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NatureAir Now Offers Flights To
Limon and Bocas del Toro
NatureAir, Central America’s
premier airline, announced the
first flight between San José
and Limó in 15 years, and the
first ever flight from Bocas del
Toro, Panama to Limon all
beginning Dec. 1.
NatureAir will be offering
daily, morning flights from San
José to Limon, said Alexi
Huntley, NatureAir sales and
marketing director.
This flight will cater to cruise
ship tourists and adventure
seekers north to Tortuguero and
Barra del Colorado before
returning to San José.
Daily afternoon flights from
Bocas del Toro, Panama into
Limon will connect the two
beautiful coastal towns by air
for the first time, returning
travellers to San José by 4 p.m.
daily.
“Limon is a prime destination
for exploring the beaches and
national parks to the south,
like Puerto Viejo and Cahuita,
and the turtle nesting ground
and world class fishing
destinations of Tortuguero and
Barra del Colorado to the
north,” Huntley explained.
Just offshore from today’s
runway, Christopher Columbus
anchored in 1502 on his fourth
and final voyage to the New
World.
The area has become one of
Central America’s largest ports,
with the first bananas shipped
to the United States from here
in the 19th century. Today it is
a major port of call for cruise
ships, whose guests take
advantage of the one-day tours
to the canals of Tortuguero.
Until NatureAir’s entrance into
the Central American airline
market in 2000 travelling to
such attractive locales in
Central America was tedious at
best.
Unreliable air service, poor
road conditions and the
subsequent long journey by bus
or car made it nearly impossible
for visitors to explore some of
the most desirable destinations
in the country.
Costa Rica is a destination
growing in popularity -
voted as the top 2005
destination to visit by Travel
Agent magazine - so it stands to
reason that a larger number of
destinations are gaining in
popularity, Huntley says.
“With increasingly shorter
vacations and greater
expectations from travellers,
NatureAir recognizes the need to
offer more flights in Central
America”
“With our daily flights to
Granada, Nicaragua, Panama and
our newest addition to Limon, we
are allowing people to visit
more destinations in fewer days”
he added.
Since its inception in 2000,
NatureAir has grown from flying
18,000 passengers annually to
over 100,000 in 2005.
It is the only twin-engine
airline in Costa Rica with both
scheduled and chartered flights,
and offers 74 daily flights to
17 exciting destination in Costa
Rica, Nicaragua and Panama.
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