American Airlines plans to add a daily round-trip flight from the U.S. city of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, to Juan Santamaría International Airport, just outside San José, starting Dec. 13, according to a statement posted on the airline's Web site.

“We continue to see increased demand for service from Fort Lauderdale to Latin America and the Caribbean,” said Henry Joyner, American's senior vice-president. “These new flights... will help us provide the service our customers are asking for.”

The flight is tentatively scheduled to leave Ft. Lauderdale every day at 2:30 p.m. and arrive to Juan Santamaría at 4:20 p.m. and return to Ft. Lauderdale from Costa Rica leaving at 5:25 p.m. and arriving at 9:15 p.m., the statement said.

The flights will be serviced by a 148-seat Boeing 737-800 aircraft.