Three US Airlines Cancel
Flights To Central
America and Caribbean
Due To High Fuel Prices
Costa Rica's Tourism
minister, Ricardo
Benavides, said
yesterday that he has so
far received no official
reports of flight
cancellations to Costa
Rica by U.S. airlines
due to the recent fuel
price spike.
Three airlines have
already announced flight
cancellation to Central
America beginning
later this year, citing
record fuel prices in
the region as the cause.
United Airlines
announced suspension of
its flights to Guatemala
beginning September 2.
Jesus Noguez, the
company's sales manager
for Central American and
the Caribbean, the
hike in oil prices has
raised the already high
operating costs, and
finally led to the
suspension of flights to
Guatemala.
The company has operated
the route for 17 years
and offered a daily
flight from Los Angeles
to Guatemala and vice
versa.
Spirit Airlines, said it
has postponed the launch
of a new route between
El Salvador and Miami,
which had planned to
start in August, also
due to rising fuel
prices.
"We received information
from Spirit that they
decided to postpone the
flight to El Salvador
since fuel prices are
not stable," said
Salvadorian Tourist
Minister Ruben Rochi.
American Airlines said
it will suspend flights
between United States
and Puerto Rico as well
as some Caribbean
islands, said the
company's director of
communication, Martha
Pantin.
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