Copa Airlines will start its commercial 737 MAX-8 operations on July 5 and has outlined where is going to deploy it. I didn't get their intended plans. CM currently has 29 [737 MAX 9s]. That means a drastic change into their current fleet. Regards. I think this announcement is similar to the one th...
Jump to postMost likely they could not compete with CO and then UA via IAH. This is precisely the unsolved mistery about why AA DFW-PTY hasn’t worked succesfully. We can actually find at least one daily flight bound for DFW from either BZE, SAL, GUA, SJO and LIR. Furthermore, all these Central American station...
Jump to postWhen did AA last try DFW-PTY? They weren’t doing it when I went to PTY in 2019. I think the last time AA tried DFW-PTY was in mid 2015 to 2016. I think it was a seasonal flight with at most 1 or 2 fx per week. AA has tried that route since mid 2000's with mixed results. First it was permanent, then...
Jump to postCM to TQO was unexpected. I know that last year CM made an announcement about taking a look at the airport.
I wonder if TQO is similar to NLU. A flight to appease the Mexican Government?
The announcement for Tulum was a surprise. Last year there were some rumors https://a21.com.mx/aerolineas/2023/11/24/sigue-copa-airlines-el-desarrollo-del-aeropuerto-internacional-de-tulum, but I thought it was mostly political declarations, to appease the Mexican Government. I wonder if this is jus...
Jump to postThe last press release states how Brazil is the second main market for Copa Airlines. I had always thought about Colombia instead. The USA is of course the main source for them. I wonder if it is the second main market in South America for Copa. Because from their 2022 Annual Report it looks like t...
Jump to postI’d like to hear CWB’s reaction to CM to FLN. CM reason as of why FLN before CWB might have to do with CWB’s runway length. I wouldn't be surprised at all. CM since 2017 has been looking into destinations in Brazil, and I believe CWB was one of them: https://www.transponder1200.com/copa-airlines-pr...
Jump to postI think CM will start Florianópolis in June/July. They will make an announcement on Monday Feb 5 at Florianópolis airport. https://twitter.com/GovSC/status/1753431358465032463 Next Monday, February 5th, representatives from Copa Airlines will participate in an event at Florianópolis International Ai...
Jump to postI think CM will start Florianópolis in June/July. They will make an announcement on Monday Feb 5 at Florianópolis airport. https://twitter.com/GovSC/status/1753431358465032463 Next Monday, February 5th, representatives from Copa Airlines will participate in an event at Florianópolis International Ai...
Jump to postPTY moved 17,825,465 passengers in 2023. It surpassed the number of passengers transported in 2019 which was 16,582,601 or an increase of 7.5%.
https://twitter.com/tocumenaero/status/ ... 3310217665
gatibosgru wrote:They tried, but they cancel that route in 2015. Jump to postAll great options for CM. I always wondered why they didn't fly to VCP.
CM flight 393 to Tampa had to return back to PTY due to bomb threat: https://twitter.com/aacivilpty/status/1712871188307808413 https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/cm393#326c036f They found a suspicious object in the lavatory of the plane, thus they returned to PTY: https://twitter.com/tvnnot...
Jump to postCM flight 393 to Tampa had to return back to PTY due to bomb threat:
https://twitter.com/aacivilpty/status/1 ... 8307808413
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flig ... 3#326c036f
Canada & Panama sign an expanded bilateral. Each nation's airlines can both operate a combined 14x weekly pax services and freighters become unlimited ops: https://www.aviacionline.com/2023/10/ita-airways-announces-seven-new-destinations-for-summer-2024/ The new bilateral is still a joke. 14 fx...
Jump to postCanada & Panama sign an expanded bilateral. Each nation's airlines can both operate a combined 14x weekly pax services and freighters become unlimited ops: https://www.aviacionline.com/2023/10/ita-airways-announces-seven-new-destinations-for-summer-2024/ The new bilateral is still a joke. 14 fx...
