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JetBlue announces flight between New York and Guanacaste |
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 By A.M. Costa Rica staff Jet Blue Airline is starting flights between John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York and Daniel Oduber International Airport in Liberia, Guanacaste. This new flight stands out because it offers JetBlue’s exclusive ‘Mint” service. The Liberia airport will become the airport in Latin America to which the airline offers this service which includes fully reclining seats. The flight from New York arrives at Liberia, Guanacaste every Saturday at 2:49 p.m. and 10:14 p.m. during high season with the aim of giving a premium service to all tourists. Maria Amalia Revelo, Tourism Minister, said this flight will continue to boost the tourism industry in Guanacaste. "The Mint plane offers more convenience to travelers and thus opens up new possibilities to attract tourists to Guanacaste. This is the materialization of the negotiations carried out for the benefit of Costa Rica, a personalized service to meet the needs of modern passengers that brings us closer to our main source of the tourist market, a potential market of 24 million people.” The Institute added that approximately 3,000 people are expected to arrive in Guanacaste with these new flights. Giselle Cortes, director of international airports at JetBlue, said "We are proud to introduce our premium Mint cabin on the route between New York JFK and Liberia. This award-winning service offers our customers the option of flying with an unparalleled experience." |
 Jet Blue courtesy photo The flight from New York arrives at Guanacaste every Saturday at 2:49 p.m. and 10:14 p.m. Some of Mint's favorite features include fully reclining seats and benefits such as a signature cocktail, a tapas menu from the Saxon + Parole restaurant in New York City, fresh espresso from the cappuccino machine designed specifically for the transporter, Hayward and Hopper service kits and desserts from local manufacturers of ice cream. The aircraft, an Airbus A321, offers a self-service station with free snacks, soft drinks and water, free Fly-Fi for all clients on the flight and power outlets in each seat. JetBlue is a New York-based airline and a leading company in Boston, Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Orlando and San Juan. It transports more than 40 million passengers a year to more than 100 different cities in the United States, the Caribbean and Latin America with an average of 1,000 daily flights. |
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57 percent of bridges studied have serious damage, say specialists |
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By A.M. Costa Rica staff The National Laboratory of Materials and Structural Models of the University of Costa Rica inspected a total of 600 cantonal road network bridges between 2010 and 2018. Another 75 bridges are scheduled for inspection. The study was performed because the municipalities involved need to know the condition of their bridges, said one of the specialists. The information collected and processed included issues related to basic inventory factors (location, typology and materials) and functional condition (identification of damages and possible interventions). This information allowed for an updated and useful diagnosis so that municipalities can define the best intervention strategies for these structures. Josué Quesada, an engineer of the organization, said the inspections began in 2010 in parallel with the other work that is related to these structures, such as trainings for the engineers and municipal personnel, and collaborations in management plans and intervention of bridges in critical condition. Quesada said that there are regular inspections of bridges in municipalities that have a specific agreement with the laboratory, but that inspections can be made for other municipalities even if an agreement has not been formally established. With the information generated from the inspections, the local municipalities can also begin the management process for attending to repairs, considering important aspects of functionality and capacity of the structures, and even prepare for unexpected natural events. "Some of the cantons that had problems with Hurricane Otto or Storm Nate, already had information and inspections completed. Many of them had made interventions that allowed them to better resist those events," said Quesada. The most important results of the study are: - 70 percent of the cantonal bridges are less than 15 meter. - 65 percent of the bridges have only one lane. |
 National Laboratory of Materials courtesy photo 57
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qualified element with serious damage. - Most bridges have simple beam and steel type superstructures (which makes them more susceptible to corrosion). - 57 percent of the bridges have at least one qualified element with serious damage, so it can be said that about two out of three bridges has at least one serious damage is identified in any of the elements. - The most frequent deterioration is the undermining of bastions, because their foundations are built in areas susceptible to the action of river beds or there have been important changes in the basins. - The second most identified deterioration is corrosion, especially in beams. - The third is the rails in poor condition or absent, which contributes to a road safety problem. - Of the structures analyzed, at least 10 of the inspected bridges suffered significant collapses or damages that warranted their reconstruction. According to the Institute, there are agreements with 49 of the 82 municipalities throughout the country. Only 28 cantons have complete bridge inventories. The inspection covered a total of 42,189 m2 of bridge area. |
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