I'm a little slow on getting this news out, but JetBlue is joining the list of airlines flying to Liberia - just 23 miles from Las Catalinas. Their initial flight is from New York JFK, starting November 17. Fares from $139 one way! The initiation of service will come shortly after the new terminal building in Liberia begins operating. Hopefully this is the first of many new flights that will take advantage of the new facility - I suspect it will be. Here is some more information from the press release:
JetBlue Opens Second Destination in Costa Rica: Liberia!
--Four weekly nonstop flights between New York's JFK and Costa Rica's Pacific coast set to begin November 17, 2011-
-- Start date to coincide with opening of new terminal at Daniel Oduber Quiros International Airport-
-- One-way sale fares as low as $139 each way available for bookings today through July 15 at www.jetblue.com/new for travel between November 17, 2011 and February 14, 2012 (a) -
NEW YORK, July 6, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/
JetBlue Airways (Nasdaq: JBLU) today is pleased to announce plans to add four weekly nonstop flights between New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and Liberia, Costa Rica's Daniel Oduber Quiros International Airport (LIR) effective November 17, 2011, subject to government approval. Liberia, on the Pacific coast, will be JetBlue's second destination in Costa Rica, in addition to San Jose's Juan Santamaria International Airport (SJO), which is served daily from Orlando International (MCO). To celebrate the launch of its 70th destination, JetBlue is offering special fares as low as $139 available for bookings through July 15 at www.jetblue.com/new for travel between November 17, 2011 and February 14, 2012.