TACA Inaugurates San José - Monterrey Route

Flying to Mexico from Costa Rica got easier with the inauguration by TACA airlines of its San José - Monterrey route, although the first flight occurred last Saturday.

The airline says the San José - Monterrey flights will be three times a week, with connections to Bogota, Medellin, Panama, Caracas, Guayaquil, Guatemala, El Salvador, Managua and Lima, among others.

Alla Flores, head of Costa Rica's Instituto Costarricense de Turismo (ICT) said the route is a important one as it connects Costa Rica to the industrial centre of Mexico.

Monterrey is the capital city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León, serving as a commercial centre in the north of the Mexico and is the base of many significant international corporations, is Mexico's second richest city, and the world's 63rd richest, with an economy that had a 2008 GDP of USD $102 billion.

Monterrey is one of Mexico's most developed cities, with the highest per capita income in the nation, and is regarded as a highly developed city.Although rich in history and culture, Monterrey is often regarded as the most "Americanized" city in the entire country, even above the cities along the U.S-Mexico border.