Edelweiss Air to Start Costa Rica-Switzerland Flight on May 9

The Zurich-based Swiss airline, Edelweiss Air, which operates flights to many European cities, North America, Asia, North Africa and the Caribbean, will start offering direct travel to and from Costa Rica May 9, said Enio Cubillo, director general of Costa Rica’s Civil Aviation Department.

The plans were announced last year by the President of the Republic, Luis Guillermo Solis, and the Minister of Tourism, Mauricio Ventura; and more recently aeronautical authorities from both countries met in Bern Switzerland to discuss, review and approve an air services agreement and memorandum of understanding which establish the details of the operation.

The new flight offers the possibility of an additional 27,000 travelers to fly between the two continents on Edelweiss Air.

Costa Rica’s Civil Aviation Technical Council (CETAC) and civil aviation department officials said they are “working to promote aeronautical relations between the two countries, in a spirit of cooperation and mutual benefit.”

Switzerland is the sixth European country with which Costa Rica has direct air connections.

Source: The Costa Rica Star