Daniel Oduber International Airport

Big Apple, meet Pura Vida. 

Vinci purchased 48.75 percent of the Juan Santamaría International airport, located just outside San José in Alajuela, and 45 percent of the Daniel Oduber International Airport in Liberia,

United Airlines cancelled four flights between Newark and San José, and one from New York to Liberia, Guanacaste.

Airport administrator Corporación Interamericana de Inversiones will invest $10.3 million to expand the terminal and increase its current capacity by about 20 percent.

Travelers should gives themselves at least three hours to pass through security at Juan Santamaría International Airport after terrorists attacks in Brussels sent airports around the work into a heightened state of security Tuesday.

CORIPORT, the company that manages the Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR) in Guanacaste province, announced it will expand the terminal in coming months prompted by a significant increase in passenger traffic.

Analyzing data from the Immigration Administration, the ICT said 41,698 more travelers arrived by air this year, for a total during the six-month period of 987,801. In a projected profit analysis, the ICT said the country's tourism sector pulled in about $1.6 billion during the period – about $161 million more than the first half of 2014.

The measure aims to prevent the transmission of exotic diseases, especially those that can be transmitted from animals to humans.

The carrier plans to fly four times a week each to Juan Santamaría International Airport, outside San José, and to Daniel Oduber International Airport in Liberia.