costa Rica, the departure tax is $ 29. Currently, a trip to Nicaragua, for example, costs at least $ 300 round trip with taxes, despite being 40 minutes flight.
Declan Ryan (51 years), co-founder of Ryanair in 1985, visited our country last week and explained the reason why they chose Costa Rica as its base of operations for the region.
"After the successful launch in Colombia, we decided to focus on Central America. We had a process to find the best place to launch the airline and based on the attributes that Costa Rica has decided to lay the groundwork here. My wife and I stayed a week’s holiday for two years and we are delighted with the place, "he said.
Irelandia has five low-cost airlines. Apart from Ryanair, which flies in Europe, Latin America operates in Mexico, for 10 years, under the name Viva Aerobus, and in Colombia, since 3, with Viva Colombia.
In Central America it will be named Viva Can, and will be strong competition for other airlines operating in the region, and even bus companies due to the low cost that promise to offer the public.
