{"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": "From El Salvador, the only practical departure airport for Nicaragua is San Salvador International. Direct flights to Managua are available, while one-stop options often connect through San José, Costa Rica, or Panama City. Travellers choose San Salvador for its frequency and convenience, as no other Salvadoran airport offers viable connections."}, "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": "From San Salvador to Managua, non-stop flights take around 1 hour. With a connecting stop in San José or Panama City, total travel time is typically 4 to 6 hours. Flight times are similar in both directions."}, "q3": {"question": "Are there direct flights from El Salvador to Nicaragua?", "answer": "Yes, direct flights from El Salvador to Nicaragua are available. Avianca operates non-stop service between San Salvador (SAL) and Managua (MGA), with a flight time of approximately 1 hour. This is the main city pair, and no other non-stop routes currently exist. If you prefer alternative options, one-stop itineraries via San José, Costa Rica, or Panama City are possible but significantly longer."}, "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 offers direct flights from San Salvador to Managua. Copa Airlines provides one-stop service via Panama 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."}}}}