Costa Rica will begin to receive direct flights from low cost carrier JetBlue.

The first direct flights from the budget airline will arrive at the Juan Santamaria Airport on Thursday, March 26. According to a JetBlue spokesperson, the brasilian aircraft, an Embraer E190, with capacity for 100 people is filling up fast. The company already turned in all necessary application documents to the Civil Aviation Authority and is just waiting for a three month provisional license to be awarded by the Technical Council. Jet Blue is also set to open six other routes in the first half of this year to destinations such as Jamaica, the Dominican Republic and Mexico, if approved.

Jet Blue is based out of New York and currently offers flights to 12 destinations departing from Orlando including Boston, Mass, and flies to eight other international destinations including. They will be the 21st airline to service the Juan Santamaria International Airport, and will add an additional 36,000 seats annually for those wishing to travel to Costa Rica. Currently, 2,750,000 seats are available on flights destined for Costa Rica.

For flights, visit their website: www.jetblue.com

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