Photo: Activist Sergio Castillo, Twitter Mexico City, Jun 3 (EFE).- Police reinforced several points of the Mexican capital Friday to prevent hundreds of protesting teachers from following through on a threat to march to the international airport serving this metropolis, EFE confirmed. More than 4,000 police were taking part in the operation launched early Friday to contain the teachers, wh...

Bull shark. Wikimedia Commons DALLAS, June 2, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) is partnering once again with Discovery Channel's Shark Week, taking television's longest-running and most anticipated summer event to new heights.  Today, the companies unveiled the first-ever Shark Week-themed 737-700 aircraft proudly displaying the majestic sea life that is widely cel...

Source: Air France French culture is known to be classy and stylish, and these are cultural aspects that certainly apply to travel. Air France, an airline that recently announced new flights to Costa Rica, is taking classy and stylish to a very high level with an actual sleeping suite and even fashionable pajamas that match the decor. As previously reported by The Costa Rica Star, Air Franc...

Passengers of Delta flight 325, which departed from Atlanta, were eager to land at the Juan Santamaria International Airport (SJO) yesterday; alas, the most active volcano in Costa Rica forced the aircraftto land in Nicaragua instead. The ash column rising out of the Turrialba volcano, located in the Cartago province, has reached heights of 3,000 meters as the colossus releases geological energ...

An EgyptAir Airbus. Wikimedia Commons By Britt Nelson Editor’s note: The views expressed by guest columnists are not necessarily those of The Costa Rica Star, its advertisers, or its staff. Just as soon as EgyptAir Flight 804 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea early Thursday presidential candidate Republican Donald Trump -- without any real evidence -- claimed the tragic incident to be “...

David, Panama, May 21 (EFE).- Panamanian authorities have stopped selling tickets for Mexico-bound flights to transfer nearly 4,000 Cubans stranded in the Central American country since last December, an immigration official told EFE. Dozens of Cubans trying to make their way to the United States have been waiting in line in this western city, capital of Chiriqui province, to purchase the $575 ...

The following alert was recently posted on the flight operations webpage of U.S. budget airline JetBlue: Due to volcanic ash in the San Jose, Costa Rica area, we will waive change/cancel fees and difference in airfare for customers traveling on Friday, May 20, 2016 through Saturday, May 21, 2016 to/from the following airports: -San Jose, Costa Rica (SJO) Affected customers may rebook their ...

An EgyptAir Airbus. Wikimedia Commons Cairo, May 19 (EFE).- An EgyptAir passenger jet that left Paris bound for Cairo with 66 people on board crashed into the Mediterranean Sea early Thursday for unknown reasons, although authorities are not ruling out a terrorist attack and say that hypothesis is more likely than technical failure. The Airbus A320 disappeared from radar screens at 2:45 a.m...

File photo BOSTON, MA--(Marketwired) - It's a perfect storm for summer travelers, and it has nothing to do with the weather. A combination of a strong dollar, lower fuel prices and more competition from discount airlines has conspired to create the lowest airfares we've seen in the past five years. Cheapflights.com, the online leader in finding and publishing travel deals, took a look at ai...

This September, fans of luxury travel will be able to fly to Costa Rica and other hot tourism destinations around the world aboard their own private jet. The Four Seasons Extraordinary Adventures package now includes Costa Rica in the itinerary, and this is how the luxury travel brand describes this special vacation package: Experience some of the world’s most remarkable destinations on our custo...

SJO on April 27 The second day of the Mother of All Strikes (MOAS) in Costa Rica caused headaches for passengers at the Juan Santamaria International Airport (SJO), which serves the Greater San Jose Metropolitan Area (Spanish initials: GAM). Access to SJO via the main highway that connects the airport with San Jose was blocked by MOAS protestors who marched in the vicinity of the San Rafael...

Source: BellComm Madrid, Apr 22 (EFE). Spanish aerospace company BellComm is globally marketing its C-44 Medevac autogyro, a safe, practical and effective flying machine that can be adapted to multiple civilian or military uses, including the emergency airlifting of victims of highway accidents or the evacuation of wounded soldiers from combat zones. Its operating cost per flight hour of ar...

Source: Wikimedia Commons MONTREAL, April 20, 2016 /CNW Telbec/ - Air Canada announced today it will launch four new seasonal Air Canada rouge services between Montreal-Puerto Vallarta, Mexico; Montreal-San José, Costa Rica; Toronto Palm Springs, California; and Toronto-Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The non-stop flights will give Canadian travelers more competitively-priced options when ...

