Ticos Air was a planned Costa Rican

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which never commenced operations.Ticos Air busca llenar más de 100 vacantes para empezar a operar en primer trimestre del 2014
El Financiero, 2013-09-17. New Costa Rican airline, Ticos Air, now hiring
Tico Times, 2013-09-18.

History

The airline's headquarters were located in Santa Ana, and they had hired 22 employees including pilots, administrative personnel, and operations managers. The airline planned to recruit 120 people, many from

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, which dismantled its Costa Rican hub in May 2013, dismissing 261 employees.Aerolínea Ticos Air inició trámite para operar vuelos internacionales a Costa Rica
El Financiero, 2013-09-10. Ticos Air was founded by Gino Renzi, a 54-year-old Tico publicist.‘Ticos Air se diferenciará de Avianca por ser 100% nacional’
La Nación, 2013-09-13. The airline initially planned to operate five

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aircraft, and its inaugural destinations were supposed to be

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, Caracas,

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, and New York with ambitions to travel to South America, Europe, and Asia. Documentation to obtain an air operating certificate was submitted to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation in Costa Rica in September 2013.Costa Rican start-up Ticos Air to launch in December
Flight Global, 2013-09-13. It was reported in February 2014 that the company had been struggling to secure investment, and that its launch was possibly losing momentum. Ticos Air had not presented any promised

aircraft, and was therefore unable to advance to the third phase of its certification, as expected. In August 2014, Ticos Air decided to not start operations due to financial difficulties.ch-aviation.com
25 August 2014

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Airlines established in 2012 Airlines disestablished in 2014 Defunct airlines of Costa Rica {{CostaRica-stub