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Fly to zurich on tuesdays and fridays
This is the fifth airline to have direct flights to Europe, which consolidates the efforts of Costa Rica to capture tourists from the continent
Swiss airline Edelweiss origin made direct flights between Zurich and Costa Rica from May 9, 2017, which becomes the fifth airline company providing such services between Europe and the Costa Rican territory.
The flights will be on Tuesdays and Fridays, leaving Costa Rica to Zurich, Switzerland, and for that Airbus A340-300 aircraft will be used, with 314 seats.
The new link with Europe was unveiled Monday at the National Theater attended by the President of the Republic, Luis Guillermo Solis, and Minister of Tourism, Mauricio Ventura.
“With this important announcement, Costa Rica reinforces its image in the world as a highly competitive and highly demanded destination,” said the president.
The president of the National Chamber of Tourism (Canatur), Pablo Heriberto Abarca said that the arrival of most airlines allow Costa Rica has more capacity in the European market, especially factors tariffs. “When you have $ 1,000 rates to come, it becomes very difficult to compete in those markets,” he said. “That he continued opening makes someone could come today for $ 450 or $ 500 in certain seasons.”
Edelweiss is a Swiss airline, but is an integral member of the German group Lufthansa and Swiss International Airlines of.
The airline said carrying more than 1.3 million passengers a year.
This new service joins those already offered Iberia (from Madrid), British Airways (London), Condor (Frankfurt today and from Munich from November) and Air France (Paris, from 2 next November).
When all services are realized, Costa Rica will have a total of 17 weekly direct flights to various European cities.
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Costa Rica achieved thus advance its effort to consolidate the arrival of tourists from Europe, the second of its markets after North America (where the United States has the highest weight).
The authorities in the tourism sector and entrepreneurs believe that Europe has a much greater potential than 393,000 tourists attracted to Costa Rica in 2015. That figure represented 15% of total tourists last year, an increase of 22,633 visitors compared to 2014.
