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Al Argueta loves Guatemala, and travels there often. This blog will update information found in his books, and also be a forum to answer reader questions about all things Guatemala.
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New Flights to Guatemala City
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Remodeled and expanded in 2007, Guatemala City's La Aurora International Airport (GUA) is the third-busiest airport in Central America. Still, the spacious terminal with a total of 19 gates remains somewhat underutilized. That may start to change in 2011. Several carriers have announced new or expanded service to Guatemala City in the coming months. Filling the void left by the departure of Mexican carrier Mexicana, Aeromexico has announced plans to resume service to Guatemala City from Mexico City in the first quarter of 2011. Interjet, another Mexican carrier, has announced similar plans.
Delta, meanwhile, will be increasing its flights from Atlanta to Guatemala City from once to twice daily effective June 10, 2011. Travelers now have the option of a morning or afternoon departure in both directions. The new schedule looks like this:
DL461 ATL0950 – 1121GUA 757 D
DL495 ATL1850 – 2021GUA 73W D effective 10JUN11
DL496 GUA0750 – 1325ATL 73W D effective 11JUN11
DL596 GUA1231 – 1806ATL 757 D
In other news, insider sources tell me a South American carrier is looking at GUA as a possible hub city. Guatemala City would be a sort of gateway for flights heading to and from North America. Indeed, the airport's mostly empty facilities seem perfectly suited as a hub. If you build it they will come. We hope.
The attached video is a 'virtual' rendition of GUA. It looks amazingly like the real thing.
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Posted by filosolares on February 1, 2011 at 12:02 pm
Are there any more expansion announcements?
new service
Posted by Al Argueta on February 23, 2011 at 7:02 pm
For the moment nothing is confirmed but a source at Continental/United says the Saturday-only flight from EWR to GUA will soon be daily. They are also looking at flying non-stop from other cities pending the completion of the merger between the two carriers.
LAN
Posted by filosolares on April 1, 2011 at 6:04 am
Hi, are there any more expansion plans? Is there anymore news regarding the LAN hub?
Wow
Posted by filosolares on January 17, 2011 at 5:01 pm
I never thought LAN would be interested in opening a Central American hub. But it's still a rumor isn't it? The same thing happened when they announced in numerous websites that Avianca was beginning service to Guatemala City in 2010. Obviously it never happened since 2010 is over. No airlines has ever shone interest in opening a hub in Guatemala. I believe that the Aeromexico route to Guatemala is just a rumor as well, same with Interjet. I assume those flights will never happen as the airlines haven't announced the routes.
Maybe; maybe not. We'll
Posted by Al Argueta on January 18, 2011 at 2:01 pm
Maybe; maybe not. We'll see... GUA was once a hub for Pan American. In fact, they had a lot to do with making GUA a very modern airport for its time when it opened in the late 1960s.
really?
Posted by filosolares on January 11, 2011 at 5:01 pm
I have a question. Could you tell us which South American airlines is interested in Guatemala? I am a huge fan of airlines expansion and would love to know which airlines it is. Please keep updating future expansion.
Thank you!
Airline
Posted by Al Argueta on January 12, 2011 at 12:01 am
It appears that LAN is evaluating facilities at GUA and SJO to establish a Central American hub in the future. SJO is already a hub and capacity is saturated, which might give GUA the edge.