LA AURORA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

'La Aurora International Airport' serves Guatemala City, Guatemala and is located 6km south of Guatemala City's centre. It is administered by the ''Direccion General de Aeronautica Civil'' and is Guatemala's busiest and largest airport, followed by Mundo Maya International Airport near Flores, Petén.
La Aurora Airport will be going through some expansions, to provide a better service to passengers and airlines, so it will be able to accept a greater number flights and larger aircraft. A terminal is being built that will house a total of twenty-five aircraft. It is expected that the project will be completed in November 2007.
On June 2007 the airport was certified as Category I by the FAA.

Contents

Infrastructure and News

Airlines and destinations

Charter airlines

New airlines and new routes

Cargo airlines

Previous carriers and destinations

External links

Infrastructure and News

Seven new gates were opened in July equipped with jetway bridges and modern installations, also a new parking garage was opened which is capable of handling 480 vehicles. The new counters were also finished. Nine more gates will be opened in November. The airport will have two terminals: the North Terminal with 14 gates and the Central Terminal used for larger aircraft with four gates. La Aurora Airport will become the most modern airport in Central America and one of the largest ones.
There are 7 new airlines waiting government approval, some have already started. These airlines are Aeromexico, Interjet, Aeromar, Republicair, Spirit Airlines, AirTran Airways, and China Airlines. Also some airlines that are operating are going to expand their flights or expand to other destinations such as Delta Airlines, Continental Airlines, United Airlines, Copa Airlines, Iberia.
It is rumored that Taca intends a hub in 2008 and begin flying to cities in South America like: Bogota, Caracas, Quito, Lima and Panama in Central America, and expanding their daily flights. It is also rumored that Copa Airlines also wants to make La Aurora a secondary hub to lessen the amount of flights in Tocumen.

Airlines and destinations

★ Aeroméxico (Managua, Mexico City, San Pedro Sula)

★ American Airlines (Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami)

★ Continental Airlines (Houston-Intercontinental, Newark)

★ Copa Airlines (Panama City, Managua, San Jose(CR))

★ Cubana de Aviación (Havana)

★ Delta Air Lines (Atlanta, Los Angeles, New York-JFK [begins December 14])

★ Iberia (Madrid, Panama City)

★ Mexicana (Mexico City)

★ TACA (Cancún, Chicago-O'Hare, Flores, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Miami, New York-JFK, San José (CR), San Pedro Sula, San Salvador, Tegucigalpa, Washington-Dulles)

★ Spirit Airlines (Fort Lauderdale, Los Angeles)

★ United Airlines (Los Angeles)

★ US Airways (Charlotte)

Charter airlines

★ Interjet (Cancún) Charter Service Only

★ Republicair (Queretaro, Tapachula) [Charter Service, starts 2008]

New airlines and new routes

★ Delta Airlines announced service to New York-JFK beginning December 14, 2007 operating three times a week on Tuesdays, Fridays, and Sundays.

★ Continental Airlines will add a third flight to Houston every day starting in December and non-stop flights to Newark on Tuesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays.

★ Republicair is pending government approval to operate the route Guatemala-Tapachula-Queretaro

★ Interjet has received government approval for a Cancún to Guatemala flight which will be starting as a charter flight.

★ TACA intends to start hub operations in 2008.

Cargo airlines

★ ABX Air (Ohio)

★ Aero Ruta Maya (Tikal, Copán, Palenque, Quirigua, Roatan)

★ AeroSucre (Bogotá)

★ Amerijet International (Miami)

★ Arrow Air (Miami)

★ Copa Airlines Cargo (Panama City)

★ DHL (San José (CR), Mexico City, Panama City, San Salvador, San Pedro Sula, Tegucigalpa)

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★ DHL De Guatemala ((San José (CR), Mexico City, Panama City, San Salvador, San Pedro Sula, Tegucigalpa)

★ FEDEX (Memphis)

★ Florida West International Airways (Miami)

★ Martinair Cargo (Miami, Amsterdam)

★ MasAir (Mexico City)

★ UPS (Atlanta)

Previous carriers and destinations

★ KLM (Amsterdam via Curacao, later to Amsterdam via Mexico City)

★ Sabena (Brussels via Mexico City)

★ Pan Am (Miami, San Francisco via Los Angeles, San Salvador)

★ Tikal Jets Airlines (Flores, Habana, Mexico City, Cancún, Managua, San Pedro Sula)[1][2]

★ Aviateca (San Jose, San Salvador, Managua, Miami, Cancún, Flores, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Dallas, Mérida, San Pedro Sula)

★ Lauda Air Italy / Livingston Energy Flight (Milan)

★ Iberia (Miami, San José(CR) )

★ Mayan World Airlines (Flores, Cancún)

★ SAM Colombia (San Salvador,San José, San Andrés, Bogotá, Medellín)

★ Eastern Airlines (Miami)

★ Ladeco (Guayaquil, Iquique,Bogotá, Santiago de Chile)

★ SAHSA (San Salvador, Tegucigalpa)

★ Aviacsa (Tapachula)

★ Servivensa (San José, Bogotá, Caracas)

★ Aerovias (Flores)

★ Aeroquetzal (Flores, Los Angeles)

★ Aeronica (Managua)

★ United Airlines (San Jose (CR))

★ US Airways (Ft. Lauderdale)

External links

★ Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil

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★ GUA flight information