Thirteen months after suspending its operations in Central America as a result of the health crisis, Southwest Airlines returned to the region with flights to Liberia (LIR) and San José (SJO) in Costa Rica.
Flight WN 691 arrived in Liberia from Houston / Hobby (HOU) at 12:57 on Sunday, establishing the return of the low-cost to the region. In the afternoon, from the same origin, at 6:56 p.m., flight WN 112 landed at Juan Santamaría International Airport in San José, Costa Rica.
Additionally, on June 12, flights between Washington / Baltimore and Liberia will be inaugurated.
The National Institute of Tourism (ICT for its initials in Spanish) announced through a statement that with the landing of Southwest Airlines Liberia has recovered all the airlines that operated in that city prior to the pandemic.
Thus, all US airlines have already returned to Central America.
Schedule and frequencies
| Flight | From | To | Frequencies | Aircraft |
| WN 112 | Houston/Hobby (HOU) | San José (SJO) | Daily | Boeing 737-700 |
| WN 1203 | San José (SJO) | Houston/Hobby (HOU) | Daily | Boeing 737-700 |
| WN 691 | Houston/Hobby (HOU) | Liberia (LIR) | Daily | Boeing 737-700 |
| WN 817 | Liberia (LIR) | Houston/Hobby (HOU) | Daily | Boeing 737-700 |
| WN 809 | Washington/Baltimore (BWI) | Washington/Baltimore (BWI) | Saturday | Boeing 737-700 |
| WN 810 | Liberia (LIR) | Liberia (LIR) | Saturday | Boeing 737-700 |
The airline will have 4,147 seats per week between Costa Rica and the United States.
This means for Costa Rica that nine airlines connect it with the United States: Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Avianca, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue, Spirit, United Airlines and Frontier Airlines (the last since July 1). As explained by Gustavo Segura, Minister of Tourism of Costa Rica in the medium La Nación of that country, 70% of international travelers come from the United States.
According to data obtained by Aviacionline through Cirium, between the months of June and September there will be 7,581 flights between the two countries with 1,280,020 seats available.
From Liberia and San José it is possible to reach destinations such as Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago / O’hare, Dallas / Fort Worth, Denver, Fort Lauderdale, Houston / Hobby, Houston / Intercontinental, Los Angeles, Miami, Newark, Orlando, San Francisco and Washington / Baltimore.
| Airline | From | To |
| United Airlines | Liberia | Chicago/O’hare, Denver, Houston/Intercontinental, Los Ángeles, Newark, San Francisco |
| United Airlines | San José | Chicago/O’hare, Denver, Houston/Intercontinental, Los Ángeles, Newark |
| American Airlines | Liberia and San José | Charlotte, Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami |
| Delta Air Lines | Liberia and San José | Atlanta and Los Ángeles |
| Jetblue | Liberia | Los Ángeles, Nueva York |
| Jetblue | San José | Fort Lauderdale, Los Ángeles, Nueva York, Orlando |
| Alaska Airlines | Liberia and San José | Los Ángeles |
| Spirit Airlines | San José | Fort Lauderdale, Orlando |
| Southwest | Liberia | Houston/Hobby, Washington/Baltimore |
| Southwest | San José | Houston/Hobby |
| Avianca | San José | Miami |
| Frontier | San José | Miami, Orlando |
For this summer season, United Airlines will dominate the Costa Rican market with 35% of the offer (in ASKs), followed by American Airlines with 29% and to close the podium Delta Air Lines is positioned further behind with 14%.
