Air Costa Rica was an airline based in
Juan Santamaría International Airport
Juan Santamaría International Airport ( es, Aeropuerto Internacional Juan Santamaría) is the primary airport serving San José, the capital of Costa Rica. The airport is located in the city of Alajuela, 20 km (12 miles) west of downto ...
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San José
San José or San Jose (Spanish for Saint Joseph) most often refers to:
*San Jose, California, United States
*San José, Costa Rica, the nation's capital
San José or San Jose may also refer to:
Places Argentina
* San José, Buenos Aires
** San ...
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Costa Rica
Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...
. The airline, a subsidiary of
Air Panama
Air Panama is a regional airline based at Albrook "Marcos A. Gelabert" International Airport in Panama, and is currently the second-largest air carrier in the country, surpassed only by Copa Airlines. The carrier offers both scheduled and charter ...
, commenced operations in December 2015 with a fleet of one
Boeing 737-300 aircraft.
It mainly connected neighboring South and Central American cities from its hub in San Jose.
History
On 5 August 2015 the airline received its
air operator's certificate from the Costa Rican aviation regulator and became eligible to start commercial operation, although the carrier did not commence operations until December 2015.
The airline ceased operations in 2018.
Destinations (planned)
The airline had expressed its intention of initially flying to the following cities.
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Bogotá
Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city of Colombia, and one of the larges ...
El Dorado International Airport
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Guatemala City
Guatemala City ( es, Ciudad de Guatemala), known locally as Guatemala or Guate, is the capital and largest city of Guatemala, and the most populous urban area in Central America. The city is located in the south-central part of the country, nest ...
La Aurora International Airport
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Guayaquil
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José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport
José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport ( es, link=no, Aeropuerto Internacional José Joaquín de Olmedo; ) is an international airport serving Guayaquil, the capital of the Guayas Province and the second most populous city in Ecuador. I ...
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Lima
Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of t ...
Jorge Chavez International Airport
Jorge is a Spanish and Portuguese given name. It is derived from the Greek name Γεώργιος ('' Georgios'') via Latin ''Georgius''; the former is derived from (''georgos''), meaning "farmer" or "earth-worker".
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Managua
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Managua International Airport
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Panama City
Panama City ( es, Ciudad de Panamá, links=no; ), also known as Panama (or Panamá in Spanish), is the capital and largest city of Panama. It has an urban population of 880,691, with over 1.5 million in its metropolitan area. The city is locat ...
Tocumen International Airport
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Rio Hato Scarlett Martínez International Airport
Scarlett Martínez International Airport , also known as Río Hato Airport, is an international airport serving Río Hato, a town in the Coclé Province of Panama. The airport is east of Río Hato.
International airport
In 2011 the government ...
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Roatan Juan Manuel Galvez International Airport
Fleet
The Air Costa Rica fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of August 2017):
References
* https://web.archive.org/web/20170412063338/http://avcodes.co.uk/details.asp?ID=14230
{{Airlines of Costa Rica
Defunct airlines of Costa Rica
Airlines established in 2015
Airlines disestablished in 2018