Vuela Aviacion S.A., operating as Volaris Costa Rica, is a

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based at Juan Santamaría International Airport in

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. It is a subsidiary of Mexican airline Volaris. Announced in March 2016, the airline began operations in November with flights to

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History

Parent company Volaris announced the creation of Volaris Costa Rica in March 2016, at which point the subsidiary was already nearing the end of certification with Costa Rican officials. Volaris confirmed in November 2016 that its Costa Rican subsidiary had obtained its

air operator's certificate An air operator's certificate (AOC) is the approval granted by a civil aviation authority (CAA) to an aircraft operator to allow it to use aircraft for commercial purposes. This requires the operator to have personnel, assets, and system in plac ...

. Volaris Costa Rica operated its first flight from its San José base to

on November 30, 2016, using an Airbus A320-200

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from Volaris. The airline's initial area of focus is flights within Central America.

Corporate affairs

Volaris Costa Rica is a subsidiary of Mexican airline Volaris and operates as a

low-cost carrier A low-cost carrier or low-cost airline (occasionally referred to as '' no-frills'', ''budget'' or '' discount carrier'' or ''airline'', and abbreviated as ''LCC'') is an airline that is operated with an especially high emphasis on minimizing op ...

. The airline's

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is Fernando Naranjo.

Destinations

The airline flies to the following destinations as of May 2022:

Fleet

Current fleet

Volaris Costa Rica flies the following aircraft as of January 2023:

Former fleet

Volaris Costa Rica formerly operated the following aircraft:

References

External links

* {{Airlines of Costa Rica Airlines of Costa Rica Airlines established in 2016 Low-cost carriers