Juan Santamaria Int Airport, San Jose, Costa Rica

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U.S. carrier Breeze Airways unveiled San Jose, Costa Rica, as its fifth scheduled international destination, with flights from Tampa slated to begin in October.

The carrier will begin international flights from Bucaramanga, Pereira and Santa Marta, as well as expanding its overseas network from Cartagena.

CEO Victor Pacheco believes there is huge potential for a low-cost hub-and-spoke operator in the Caribbean—especially if governments reduce taxes and fees levied on the industry.

The ULCC is looking to the Caribbean and Central America.

The Caribbean carrier plans to serve 12 countries in the Americas, including Mexico, Colombia and Peru.

The network additions mean Colombia’s flag-carrier is almost halfway towards reaching its goal of launching 50 new routes in three years.

The ULCC intends to open three nonstop routes between El Salvador and the US from next March.

The Star Alliance member plans to increase Latin American-US connectivity from December.

Volaris has scheduled the launch of its first route to Honduras.

Frequencies between Madrid and two Latin American capitals have been increased.

Twenty-three new routes are planned as Star Alliance member continues to restructure its operations.

The Colombian airline is pushing ahead with plans to expand its international footprint.

The Florida airport has not been connected to London since a Gatwick service ended in 2020.

The carrier is now operating 24 flights a week to Dutch Antilles islands Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao.

Aerocivil has cleared the path for the Mexican ULCCs to enter the Colombian market.

The Spanish carrier plans to operate flights to 18 Latin America destinations in 16 countries from July.

The LCC will fly to Costa Rica from Houston and Baltimore.

Miami-Nassau is one of eight more new routes Frontier Airlines plans to start this summer.

The country’s aviation authority is considering route proposals from Volaris and Viva Aerobus among others.

The US carrier plans to launch eight new routes and add more flights to 19 destinations in the Caribbean, Central America and Mexico.

Four routes are being launched from Hartford’s Bradley International Airport as the US carrier seeks to stimulate leisure demand.

KLM has opened reservations this week for a planned twice weekly Amsterdam - San Jose flight launching from October 31, 2017. This will be flown on Tuesdays and Fridays and operated by one of its new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft. It previously served San Jose until March 1998.

The airline will initially offer two weekly flights to San Jose’s Santamaria International Airport from May 4, 2016, but already plans to add a third weekly rotation during the winter 2016/2017 schedules. This will be the second long-haul link between the UK and Costa Rica adding to the weekly Thomson Airways service between London Gatwick and Liberia, which will launch in November this year.

The growth into Belize with regular flights to Philip S W Goldson International Airport in Belize City, will add a second destination in Central America, a seventh country, and the 96th city to the Southwest route map.