The proposed new route is due to launch on March 7, 2015 and Southwest Airlines has initially opened reservations for the first month of operations through to April 6, 2015. According to Southwest it anticipates strong point-to-point flows on the first-ever non-stop service on this routing but will also facilitate connections with 17 additional cities in the US via its Baltimore/Washington base.
United began operations in Costa Rica in 1990 and from December 19, 2014 will offer 64 weekly non-stop services between San Jose Juan Santamaría International Airport and four United US hubs (Houston, Newark, Chicago and Washington Dulles) and between Liberia International Airport and Chicago, Houston and Newark.