Jump to postCanada & Panama sign an expanded bilateral. Each nation's airlines can both operate a combined 14x weekly pax services and freighters become unlimited ops: https://www.aviacionline.com/2023/10/ita-airways-announces-seven-new-destinations-for-summer-2024/ The new bilateral is still a joke. 14 fx...
Jump to postIn Panama City it's a bit of a different story, as initially the Panama Canal and it's banks were considered American soil. After all the canal was built by the Americans. Only in 1999 it was returned to Panama. PTY is the big airport serving Panama City. It's quite some distance from the canal, th...
Jump to postLooks like Qantas ordered four 787-9 and eight 787-10 jets:
https://twitter.com/BoeingAirplanes/sta ... 5056624885
cybergus wrote:Good for CM but very shocked BRM came before PZO or PMV.
According to https://twitter.com/HavaSosyalMedya/status/1668250325399085059 and latter checking on TK's website, TK is adding 1 fx on Oct 29 to PTY and 1 more on Dec 26. So it looks like IST- PTY will move from 10 fx to 12 fx per week by the end of the year. 5 of them will be direct and 7 will have ...
Jump to postCM will start flying to BRM (Barquisimeto, Venezuela) starting on October 17. 3 fx per week: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
PTY 9:13 BRM 12:17
BRM 13:28 PTY 14:32
https://aviacionaldia.com/2023/06/copa- ... zuela.html
Copa should be considered a UA franchisee for all intents and purposes. They sold most of their share of Copa a few years ago. They still have a close partnership, but just like they do with AC, LH and some others. Not the same. UA has JBAs with LH and AC which gives them government-approved immuni...
Jump to postCrookedBill wrote:
Or what about Panama City, which has PTY, PAC and ECP?
CM published its new fleet plan for next year: https://copa.gcs-web.com/static-files/a ... c4ea80e81c
From it, they are expecting to receive 8 B737-8 next year and 10 more B737-9 this year (they have already received 2 B737-9).
Looks like the Arajet issues are due to an issue of missed payments : In response to Aviacionline’s inquiry, the company confirmed that there was an issue stemming from an approach fee payment that was not being automatically charged to the Arajet account since the beginning of operations in Septemb...
Jump to postSunrise Airways will fly from PAP to PTY from April 19. 2 fx per week on Wed and Sat. From Twitter: https://twitter.com/carelpedre/status/1628899590740094976 There’re reasons keeping CM from returning to PAP, but the market Is there. Not sure if Sunrise might still have the loads to keep PAP-PTY wh...
Jump to postSunrise Airways will fly from PAP to PTY from April 19. 2 fx per week on Wed and Sat. From Twitter: https://twitter.com/carelpedre/status/1 ... 0740094976
Jump to postNot sure if Phoenix is next, but according to https://www.aviacionline.com/2023/02/copa-airlines-expects-delays-in-the-delivery-of-new-boeing-737-max-9s/, CM will open at least 2 more destinations at the end of the year: Asked where the estimated 12-14% capacity growth will come from, whether from a...
Jump to postPR is out. Via Twitter: https://twitter.com/AUStinAirport/statu ... 3654198272
Jump to postSEA YVR are also rumored to be added this year I don't think they will fly to YVR. The Canadian government has denied several times renegotiating the existing bilateral with Panama or allow extra fx to CM. Otherwise CM would have been flying daily to YYZ and YUM and not the current 5x and 4x per we...
Jump to postIt's odd, CM has a page dedicated to dates for relaunching previous destinations that were suspended in Covid, yet at the same time are launching all-new destinations beforehand. Does make one wonder how dedicated they are to the former... Most of the pending destinations were destinations with les...
Jump to postLooks like CM will launch a new route: PTY-MEC
https://twitter.com/jptrampuz/status/16 ... 7962946561
avi8 wrote:Does anyone know how many MAXs Copa is getting this year?
https://www.aviacionline.com/2023/01/panama-air-france-klm-moves-its-operations-to-tocumen-airports-terminal-2/ I guess more will come on next months From previous interviews, the CEO of Tocumen, said the the other tenant of the T2 is UA. They have not said anything else about the other airlines. B...
