DATA SPOTLIGHT: San Jose Juan Santamaría International Airport

8 October, 2020

This year the Corporate Travel Community (CTC) will feature some topical insights into the world's airlines, airports and country markets. Here, using the extensive profile insights available to CAPA - Centre for Aviation members to deliver a data snapshot at where they sit today in the Covid-19 impacted world, we look at Juan Santamaría International Airport, serving Costa Rica's capital and largest city, San Jose, and in normal times the second busiest airport in Central America.

But these are far from normal times and has influenced airport operator Aeris Holdings to rethink its development plans at the air gateway. Its CEO Rafael Mencía has reported the company is working on alternatives to its master plan, which was finalised during Dec-2019.

The airport has already accessed funds set aside for capital development works under the master plan, due to the downturn of traffic and revenue related to the coronavirus pandemic. As a result, the company has put development plans for the airport on hold, including its new four storey terminal building, expanded customs area, relocation of the aviation rescue fire fighting station and installation of an additional baggage carousel.

Juan Santamaría International Airport is expected to see around a 70% year-on-year reduction in demand during 2020 with passenger traffic between Apr-2020 and Aug-2020 just 2% of those levels seen during the same months last year. Since the country's borders reopened at the start of Aug-2020 there has been a shallow rise, but levels still remain down to just over a fifth of last year's performance.

NETWORK MAP (as at 05-Oct-2020)

GLOBAL RANKING (as at 05-Oct-2020)

DESTINATIONS (as at 05-Oct-2020)

ANNUAL PASSENGER TRAFFIC DEMAND (2010-2019)

ANNUAL CAPACITY (2012-2020*)NOTE:The values for this year are at least partly predictive up to 6 months and may be subject to change

WEEKLY DOMESTIC CAPACITY (2017 - 2020*)NOTE:*the values for this year are at least partly predictive up to six months and may be subject to change.

WEEKLY INTERNATIONAL CAPACITY (2017-2020*)NOTE:*the values for this year are at least partly predictive up to six months and may be subject to change.