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The international airport Daniel Oduber Quirós has an additional 4,118 square meters in its boarding halls this Saturday, six new counters for counters, 417 m2 in the main lobby and a carousel in the area of baggage reception. so he will be able to serve 300,000 additional passengers a year.
The expansion of the works was in charge of the Inter-American Investment Corporation (Coriport), concessionaire and was inaugurated by the agent Carlos Alvarado Quesada and the Minister of Tourism, Maria Amalia Revelo, during a tour that Alvarado retains for Guanacaste
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"We recognize tourism as an engine of the national economy and its multiplier effect to improve the quality of life of thousands of Costa Ricans," said María Amalia Revelo, Minister of Tourism. May announced the arrival of four new international flights to the terminal.
"We are working together to diversify the flight market to Liberia, a goal in which we are continually working with the concessionaire and the Guanacaste Chamber of Tourism.The United States continues to be the main source Costa Rica with a potential market of 24 million people, "said Revelo.
Coriport's CEO, César Jaramillo, said the airport's growth directly benefits the Province of Guanacaste
"As a dealer, we are committed to making consistent and proactive improvements that ensure passenger a unique experience, both at the arrival and departure of the country, "said Mr. Jaramillo
] The airlines Aeromexico, Sunwing and United will also offer new flights to the airport of Liberia, permanently or temporarily, while Air Canada will increase the frequency of their services.
The Aeroméxico service between Mexico and the terminal in Liberia will be the first flight from North America to a country other than the United States and Canada.
November 10 and up to April 21, 2019 with a frequency of two weekly flights on Embraer 190 aircraft, which have a capacity of 99 passengers.
In the case of Sunwing, he will fly to Liberia from December 23 of this year. the year until March 31st, so it will offer a direct route from Vancouver, Canada for the first time. In December, Air Canada will increase the frequency of its flights from Montreal and Toronto.
The operation of flights departing from Toronto will increase four times a week at a daily frequency beginning December 15, 2018, while the Montreal-Liberia line will increase from one to three weekly flights from December 18th.
The new works represent a $ 10.3 million investment from Coriport. The establishment of the diplomatic hall, the redevelopment of the logistics center and solid waste management are also planned
Since 2016, the Liberian airport receives more than one million passengers a year, thanks to The arrival of 12 airlines with an average of 30 international flights per day.
In 2017, there were 525,661 international arrivals to Costa Rica at Daniel Oduber Airport; 74.7% came from the United States
From January to May, 287 to 355 arrivals were recorded, according to data from the Directorate General of Migration and Foreigners