Wikimedia Commons Air France - KLM Press Release - Thursday 14 April 2016 - As of 2 November 2016, and throughout the 2016-17 winter season, Air France will offer two new weekly services to San José (Costa Rica) on departure from Paris-Charles de Gaulle. The flights will be operated by Boeing 777-300 with a capacity of 468 seats – 14 in Business, 32 in Premium Economy and 422 in Economy. “B...

Source: Wikimedia Commons Toronto - 14 Apr 2016 - Sunwing Vacations Price Crasher Sale offers up to 50% off popular vacation packages. Just launched, Sunwing Vacations latest sale is sure to get travellers in the mood for shopping when they get a hold of these heavily discounted deals. Available from April 16 to April 22, 2016, during the Price Crasher Sale travellers can save up to 50% off p...

Source: SWAmedia.com DALLAS, April 12, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV),California's largest carrier* is embarking on a new chapter in a faithful partnership with Southern California travelers that began with a single arrival nearly 35 years ago and now, takes flight beyond the continental U.S. Today, the departure of Southwest® Flight 6920 to Daniel Oduber Quiros Intern...

Source: Spanish National Police Spanish customs agents at the Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas International Airport detained a man who had flown in from Costa Rica carrying 400 grams of cocaine hydrochloride in powdered form. The incident, which took place last Friday, made headlines in Europe due to the ill-chosen smuggling method. According to a news report filed by Fran Hurtado of online Sp...

Colombian airline, Avianca is offering steep discounts on airfare to and from Costa Rica but tickets must be purchased by April 14th, the airline along with the Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT) announced on Monday. This year marks the fifth year for the airline’s “Discover Central America” promotion. While tickets must be purchased by April 14th, travel dates can be booked for anytime bet...

Source: Pixabay Commons As a commercial pilot and flight school instructor, Bruce Wayne (seriously) Wallis flew air passengers around the world for a major United States airline; however, when darkness set upon the Lone Star State, he became Bruno the Pimp, a prostitution impresario who managed a network of brothels in Houston. According to a news report filed by Brian Rogers of the Houston...

COSTA RICA STAR NEWS BRIEF Costa Rica’s Daniel Oduber Quiros International Airport in Liberia, in the northwestern province of Guanacaste, has resumed operations after being forced to close for nearly three hours due to an out of control brushfire adjacent to the airport, airport operation authorities and the fire department confirmed to The Costa Rica Star Tuesday afternoon. The airport...

Source: Wikimedia Commons To celebrate the change of season, Sunwing Vacations’ latest limited-time promotion is spring loaded with some of the best offers of the year. Available from March 12 to March 18, 2016, customers can take advantage of savings of up to 50% off selected vacation packages across the Caribbean, Mexico and Central America. Along with getting the best price on their holi...

Source: Green Motion Costa Rica  London, United Kingdom - 10 March 2016 -- British Airways from the 27th of April 2016 will be flying a direct route from the United Kingdom (London Gatwick Airport) to San Jose (SJO) in the beautiful country of Costa Rica. These direct flights are scheduled to take place twice a week during the summer and then increasing to three flights a week for those cra...

Liisa Vexler. Source: AirTransat AirTransat Media Release - Montreal — There is more to the South than just sunny weather and nice beaches, which is why increasing numbers of Canadians now want to experience the culture, history and attractions of their destination when travelling. To help vacationers learn more about the tour operator’s popular Sun destinations, Transat is back with the secon...

Source: Wikimedia Commons Bogota, Mar 11 (EFE).- Colombian authorities arrested in Bogota 10 employees of Avianca airlines as part of an international operation against drug trafficking and money laundering, the company said in a statement. Avianca said the 10 taken into custody as part of Operation Pajaro Azul (Bluebird) were turned over to the appropriate authorities, but gave no further ...

(Illustrative image. Courtesy Thomson Airways) What fellow passengers described as utter “chaos” ensued aboard a Thomson Airways flight shortly before takeoff on its way to Costa Rica on Monday, the Daily Star reported Tuesday. Some 25 drunk and disorderly passengers had to be removed from the aircraft by police officers after the pilot of the aircraft refused takeoff due to the chaos takin...

FILE - Malaysia's transport minister Liow Tiong Lai(C) speaks at a news conference about debris found on a beach in Mozambique that may be from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, March 3, 2016. (Photo: Reuters OMX) //TRW// By Steven Herman BANGKOK (VOA) Two years to the day after Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 went missing, an interim statement issued about ...

Boeing 737 engine The first international route of Air Costa Rica will fly to Guatemala, followed by Panama and hopefully Miami in the next few months. Such are the ongoing plans of Costa Rica's newest international airline, which will fill a decades-old void in the history of commercial aviation in our country. According to a news report filed by business reporter Stefania Colombari of nat...