Jump to postThe flight attendants told us that the baggage claim was only available at T2 for those passengers arriving to Panama. I guess that was temporarily. All of CM baggage claim is on the T2, regardless in which terminal you arrive. The same is for the check in. All CM check in is on the T2. Starting on...
Jump to posthttps://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/hp-9919cmp#2dfd7b95 HP-9919CMP delivered :) :) That is great 19 MAX9 for Copa and soon HP-9920CMMP will be delivered. Does anybody know when will they start receiving MAX8 ? According to their fleet plan: https://copa.gcs-web.com/static-files/ad254597-dde...
Jump to postTK will add 3fx with direct flights to IST (no BOG stop from IST to PTY) starting October 30 on Tues, Fri and Sun.
https://twitter.com/tocumenaero/status/ ... 3781900289
Looks like no one has posted this yet. Wingo Panama received its AOC on Aug 12. Via Tweeter: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1425936619811581958 Wingo is planning to fly to DAV in 2023, 7fx per week. It is opening HAV and SDQ in Sept and Oct of this year from BLB, 2fx weekly each. https://www.prens...
Jump to postLooks like CM painted one of their Max in the colors they had in the 90s. Picture in the tweet: https://twitter.com/MondolQuijada/statu ... 2378938368
Jump to postThey have updated their fleet plan: https://copa.gcs-web.com/static-files/ad254597-dde8-4a2d-9d03-28c4ea80e81c . If they don't renew leases on some B737-800 they will finish with 108 planes by the end of 2023, otherwise it would be 111. thanks for sharing. A couple of notes; 1 - slide shows only on...
Jump to postThey released the transcript of the Q2 2022 earnings call for Copa: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4530921-copa-holdings-s-cpa-ceo-pedro-heilbron-on-q2-2022-results-earnings-call-transcript Lots of interesting tidbits in the earnings call. They will reach 100% of pre pandemic capacity en Q3 2022. ...
Jump to postLook at Copa´s layouts. On their Max9s the configs are: C16W24Y126 (166 ttl) and C12W24Y138 (174 ttl). These configs are definitely designed to help achieve necessary range in their network. The 166 seat config vs United´s C20Y159 (179) does count. But UA probably does not need it. And will probabl...
Jump to postThe only thing is that the flights are not direct. According to https://www.boletinoficial.gob.ar/detal ... 5/20220718, the flights requested are Colombia-PTY-EZE. The Colombian cities requested are MDE, CTG, CLO, BAQ, ADZ, PEI, BGA.
Jump to postCan someone take now the metro from Panama City downtown to get at Tocumen international airport ? The Ministerio de Seguridad Pública de Costa Rica has sent at least three flights linking David and San Jose to rescue some stranded Costa Rican travelers. These flights were operated on the DH6 - Twi...
Jump to postTomorrow the T2 at PTY will officially open. Today CM opened its newest Copa Club at the T2: https://www.tvn-2.com/nacionales/Copa-Airlines-Aeropuerto-Internacional-Tocumen-video_0_6154634534.html Convenient if you are in T2 or the upper gates of T1. A serious hike if you are leaving from T1 1-10.....
Jump to postTomorrow the T2 at PTY will officially open.
Today CM opened its newest Copa Club at the T2: https://www.tvn-2.com/nacionales/Copa-A ... 34534.html
Looks like CM will start flying to NLU 3 times a week starting September 26.
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1537859606130606086
Looks like CM will start flying to NLU 3 times a week starting September 26.
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1537859606130606086
I'd have thought there'll also be a mention for TUC, CBB and AQP coming from those meetings. With the current Argentinian Gov. I don't see TUC. Also, because Salta has not restarted, I don't see opening a new destination in Argentina. Although before SLA was opened, they were also talking with TUC....
Jump to postCM had this week meetings with several government groups due to Fiexpo Latinoamérica and some new potential destinations have been mentioned. I doubt all of them will happen, but here is the list: Punta del Este (PDP), Uruguay https://www.portaldeamerica.com/index.php/pda/entrevistas-y-reportajes/it...
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