{"id":376746,"date":"2026-07-17T12:07:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T12:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/376746\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T12:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T12:07:08","slug":"southwest-adding-austin-to-san-jose-costa-rica-nonstop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/376746\/","title":{"rendered":"Southwest adding Austin-to-San Jos\u00e9 Costa Rica nonstop"},"content":{"rendered":"

The approximately four-hour flights to Juan Santamar\u00eda International Airport will operate Saturdays only beginning March 13, 2027. Tickets are already on sale.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis new route strengthens Austin\u2019s growing global connectivity while making it easier than ever for travelers to experience Costa Rica\u2019s breathtaking natural beauty, vibrant culture, and renowned hospitality,\u201d airport CEO Ghizlane Badawi said in a statement<\/a>. \u201cIt further strengthens the ties between Central Texas and Costa Rica while supporting Austin-Bergstrom International Airport\u2019s continued growth as an international gateway.\u201d<\/p>\n

San Jos\u00e9 is known for its vibrant culture, museums, plazas and urban markets, and the country’s lush ecology with beaches, rainforests and the Po\u00e1s Volcano nearby.<\/p>\n

Dallas-based Southwest\u00a0\u2014 the busiest carrier at Austin-Bergstrom with a more than 40% market share \u2014 has been doubling down in Central Texas. In December, it announced a new crew base at the airport<\/a>, which is expected to bring 2,000 high-paying jobs to Austin over the next five years. In the past year, it’s also announced new seasonal and year-round nonstop service\u00a0to several U.S. cities and returned regular service to Seattle.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been the hometown carrier in the Texas state capital for nearly 50 years,\u201d said Daniel Jones, Southwest\u2019s vice president for network planning. \u201cConnecting Austin with San Jos\u00e9, Costa Rica \u2014 one of the true gems of the Southwest international franchise \u2014 gives our loyal customers in Austin even more reason to choose Southwest.\u201d<\/p>\n

Southwest also flies nonstop from Austin to San\u00a0Jos\u00e9, Calif. and San Jos\u00e9 del Cabo, Mexico.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The approximately four-hour flights to Juan Santamar\u00eda International Airport will operate Saturdays only beginning March 13, 2027. Tickets…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376747,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-376746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}