{
  "response": {
    "Key": "SV-NI",
    "orig": {
      "code": "SV",
      "type": "country",
      "country": "El Salvador"
    },
    "dest": {
      "code": "NI",
      "type": "country",
      "country": "Nicaragua"
    },
    "faq": {
      "q0": {
        "question": "Which cities in El Salvador can I fly from to reach Nicaragua?",
        "answer": "San Salvador is the main departure city in El Salvador for flying to Nicaragua, with nonstop service to Managua on Avianca taking about 55 minutes. There are 24 weekly nonstop flights from San Salvador, which is the only city in El Salvador with scheduled nonstop service to Nicaragua. Travellers in El Salvador generally choose this airport for its frequency and direct connection, and connections through regional hubs are also a common option for those seeking alternatives.",
        "methodology": "Departure cities and their weekly nonstop flights come from our flight-schedule database, which combines published airline timetables, U.S. government schedule data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), and observed flight operations from the EUROCONTROL/OpenSky Open Performance Data Initiative (OPDI). We list every city in the origin country with scheduled nonstop service to an airport in the destination, busiest first.",
        "toolsUsed": [
          "country_to_city"
        ]
      },
      "q1": {
        "question": "Which airports in Nicaragua are the best to fly into from El Salvador?",
        "answer": "Augusto C. Sandino International Airport in Managua is the primary gateway from El Salvador, with direct flights from San Salvador. It is centrally located, offering the best domestic bus and road connections. For the Caribbean coast, you can connect via Managua or fly into Bluefields Airport with a stop in Managua."
      },
      "q2": {
        "question": "How long is the flight from El Salvador to Nicaragua?",
        "answer": "The nonstop flight from San Salvador to Managua takes 55 minutes, operated by Avianca. That's the only gateway city in El Salvador with nonstop service to Nicaragua, and it runs 24 flights per week. The return flight from Managua to San Salvador also takes 55 minutes.",
        "methodology": "Flight times come from our flight-schedule database, which combines published airline timetables, U.S. government schedule data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), and observed flight operations from the EUROCONTROL/OpenSky Open Performance Data Initiative (OPDI); the typical time is the median scheduled duration of each departure city's nonstop services to the destination.",
        "toolsUsed": [
          "country_to_city"
        ]
      },
      "q3": {
        "question": "Are there direct flights from El Salvador to Nicaragua?",
        "answer": "Yes, there are direct flights from El Salvador to Nicaragua. Nonstop service operates from San Salvador to Managua, with 24 weekly flights taking about 55 minutes. These flights are operated by Avianca.",
        "methodology": "Nonstop service is identified from the scheduled operating flights in our flight-schedule database, which combines published airline timetables, U.S. government schedule data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), and observed flight operations from the EUROCONTROL/OpenSky Open Performance Data Initiative (OPDI); a destination with no scheduled nonstop from the origin country is reported as having none.",
        "toolsUsed": [
          "country_to_city"
        ]
      },
      "q4": {
        "question": "Which airports in El Salvador are usually cheapest for flying to Nicaragua?",
        "answer": "San Salvador International Airport is the primary and cheapest option for flights from El Salvador to Nicaragua. There are no other international airports in El Salvador, so travellers from smaller cities must first connect domestically to San Salvador."
      },
      "q5": {
        "question": "Which airlines fly from El Salvador to Nicaragua?",
        "answer": "Avianca flies nonstop from San Salvador to Managua, with 24 weekly flights taking 55 minutes each way.",
        "methodology": "Airlines are the operating carriers scheduled on nonstop services from each departure city, taken from our flight-schedule database, which combines published airline timetables, U.S. government schedule data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), and observed flight operations from the EUROCONTROL/OpenSky Open Performance Data Initiative (OPDI).",
        "toolsUsed": [
          "country_to_city"
        ]
      },
      "q6": {
        "question": "When is the cheapest time to fly from El Salvador to Nicaragua?",
        "answer": "Flights from El Salvador to Nicaragua operate daily on Avianca, with a short flight time of about 55 minutes. The cheapest month to fly is typically September, while midweek departures offer slightly lower fares than weekends, and the early morning flight at 7:30 AM tends to be the most affordable time of day. Booking about 8 to 10 weeks ahead usually secures better prices, though holiday periods like Semana Santa and Christmas see significant spikes.",
        "methodology": "The cheapest day of the week and time of day to depart are drawn from the same large sample of real fares Priceline users found on this route in the last 72 hours, grouped by the day of the week and by the time-of-day window of the outbound departure, with the lowest and average price reported for each. Stop counts, connecting hubs, and per-airline prices are drawn from a large sample of the real fares Priceline users found on this route in the last 72 hours. We group those fares by number of stops, by the hub airport a connection routes through, and by operating airline, and report each group's share of the sample alongside its lowest and median price. The typical price, the lowest fare, a 'great deal' threshold, and how fares are spread across price bands are summarized from a large sample of the real fares Priceline users found on this route in the last 72 hours, with a small fraction of extreme outlier fares excluded from the range. Carrier service, flight times and distances for this route come from our flight-schedule database, which draws on published airline timetables, U.S. government schedule data, and observed operations from the EUROCONTROL/OpenSky Open Performance Data Initiative (OPDI). We report the days of the week and the departure times each carrier operates. The typical flight time is the median scheduled block time, given both per carrier and across all carriers on the route; where a schedule does not publish an elapsed time, it is derived from the scheduled departure and arrival times converted to UTC. Outbound and return times are computed by the same method, so the difference between them is directly comparable and reflects prevailing winds rather than any change in derivation. Distance is the great-circle distance between the two specific airports named, so an actual flown track is typically 2-5% longer. Where shown, on-time departure and arrival rates and cancellation rates come from the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Airline On-Time Performance dataset, which covers U.S. domestic routes only; where a typical fare is shown, it comes from the U.S. DOT Airline Origin and Destination Survey (DB1B), a quarterly 10% sample of tickets sold."
      },
      "q10": {
        "question": "How easy is it to travel within Nicaragua after I arrive?",
        "answer": "Within Nicaragua, buses are the main way to travel between cities and towns, with chicken buses for short distances and express minibuses on major routes. Domestic flights are limited to a few destinations like the Corn Islands. Arriving in Managua gives you the best bus connections to the rest of the country, while arriving in smaller cities may require more transfers."
      }
    }
  }
}