Volaris Costa Rica (Q6, San José Juan Santamaría) commenced revenue operations on Wednesday, November 30, with scheduled double-daily flights between San José Juan Santamaría and Guatemala City.

Service is onboard A320-200 XA-VLR (cn 7118) wet-leased from Mexican parent Volaris (Y4, México City International).

The LCC is one of three start-up carriers looking to use Costa Rica as a base. Aside from the Volaris unit, there is the already certified Air Costa Rica (San José Juan Santamaría) as well as Holiday Air (Costa Rica) (San José Tobías Bolaños) which is currently on Phase 4 of its AOC drive.