Air France Expanding Costa Rica Flights

By: Caribbean Journal Staff - July 8th, 2017

Air France is increasing its service to Costa Rica, the carrier announced this week.

Air France will now be offering an additional flight from Paris to San Jose this winter, meaning three weekly flights between Paris-Charles de Gaulle on San Jose on Boeing 777-300 aircraft with 468 seats.

The company said the move came to “meet high market demand.”

The carrier will also be offering the flights next summer for the first time, with two weekly flights on Boeing 777-200 aircraft with 312 seats beginning April 1, 2018.

Air France-KLM serves 25 destinations in the South America-Central America-Caribbean region.

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