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Historic First Flight To Central America
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JetBlue Begins
Historic First Flight To Central America
JetBlue, the American budget airline, made
its first non-stop San Jose - Orlando,
Florida, flight on Thursday, amid much
fanfare. The airline has begun regular
service at a time when tourism to Costa Rica
is down.
Tourism officials say that arrivals at both
the Juan Santamaria (San Jose) and the
Daniel Oduber (Liberia) airports is down 11%
over the same period last year.
Tourism officials say the drop is a
reflection of the world economic crisis and
the effect on Costa Rica's primary tourism
market, the United States.
Tourism officials have been working at
attracting tourists from Europe and Latin
America. However, the lack of direct flights
to and San Jose impedes attracting some
visitors.
Tourism minister, Ricardo Benavides, says
that you can get to and from San Jose to
anywhere indirectly. However, this adds more
time to the trip and a direct flight is more
preferred by visitors.
To that end, Benavides said he his working
to attract more airlines with direct flights
to the country. Currently, Iberia provides
direct flights between Madrid and San Jose.
From Latin America, Taca offers direct
flights to Bogota.
To spur travel on its route, JetBlue is
offering, until April 8th, flights at us$73
dollars, one way. for travel between April
14 and 17. The regular one way price is
us$79. |
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