Air Travel
Airlines traveling regularly to Costa Rica: Offering non-stop flights from various locations, TACA and LACSA are Costa Rican carriers, and some of the others also offer nonstops: United Airlines, American Airlines, Continental Airlines, Delta Airlines, Mexicana de Aviación, Copa Airlines, Aviateca, Martinair, American West, US Airways. Yes, there is a departure tax for all foreigners, $26 accepted in U.S. dollars, colones, Euros, credit cards ....
Delta deals to Bahamas, Costa Rica, more
By CLARA BOSONETTO MAERZ For the Journal-Consitution: 04/23/08
Delta Air Lines offers up a handful of great vacation destinations at super affordable rates — and all of these rates are good on trips you plan to take through March 20, 2009. So grab your calendars and get yourself booked on one or more trips to spots guaranteed to bring a bit of adventure and enjoyment.
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Clara Bosonetto Maerz's column is published weekdays on ajc.com.
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Rates are $109 to Freeport or Nassau in the Bahamas and $139 each way to Punta Cana or Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic.
These rates are not valid on July 3-5 or Dec. 21-Jan. 4.
One-way prices to San Jose, Costa Rica, are $139, and $149 to St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands — with no blackout dates!
Trips to all destinations require a 28-day advance notice of travel. Also, these rates are valid on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Add $30 each way for trips on other days of the week.
Because these special rates do not have a ticket-by date, act immediately on a purchase. Without that essential date, Delta could pull this offer at any time throughout the day.www.delta.com
www.Kayak.com ? I find that to be a great site for finding low fares.
Also Try Yapta.com; we've had good luck with this site.
Great Deals on Airfare Frontier Airlines Offers Fares Starting at
San Jose, Costa Rica $ 169** Frontier is having a major seven-day sale running through Monday, April 21, 2008. Flyers can take advantage of fares across the United States, Mexico and Costa Rica as low as $49* each way. Sale-priced tickets must be purchased by 9:59 p.m. MDT on April 21, 2008, for travel through May 21, 2008.
Costa Rica: Service to/from these countries may be less than daily. Off-peak travel valid to/from Mexico and Costa Rica Monday through Thursday based on date of international flight segment. Maximum stay for Mexico travel is 120 days; For Costa Rica travel maximum stay is 90 days. All international fares are subject to U.S. arrival and departure taxes and agricultural, immigrations and customs fees of up to $50 round-trip which are not included in the fare amount. For travel to some countries, additional airport, transportation, embarkation, security, and passenger service taxes/surcharges of up to $170 will apply depending on destination. For return travel from Costa Rica, fares do not include airport and/or departure taxes of up to $45, which may be collected by the Costa Rican government. Passports are required for international travel.
Delta Announces Flights From JFK; Sansa Now Flies to David Feb. 21, 2008 Inside Costa Rica The options of flying into and out of Costa Rica is getting wider and airlines add more regular flights with more destinations.
TACA's regional airline in Costa Rica just inaugurates its route to and from David, Panama from San José Juan Santamaría international airport. The flights will be on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays from the "regional" terminal west of the main terminal.
Delta Airlines has also expanded service to Costa Rica, adding two new routes from New York's JFK airport to San José and Liberia.
The San José (SJO) flights from the Juan Santamaría direct to JFK will be on Mondays, Tuesdays,. Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays, while the flights to Liberia's Daniel Oduber (LIB) will be on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Delta currently offers 31 flights a week to Costa Rica.
Third Daily Flight To San José From Miami Next Month Offered by ATA Airlines Feb. 14, 2008 Inside Costa Rica 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.
In the past week all the U.S. airlines have added more flights to Costa Rica. For example, Continental with three flights daily, offered five during the past weekend. Delta has added one more daily flight into San José, as well as newcomer Spirit Airlines with a dailyred eye from Fort Lauderdale. For now, American Airlines is keeping its daily flights to four, however, US Air added one extra flight this past week, meeting the demands of more U.S. vacationers who are choosing Costa Rica this year. July 3, 2007 (Insidecostarica.com).
American Airlines to Add Service From Fort Lauderdale American Airlines will bolster its Fort Lauderdale (FLL), Fla., schedule on Dec. 13 when it adds new service to San José (SJO).
American's new flights from Fort Lauderdale to San José will feature one daily roundtrip using 148-seat Boeing 737-800 aircraft. The tentative schedules for American's new or upgraded service from Fort Lauderdale (all times local) are:
Flight #2113 departs Fort Lauderdale at 2:30pm and arrives at San José at 4:20pm. Flight 2112 departs San José at 5:25pm and arrives in Fort Lauderdale at 9:15pm. July 10, 2007 Inside Costa Rica. | | | |
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Spirit Airlines Adds Flights To Costa Rica Spirit Airlines today begins operating two flights daily between Fort Lauderdale, Florida and San José Costa Rica.
