Honduras News – Daily News about Honduras

It seems almost a Christmas gift for the people of La Ceiba this year, that Canjet Airlines will begin service to the city from Toronto, Canada on December 24th.

The new commercial flight, aboard a Boeing 737-800 with a capacity of 180 passengers, will service La Ceiba, Tela, and the Bay Islands.

Airport manager, Edgardo Maradiaga in Honduras, is happy to see this type of operation that is bound to promote and encourage tourism in the Honduran Caribbean.

“Several months ago we began an offensive to bring several large and small commercial airlines into the country, so we’ve created market incentives that pique the interest of the executives of these airlines,” said Maradiaga.

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The rainy conditions for over 30 consecutive hours have affected Honduras and forced the Permanent Contingency Commission (COPECO) to extend the green alert for 24 more hours. The extension of the alert began at 5:00 pm yesterday, and affects the Departments of Atlantida, Cortes, Colon, the Bay Islands, Gracias a Dios, and North Yoro.

The northern area of Honduras is one that has been most affected by the presence of rain and a mass of clouds that the entire country is experiencing in this fourth cold front of the season. The low temperatures, after the cessation of the rains, will continue through the Christmas season.

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New daily nonstop service between Atlanta and Honduras’ capital city starts Dec. 18, 2008

Delta Airlines will launch the first-ever nonstop daily flights between Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and Toncontin Airport in Honduras’ capital city of Tegucigalpa, starting Dec. 18, 2008.* The new flights will be operated using brand-new Boeing 737-700 aircraft being delivered to Delta this year that will allow the addition of service at unique airports such as Tegucigalpa with short runways, extreme temperatures and high altitudes.

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