Transportation
in Central America
Thursday, May 24, 2012
The daily flight that the Mexican company Interjet will operate between the two capitals will increase competition and will certainly contribute to reasonable rates being applied on this route.
The Mexican low-cost online Interjet aims to fly once a day between Mexico City and San Jose, Costa Rica, with an Airbus A320 craft for 150 passengers.
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Greytown Airport will receive two weekly flights from Managua from the airline Costeña.
From this week, tourists can fly to San Juan de Nicaragua, located at the mouth of the river San Juan (south of the Caribbean region), with the local airline Costeña who is selling round trip tickets from Managua for $165.
Thursday, May 24, 2012
ICS member companies fear a further negative impact from the effects of the global economic crisis, if Panama applies a toll hike from July 1.
The International Chamber of Shipping companies (ICS), the largest international shipping association, has asked the Panama Canal Authority (ACP in Spanish) to postpone the increase in tolls of 15%, whose first phase has been announced for 1 July.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
The high price of bunker fuel is requiring carriers to update their tariffs, and export and import costs are rising, affecting international trade.
The cost of sending goods from, say, Costa Rica to the United States has risen significantly due to increased bunker fuel prices, the price of which was quoted at the beginning of the week at $600 a barrel.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
The Group Avianca Taca has the growth of its operations from San Salvador with new routes which will commence operations in July.
The airline announced that from July 1st it will have two new destinations starting from Comalapa International Airport to Quito in Ecuador and Cali in Colombia.
Friday, May 18, 2012
The municipal authorities of San Pedro Sula are preparing the documents for a tender for a parking regulation and collection of charges project in the city.
The mayor of San Pedro Sula and the Public Private Partnership Association will carry out the proposed controlled parking project in order to bring order to the streets and avenues of the city, which has 830 parking spaces.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Little planning and coordination have been cited as the main causes of inefficiency in the development of transport infrastructure projects.
Because of the long processes for contracting and construction, the transport sector is the most deficient in infrastructure development, compared to energy, health and education, according to a study by the Controller General of the Republic.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
President Ricardo Martinelli has offered the state airline of Trinidad and Tobago facilities for starting operations in Panama.
The Panamanian leader promised to grant a license to the airline of Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean Airlines (CAL), as a gesture of reciprocity for allowing Copa Airlines to make direct flights to the Caribbean island.
Monday, May 14, 2012
Most shipping companies have agreed to pay carriers between $1.26 and $1.29 per kilometre as a re-adjustment.
After nearly a week of strikes, 10 of the 15 shipping companies operating in the country agreed to concede to the demands of freight carriers, and they will pay an adjustment per kilometre of between $1.26 and $1.29.
Monday, May 14, 2012
Unicomer group recorded an increase in sales of 160%, with 310.000 motorcycles sold throughout the region each year.
Sales in Central America and the Dominican Republic have experienced remarkable growth, judging by the results from various distribution houses due to a combination of favorable prices and credit facilities.
Monday, May 14, 2012
Evergreen Line will offer weekly trips in both directions, between Panama, Costa Rica and Florida.
Using two ships belonging to the shipping company Crowley, the Evergreen service will connect Florida, Colon Container Terminal in Panama and Puerto Limon on the Caribbean of Costa Rica.
Friday, May 11, 2012
Truckloads of coffee, meat shipments and textile orders are being threatened by a 4-day freight strike in Nicaragua.
Heavy load carriers are calling on the authorities to authorize an increase in the fee for their services from $1.10 to $ 1.30 for each kilometer driven to offset high fuel prices and losses in the sector.
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Jose Maria Figueres, a former president with great potential to make a comeback in 2014, has proposed building a high speed light railway within the metropolitan area.
"During my government, I closed the railroad because I saw it as being 200 years old with narrow lines and it also had a tremendous deficit (as it was we used by only 3% of Costa Ricans).
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
The delivery firm has added the two countries to its UPS Express Freight network, as part of plans to double its carrying capacity in Latin America during 2012.
Scott Aubuchon, director of the international cargo airline UPS said that Nicaragua in particular, needs a critical time freight service given that 58% of its exports - seafood, textiles, gold, etc. – got to the U.S. and trade between Nicaragua and the U.S. has grown enormously, according to Air Cargo World.
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
The Central American country is negotiating agreements with Qatar, Turkey and China and has plans for another with Holland.
The adoption of these agreements would favor TACA (through Lacsa, registered as a national flag carrier), whose aircraft would be able to fly to these countries without restrictions regarding passengers or frequencies. For now, there are no flights to these countries.
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