With the high prices of oil in the last year and the crash of the US economy the airline industry is having a terrible time making ends meet. Even in the doom and gloom atmospehere there is still hope for the tourism market in Costa Rica. While Continental Airlines has cut 3000 jobs and reduced their routes by 11% worldwide, Costa Rica will receive increased services.

Continental plans additional flights because it believes Costa Rica is a solid tourist destination market and that its maturity will propel continued increases in tourism. According to Carlos Granada, Sales Manager for Costa Rica, by March a third flight will be added to the Newark-SJO route and a third flight will be added to the Liberia-Houston route. Which means a total of 11 flights daily to Costa Rica on Saturday and Sunday.

Continental Airlines has been one of the leading airlines utilizing the Daniel Oduber airport in Liberia. They started with one daily flight 5 years ago and shortly they will have 4 daily flights serving this high growth region.  Also, because this airport is so new, it was much easier for Continental to install Costa Rica first E-Ticket system, which North American travelers are used too. While there are plans to install such a system in San Jose the logistics are different and the previous managing company Alterra has made the process much more complicated. Mr. Granada had no comment on the new management of the airport but said that Continental Airlines always supports the Costa Rican governments decision regarding airport administration.

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