TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras,
Nov. 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --
Europeans looking for a quick Latin American adventure do not need
to look any further as Air Europa announced a new direct fight from
the Spanish capital of Madrid to
the second largest Honduran city, San Pedro Sula. Now, waking up in
the Plaza Mayor and falling asleep by the Puerto Cortés is even
easier.
On November 21, Honduran president
Juan Orlando Hernández announced that starting in April of 2017,
through the European airline, Air Europa, there will be one weekly
flight from Madrid to San Pedro
Sula. The airline chose to begin flights in April and run them
until October, just in time for Europe's high season for tourism. These new
routes are set to increase European tourism for Honduras, while also encouraging more
Hondurans to travel abroad.
This new route represents another step forward for economic
development for Honduras, where
the government has vowed to continue investing in tourism as a part
of its Economic Development Plan, Honduras 20/20. This project is said to create
over 7000 jobs for Hondurans, while lowering costs for
travelers.
By increasing connectivity throughout Central America, Honduras' tourism initiatives seek to
establish the country's position within a more integrated and
globalized world. As of 2015, Honduras had some of the highest levels of
connectivity with Spain in
Central America with 27.2% and
with Guatemala and El Salvador with 13.5% and 18% respectively,
with hopes of increasing that number even higher after the new
route takes place.
"This [new flight] means that we will have an open door to
specific European destinations like, Barcelona, Bilbao, La Coruña, Vigo, Palma de Mallorca, Ibiza, Valencia, Alicante, Málaga, Tenerife, the
Canary Islands, London,
Paris, Frankfurt, Munich, Roma,
Milan, Brussels, Amsterdam, Lisbon and Oporto, among other cities", declared
President Hernández.
Air Europa will use airbus A330-200 that holds 275 tourist class
seats and 24 in first class.
As Honduras embarks on another
journey to improve its global presence, the partnership between Air
Europa and Honduras will aid in
the country's mission of spreading its culture and people around
the world, while remaining open to inquisitive foreign minds
that hope to travel in order to learn about those qualities unique
to Honduras.
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SOURCE Honduras Presidency