Spirit began operating its first flight to Costa Rica in March of this year.
The airline, with its low fares, has attracted customers quickly. A check of airlines online reservation has all flights to and from Costa Rican booked until June 6th.
The new flight leaves Fort Lauderdale at 11:00pm (ET) and arrives at the Juan Santamaría international airport at 11:45pm (CT). The flight then turns around one hour later headed back to Fort Lauderdale by 5:30am (ET) The midnight flight has one advantage, its almost at half price - us$89.50 one way - of its noon flight and offers a "BIG FRONT SEAT" to those who are willing to pay more.
Air Comet Begins Service With Inaugural Flight From Madrid to San José The Spanish airline, Air Comet, yesterday landed its first flight at the Juan Santamaría (San José) international airport, beginning a new service that will carry some 46.000 passengers yearly from the "old" continent as Spain is considered by Costa Ricans.
Air Comet will offer three flights weekly, offering prices as low as us$437 for a return flight between Madrid and San José.
Ricardo Benavides, Costa Rican Tourism minister, said that the inauguration of the Air Comet flights allows more Europeans access to Costa Rica, not only by offering lower prices but also pushing down prices of the competition, positioning Costa Rica as a more attractive destination from Europe.
Air Comer is using Airbus A-330 aircrafts for the route which has a capacity of 298 passengers.
The direct flight from Madrid allows connections to Rome, Londong and Paris, for example, opening cheaper flights to San José from more European cities.
Costa Rica expects to close 2007 with 650.000 more passengers over 2006, which would mean a total of 2.2 million tourists.
COSTA RICA'S MAIN AIRPORT (JUAN SANTAMARIA)AND AIRLINE INFORMATION:
There's now FREE WiFi/Wireless Internet throughout the Juan Santamaria Airport!!
ARRIVAL & DEPARTURE INFO: www.alterra.co.cr/FIWS/index.aspx
AUTOMATED FLIGHT INFO: 437-2626 - English-9 Arrival-1 Departures-2 (I find it hasn’t worked properly 90% of the time for me)
GENERAL AIRPORT INFO - Client Services: 443-1737 / 443-1244-fax (5am-10pm) (they speak GOOD English & are REALLY helpful with ANY questions you have!!)
AIRPORT TAXI: www.TaxiAeroPuerto.com
AIRPORT PARKING (at terminal): $11/day / 890 colones/hour (440-6700 / 437-2400)
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS Air Canada - 441-8025-English-9 8am-1pm Mon.-Sat. / 0800-052-1988 / www.AirCanada.ca Air Comet - 291-0684 / www.AirComet.com Air France - 220-4119 / www.AirFrance.com/cr Air Madrid - 296-4559 / www.AirMadrid.com Air Panama / Air Costa Rica - 296-8592 / www.FlyAirPanama.com Air Transat - 441-9444 / www.AirTransat.com America West - 430-6690 / 0800-0110888 / www.AmericaWest.com American - 442-8800 / 257-1266 / www.AA.com Continental - 442-1904 / 0800 044 0005 / www.Continental.com Condor - 430-4787 (air panama) / 441-9444 / 243-1818 / www.Condor.com Copa - 441-4742 / 223-2672 / www.CopaAir.com Cubana - 430-4787 / 221-6918 / www.Cubana.cu Delta - 440-4805 / 0800-056-2002 / www.Delta.com Iberia - 441-5635 / 257-8266 / www.Iberia.com KLM - 220-4111 / www.KLM.com LACSA - 443-3555 / www.TACA.com MartinAir - 440-8848 / 232-3246 / www.MartinAir.com Mexicana - 441-9377 / 295-6969 / www.Mexicana.com Nature Air - Pavas Airport-299-6070 / Res-299-6000 / www.NatureAir.com SANSA - 221-9414 / www.FlyAansa.com Spirit Airlines - 800-756-7117 / www.SpiritAir.com TACA - 443-3555 / 296-9533 / www.TACA.com United - 0-8000-521-243 / www.United.co.cr USAir - 430-6690 / 520-0593 / www.USAirways.com West Carribean - 291-0580 / www.WCA.com.co www.alterra.co.cr/FIWS/contactAerolinea.aspx
Seniors (each airline has a different starting age for what constitutes a Senior) are able to go to the head of the line in security, immigration and customs.
Domestic airlines that travel within the country You can contact SANSA at ww.flysansa.com (506)221-9414 or Nature Air at www.natureair.net (506) 220-3054.
Customs
There are no customs duties charged on personal luggage, which includes items for personal and professional use, as long as they do not appear in such quantities that suggest commercial intent. Costa Rican law requires ALL baggage to be examined thoroughly and that travelers submit to customs regulations listing all articles entering Costa Rica including fruit, vegetables, meat, meat products, biological products such as vaccinations, serums, etc. In the case of ones family, one declaration may be filled out by the head of household.
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