Wikimedia Commons LAS VEGAS, NV--(Marketwired - Feb 25, 2016) - Pure Hospitality Solutions, Inc. (OTC PINK: PNOW), parent Company of the Central American-Caribbean online travel Agency (OTA) Oveedia (www.Oveedia.com), announced today that the Company has continued validation of its marketing plan, after receiving a small, but undeniable proof of interest in travel to Central America; in partic...

David, Panama, Feb 21 (EFE).- More than 100 Cuban migrants from among the 1,300 stranded in Panama on Sunday received immigration permits that early next week will allow them to travel legally to Mexico, where they will be able to continue their land journey to the United States. The deputy commissioner of the Panamanian Immigration Service, David Rios Duran, told EFE that 145 people are being ...

A Brioche Doree in Paris Press Release by All Points PR - SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica – Travelers at Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) can now visit the Parisian-style urban bakery café, Brioche Dorée, during every arrival and departure. The exciting new eatery at the airport serving Costa Rica’s capital city, San Jose, specializes in an impressive range of European café options. From fr...

Wikimedia Commons The United States Embassy in San Jose, Costa Rica, informs U.S. citizens that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a travel notice for Costa Rica regarding the Zika virus.  There is evidence that Zika is linked to birth defects in the fetuses of infected pregnant women and Guillain-Barré syndrome in infected individuals of any age or gender.  Zika i...

Guatemala City, Feb 18 (EFE).- Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solis announced Thursday that some 4,100 Cuban migrants remain in his country awaiting transportation to the United States. In response to reporters' questions after meeting in this capital with his Guatemalan counterpart, Jimmy Morales, Solis expressed his wish that "in a few weeks" all the Cubans will have been able to travel...

Washington, Feb 12 (EFE).- The U.S. government announced Friday the upcoming signing of a memorandum of understanding with Cuba in the field of civil aviation that will pave the way for direct commercial flights by fall of this year. Up to 20 direct flights daily will be permitted from the U.S. to Havana, and 10 more to another nine international airports in Cuba, including those at Santiago de...

San Jose, Feb 9 (EFE).- The government of Costa Rica on Tuesday warned the thousands of Cuban migrants stranded in this country that they must fill the flights established to Mexico and El Salvador so they can be on their way to the United States, or otherwise the transit visas they have been issued will be revoked. That was the message from President Luis Guillermo Solis and Foreign Minister M...

Wikimedia Commons Mexico City, Feb 2 (EFE).- Three Colombians were arrested when they tried to fly out of the Mexico City airport with more than $1.5 million in cash hidden in their luggage, the Attorney General's Office said. "The three passengers tried to leave the country without declaring the foreign exchange they were carrying in their double-bottomed suitcases, registered to Copa Airl...

The Ministry of Public Health has confirmed two cases of the Zika virus in Costa Rica, and those two infections were enough for one traveler in from Minnesota to cancel an upcoming vacation in our country. According to a news report filed by Rochelle Olson of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, travel agents in that North American metropolis are warning their clients about the dangerous virus, which is ...

Wikimedia Commons Sun Country Airlines Press Release - Trade white snow for white sand! Save on fights and vacation packages to Mexico, Costa Rica and the Caribbean. The white-sand beaches of Mexico, Costa Rica, and the Caribbean are within reach with these great deals on flight and vacation packages to some of our favorite warm weather destinations. To take advantage of all these great ...

Photo by Cohen.Canada. Flickr Commons Washington, Jan 21 (EFE).- The U.S. government on Thursday toughened the requirements for entering this country from Syria, Iraq, Iran and Sudan for citizens of the 38 countries belonging to the Visa Waiver Program, though the new guidelines make allowances for journalists, aid workers and members of international organizations. The increased requiremen...

Guests can experience the best and the most of the game of golf on a week-long, multi-destination golf tour package through an exclusive partnership between Magellan Jets, Four Seasons Hotel Miami, Four Seasons Resort Costa Rica at Peninsula Papagayo and Four Seasons Resort Nevis. The exclusive Private Jet Tropical Tee and Golf Tour lines up play on three world-renowned championship courses in ...

Newtown Square, PA (PRWEB) January 13, 2016 - The undisputed market leader for charter services to Mexico and the Caribbean, Apple Vacations is expanding its Exclusive Vacation Flight charter program in 2016 with increased service from the West Coast, including several new departure gateways. Beginning May 1, 2016, Apple Vacations will launch its first ever Exclusive Vacation Flight charters fr...