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German Airline Will Fly To Liberia for the First Time

12 June, 2011 03:49:00 Marisol Arias

• The flight will make a stop in Cancun, Mexico. Air Berlin, the second largest German airline, has selected Guanacaste as its new destination. The first flight to Liberia will arrive on November 12, 2011. The flights will depart from Düsseldorf, Germany and will make a stopover in Cancun, Mexico.This will be a bi-weekly flight, operated on Saturdays. Costa Rican Tourism Minister, Allan Flores, has said that this achievement is the result of the negotiations in the ITB tourism fair that took place in Berlin in March. "We welcome with enthusiasm this new connection to Europe, one of the most important target markets for the country. This enables us to strengthen ties with these destinations, open new markets and boost tourism in our country," said Flores. Germany is the second most important European market for Costa Rica, surpassed only by Spain. "This flight represents the first route between Liberia and Germany and will generate a significant increase in arrivals of German tourists with 18-day stays in the country,” said the Minister of Tourism. "The benefit is not only for Guanacaste, but also for the rest of the country,” he said. According to information from the Costa Rican Board of Tourism (ICT), Liberia Airport recorded a total of 225, 224 arrivals during 2010, out of which 1029 came from Germany. Air Berlin has a fleet of 150 aircrafts with an average of 5 years old, qualified, therefore, as one of the newest fleets in Europe. The airline flies to 163 destinations in 39 countries. Only in 2010, it moved 33.6 million passengers.