Third Daily Flight To
San José From Miami Next
Month Offered by ATA
Airlines
Next month visitors from
the United States will
have another alternative
to fly directly to and
from Costa Rica as
another airline prepares
for beginning of its
regular service to San
José from Miami.
ATA Airlines, marketed
through LatinSKY,
will be offering
directly daily flights
from Miami to San José
and Guatemala City on
March 15.
The cost of the ticket
will be us$190 return,
plus taxes.
ATA says the price of
the ticket will all
depend on the demand for
the route and
competition and will
offer meals, music,
videos and alcoholic and
non-alcoholic drinks.
Based in Indianapolis,
Indiana, ATA is now in
its 35th year, serving
major business centers
and popular vacation
destinations through its
scheduled service and
commercial charter
operations. ATA
Airlines, Inc. is an
indirect wholly-owned
subsidiary of Global
Aero Logistics Inc.,
whose other indirect
subsidiaries include
North American Airlines,
Inc. and World Airways,
Inc.
ATA will be the third
airline to offer direct
flights to and from
Miami, joining American
Airlines and Taca.
The daily flights are
scheduled to leave the
Juan Santamaría airport
at 5:55pm, arriving in
Miami at 10:00pm (local
times). From Miami, ATA
leaves at 3:50pm and
arrives in San José at
4:40pm. (Miami is
currently one hour
behind Costa Rica time,
two hours during
daylight savings time).
The airline will be
using Boeing 737-800's
with a capacity of 160
passengers - 12 in first
class and 148 in
economy.
In the last several
months a number of
airlines started regular
flights to and from San
José: the Colombian
airline Avianca
(January); Air Caraibes
from the French
Caribbean islands of
Guadeloupe and
Martinique (December);
and Frontier Airlines
(November).
On deck is AeroRepublica
from Colombia that has
yet to define a start
date.
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