Regional Airline Business Growing

Growing regional air connectivity is creating new opportunities to maximize the potential of tourist destinations in Central America.

Flying from Ometepe Island in Nicaragua, to San Jose, Costa Rica, and then landing in Bocas del Toro in Panama, was impossible a few years ago. Increasing air connectivity among the most important tourist spots in each of the Central American countries provides a wide window of opportunity for the tourism sector in the region.

The opening of airfields in areas which are far away from urban areas but close to tourist attractions is a great opportunity for developing tourism in regional terms, allowing foreign tourists the chance to visit, in a few days, beaches, archaeological ruins and mountains in Central America.

The new flights recently released by Nature Air Air Panama are added to the range of frequencies operating between the countries of the region. "... Air Panama announced on Monday that it will offer thrice weekly direct flights connecting San José with the cities of David and Bocas del Toro, leaving on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 11:45 am from San José. "

At the same time, Nature Air announced the acquisition of four new aircraft, for $2.5 million, reported Elfinancierocr.com, "... to fly their 15 traditional destinations and two new sites in Nicaragua. Ometepe and Costa Esmeralda"