Costa Rica will receive a direct flight from New Zealand this Sunday, March 26

For the first time, this Sunday, March 26, Costa Rica will receive a non-stop flight from Auckland, New Zealand, with a scheduled landing at 7:50 a.m. at the Daniel Otuber International Airport (Guanacast) in Liberia. Wednesday Fernando Naranjo Elizondo, Director General of Civil Aviation.

The aircraft is a Gulfstream G650ER manufactured by the American company Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation and is priced at $37 million for the 2012 model and $70 million for the 2021 model due in late 2022. Aviation Bluebook.

The landing comes nearly a month after the first direct flight from Australia arrived at the same terminal on a Bombardier Global 7500 flight from the Gold Coast in eastern Queensland state. That country.

At an estimated cost of $72 million, the flight covered 13,900 kilometers in 14 hours and 58 minutes.

Naranjo Elizondo commented that the arrival of this type of private aircraft demonstrates the consolidation of Costa Rica as a destination of choice for long-haul and high-cost business or pleasure travelers.

The G650ER measures 30 meters in length and has a wingspan (distance between wings) of 28 meters. It is almost eight meters tall and has a maximum payload capacity of almost three tonnes. It is driven by motors Rolls Royce Pearl 700.

The Gulfstream G650ER will reach Costa Rican soil after about 12 hours and 45 minutes in the air.

“it is a RD That means an extended range of 7,500 nautical miles, almost 14,000 kilometers as it is capable of cruising. Six people come on board, four of whom are crew. This is very happy news for the country,” said the Director of Civil Aviation.

read more: Costa Rica received its first direct flight from Australia on February 27

Luxury among the clouds

Launched in 2014, the mode of transportation is one of the world’s fastest and largest commercial jets, attracting buyers including Tesla and Twitter owner Elon Musk and chairman Jeff Bezos. Amazon.comIt was discovered last year by Jake Sweeney, a 19-year-old student at the University of Central Florida who popularized Musk’s G650ER when he revealed the plane’s whereabouts. Twitter.

According to the manufacturer’s page, the spacious interior is a spectacle of luxury and refinement above the clouds, where supreme comfort meets design and spaciousness.

It has handcrafted wooden seats and divans inside a room that is spacious enough to work, dine, entertain and relax. The Gulfstream G650ER, the company says, can sleep up to 10 passengers.

The on-board galley features glassware, a sink, kitchen furniture with granite countertops.

If someone wants to get a Gulfstream G650ER, they will pay about $11,000 per flight hour, but the cost varies based on flight availability, fuel prices, airport service charges and other variables.

The official clarified that they did not know how long the plane and its passengers would be in Costa Rica.