At
12:18 p.m. on November 30th, 2022, the Boeing 737-800 of American Airlines
landed at Nicaragua’s international airport from Miami—after a pause on its
operations due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The airline will offer 2,240 seats a week, which will strengthen and diversify the options to visit Nicaragua by air.
Hours
after, at 1:26 a.m. on December 1, another US airline returned to Nicaragua:
Spirit Airlines, that will be flying between Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and
Managua.
Both
flights were received at the Augusto C. Sandino International Airport with the
traditional water salute, welcoming and wishing the best for future trips and
connections.
También Spirit Airlines regresó a Nicaragua, el vuelo de este reinicio de operaciones arribó a Managua a la 1:26 de la madrugada de este primero de diciembre ✈️✈️#Nicaragua #NicaraguaNaturalmenteBella pic.twitter.com/sHpXIYOcNW
— Instituto Nicaragüense de Turismo (@InturNicaragua) December 1, 2022
American
Airlines and Spirit Airlines will fly to Nicaragua along with Avianca, Copa
Airlines, and Aeroméxico, which have also resumed operations in the
post-pandemic context.
About
the airlines
American
Airlines is the largest and most important US airline in Nicaragua, founded in
1930 it offers an average of 6,700 daily flights to 350 destinations in 50
countries.
Spirit
Airlines, known for its low fares, has been operating since 1980 with more than
600 daily flights to more than 70 destinations in the United States, Latin
America, and the Caribbean.