Air Costa Rica

{{Infobox airline

| airline = Air Costa Rica

| logo = AirCostaRicaLogo.jpg

| logo_size =

| fleet_size = 1

| destinations =

| IATA = RI

| ICAO = RII

| callsign = TICA

| parent = Air Panama

| founded = 2014

| commenced = February 10, 2017{{cite web|url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/news/53201-air-costa-rica-commences-revenue-operations|title=Air Costa Rica commences revenue operations|website=Ch-aviation.com|author=Ivan Nadalet|date=February 13, 2017}}

| ceased = 2018

| headquarters = San José, Costa Rica

| key_people = Carlos Víquez (MD)

| hubs = Juan Santamaría International Airport

| secondary_hubs =

| focus_cities =

| frequent_flyer =

| alliance =

| founders = George Novey
Eduardo Stagg

| website =

}}

Air Costa Rica was a charter airline based in Juan Santamaría International Airport, San José, Costa Rica and a subsidiary of Air Panama.

History

The airline was established in 2014 as Tica Air International with plans to launch in December of that year.{{cite web|url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/news/25789-air-panama-to-establish-new-costa-rican-subsidiary-tica-air-intl|title=Air Panama to establish new Costa Rican subsidiary, Tica Air Int'l|website=Ch-aviation.com|author=Ivan Nadalet|date=February 17, 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/news/28860-start-up-tica-air-intl-changes-name-to-air-costa-rica|title=Start-up Tica Air Int'l changes name to Air Costa Rica|website=Ch-aviation.com|author=Ivan Nadalet|date=June 19, 2014}}

On August 5, 2015, the airline received its air operator's certificate from the Costa Rican aviation regulator, became eligible to start commercial operation, and announced that the carrier would commence later in December 2015.{{cite web|url=http://insidecostarica.com/2015/08/06/air-costa-rica-concludes-certification-process-pledges-100-percent-tico-airline/|title=Air Costa Rica concludes certification process, pledges to be a 100-percent "Tico" airline|accessdate=12 August 2015|date=2015-08-06}}

The airline was suspended by the Costa Rica Civil Aviation Authority in 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/news/66876-costa-rican-caa-suspends-air-costa-ricas-ol|title=Costa Rican CAA suspends Air Costa Rica's OL|website=Ch-aviation.com|author=Ivan Nadalet|date=May 4, 2018}}

Destinations (planned)

The airline had expressed its intention of initially flying to the following cities.

{{flagicon|COL}} Bogotá - El Dorado International Airport
{{flagicon|GUA}} Guatemala City - La Aurora International Airport
{{flagicon|ECU}} Guayaquil - José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport
{{flagicon|PER}} Lima - Jorge Chavez International Airport
{{flagicon|NIC}} Managua - Managua International Airport
{{flagicon|PAN}} Panama City - Tocumen International Airport
{{flagicon|PAN}} Rio Hato - Scarlett Martínez International Airport
{{flagicon|HON}} Roatan - Juan Manuel Galvez International Airport

Fleet

The Air Costa Rica fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of August 2017):{{cite journal|title=Global Airline Guide 2017 (Part One)|journal=Airliner World|issue=October 2017|page=12}}

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Aircraft !In service !Orders !Passengers !Notes
Boeing 737-300QC \|1 \|1 \|130 \|Operated by Air Panama
Fokker 100 \|— \|2 \|100 \|
Total !1 !3 !colspan="2"\|

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Aircraft

!In
service

!Orders

!Passengers

!Notes

Boeing 737-300QC

|130

|Operated by Air Panama

Fokker 100

|—

|100