|
ACASA (Aerovias Cariari) |
1978* - 1979* |
|
|
Status? |
|
|
ACS (Air Cargo Services) |
1997* - 2000* |
|
|
Defunct |
|
|
Aero Costa Rica |
1991 - 1997 |
: AEK |
|
Defunct |
|
|
Aero Costa Sol |
1999* - 2006* |
|
|
Status? |
|
|
Aerobell Air Charter |
1988* - 2010> |
|
|
Active |
|
|
Aerolineas Exaco (Expres Aereo Costaricense) |
1978* - 1978 |
|
|
Defunct |
|
|
Aeropostal Alas de Centroamerica |
2005 - 2009* |
|
|
Status? |
|
|
AeroPuma |
* ~ * |
|
|
Unproven |
|
|
Aerovias Sur |
* ~ * |
|
|
Unproven |
|
|
ANSA (Aerolineas Nacionales SA) |
1958 - 1960 |
|
|
Defunct |
|
|
APSA (Aeroservicios Puntarenas SA) |
1971 - 1979 |
|
|
Defunct |
|
|
ASCA (Aerovias San Carlos) |
1978* - 1979* |
|
|
Status? |
|
|
ATSA (Aviones Taxi Aereo S.A ) (Air Charter Service) |
1970* - 2010* |
|
|
Status? |
Update |
|
AVE Airlines (Aerovias del Valle) |
1951 - 1979* |
|
|
Status? |
|
|
Aviones Taxi Aereo |
2004* - 2009* |
|
|
Status? |
|
|
Carga Expresa |
1983 - 1983 |
|
|
Defunct |
|
|
Compania Sinuana de Transporte Aereo Costa |
* ~ * |
|
|
Unproven |
|
|
Costa Rica Skies |
2007* - 2007* |
|
|
Status? |
|
|
CRAFT (Cargo Rica Air Freight Transport) |
* ~ * |
|
|
Unproven |
|
|
ENTA (Empressa Nacional de Transportes and Aerovias |
1939* - 1939 |
|
>TACA Costa Rica |
Renamed |
|
|
General Air Cargo |
* ~ * |
|
|
Unproven |
|
|
JHM Cargo Express (Airlines) |
1996 - 2000 |
: JHM |
|
Defunct |
|
|
LACSA (Lineas Aereas de Costarricenses) |
1946 - 2004 |
LR : LRC |
>TACA Costa Rica |
Renamed |
|
|
LADECA (Lineas Aereas del Caribe)(Caribbean Airways) |
1966 - 1967 |
|
|
Defunct |
|
|
Lineas Areas Trans Costa Rica |
1979 - 1988 |
|
>Trans Costa Rica |
Renamed |
|
|
Nationales de Costa Rica |
1939* - 1939 |
|
>TACA Costa Rica |
Renamed |
|
|
NatureAir (Nature Air) |
2003 - 2010> |
5C : NRR |
Natureair |
Active |
|
|
Paradise Air |
2007* - 2010> |
|
|
Active |
|
|
RANSA (Ruta Aerea Nacional SA) |
1979 - 1980 |
|
>SANSA |
Renamed |
|
|
SAISA |
1996* - 1997* |
|
|
Defunct |
|
|
SANSA (Servicos Aereos Nacionales) |
1980 - 2010> |
RZ : LRS |
Sansa |
Active |
|
|
SERCA Costa Rica (Servicios de Carga SA) |
1982 - 1982 |
|
|
Defunct |
|
|
Servicios Aereos Nacionales |
1990* - 1990* |
|
|
Status? |
|
|
TACA Costa Rica (LACSA (Lineas Aereas de Costarricenses)) |
2004 - 2006* |
|
TACA Costa Rica |
Status? |
|
|
TACA de Costa-Rica Transportes Aereos Centro-Americanos |
1939 - 1952 |
|
>TACA Costa Rica |
Renamed |
|
|
TACSA (Taxi Aereo Centroamericana) (Air Charter Service) |
1970* - 2010> |
|
|
Active |
|
|
TAISA (Transportes Aereos de Integracion SA) |
* ~ * |
|
|
Unproven |
|
|
TANSA (Transportes Aereos Nacionales SA) |
* ~ * |
|
|
Unproven |
|
|
Trans Costa Rica |
1988 - 2006* |
|
Trans Costa Rica |
Status? |
|
|
TransCarga |
1988 - 1992 |
|
|
Defunct |
|
|
TravelAir |
1991 - 2003 |
|
>Natureair |
Status? |
|
|
VEL (Vuelos Especiales Liberianos) |
* ~ * |
|
|
Unproven |
|
|
West Caribbean Costa Rica |
2005* - 2006* |
0W : WCR |
|
Status? |
|
|
Wiggins International (ALA) |
* ~ * |
|
|
Unproven |
|
The
World's Airlines. Past, Present & Future
Costa Rica is a republic in southern Central America, bordered on the north by Nicaragua, on the east by the Caribbean Sea, on the southeast by Panama, and on the southwest and west by the Pacific Ocean. The uninhabited and densely wooded tropical Cocos Island, about 480 km (about 300 mi) to the southwest in the Pacific Ocean, is under Costa Rican sovereignty. The total area of Costa Rica is 51,060 sq km (19,714 sq mi). The country's capital is San José.
