Tocumen International Airport, Panama

By Lori Ranson
Copa’s long-standing strategy of creating a fortress hub at Panama City Tocumen airport is supported by the airline's impressive financial strength.
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp
Copa Airlines has inaugurated service to Baltimore/Washington International Airport.
Airports & Networks

By Aaron Karp
The Star Alliance member will connect the Maryland airport to its 'Hub of the Americas.’
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Competition at Felipe Angeles International is starting to heat up as Volaris responds to the expansion plans of Aeromexico and Viva Aerobus.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
The Star Alliance member plans to increase Latin American-US connectivity from December.
Airports & Networks

By Wesley Charnock
CUR management believe there is an opportunity for an airline to offer a direct route to the island from LGA.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Copa Airlines is adding its first new destination since the pandemic began, to Armenia in Colombia's 'coffee triangle.'
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Routes profiles Avianca, the flag-carrier of Colombia and Routes Americas 2021 virtual attendee.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
The Spanish carrier plans to operate flights to 18 Latin America destinations in 16 countries from July.
Airports & Networks

By Lori Ranson
CEO Pedro Heilbron notes that a number of key Latin American markets continue to struggle to contain COVID-19.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
The country’s aviation authority is considering route proposals from Volaris and Viva Aerobus among others.
Airports & Networks

By Lori Ranson
The COVID-19 air travel recovery will be dominated by traffic flowing through hubs rather than point-to-point flights, Panamanian airline says.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
A weekly round-up of the latest news from the aviation industry as airlines and airports seek to recover from the COVID-19 crisis.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Copa Airlines has been granted permission to resume flights over the coming weeks, initially serving about 10 destinations from its hub in Panama.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
The US, which banned all air transport with Venezuela 13 months ago, has fined Copa Airlines $450,000 for “unlawfully transporting passengers” between the two countries.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Aviation consultancy ASM has helped to secure a major new international route for Suriname with the confirmation that Star Alliance member Copa Airlines is to launch a twice weekly service from the South American country to Panama City.
Airports & Networks

By Nigel Mayes
Airport Strategy & Marketing (ASM) provides expert insight into three recent stand-out new routes
Airports & Networks

By Richard Maslen
The new route to Chiclayo will foster economic development in northern Peru, enhancing opportunities for stronger commercial ties with the American continent and will complement the airline’s existing flights into Lima. It extends the airline’s ‘Hub of the Americas’ operation from Tocumen International Airport in Panama City to 76 cities in 31 countries in North, Central, South America and the Caribbean.
Airports & Networks

By Richard Maslen
Copa already has more than 20 years of experience in the Cuban market and now offers seven daily flights between Panama City and Havana and since 2014 also a four times weekly link to Santa Clara. According to schedule data, the airline has grown its annual capacity into Cuba by 77.1 per cent since the start of the decade, an average annual rise of 15.4 per cent.
Airports & Networks

By Richard Maslen
Both a vibrant metropolis and gateway to tropical destinations, Panama City is also the economic and financial centre of Panama with the major industries being international banking, commerce, and tourism. Located between North and South America, as well as the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, Panama City has developed an unrivalled transportation and communication network.
Airports & Networks

By Richard Maslen
The new twice weekly link between Panama City and Belize City will be introduced from December 8, 2015 and will be operated using 94-seat Embraer 190 equipment configured with 10 seats in business class and 84 in the main cabin. Following its addition to the Copa Airlines route map, the carrier’s network now covers 75 cities in 31 countries in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean.
Airports & Networks

By Poppy Marello
The four-times-weekly flights will operate between Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) and the airlines main base in Panama City, and will offer convenient connections to more than 55 destinations in Central and South America.
Airports & Networks

By Poppy Marello
From November 16, 2015, the airline will operate year-round flights between Frankfurt and Panama City five times weekly, subject to government approval.
Airports & Networks

By Richard Maslen
The new flight will offer travellers in the Denver area with direct access to the Panamanian capital as well as numerous connections to several additional cities in Central and South America through United's strategic partnership with Copa Airlines.
Airports & Networks

By Richard Maslen
The confirmation of the return of the route will now place the carrier in direct competition with its local rival Air Europa which inaugurated its own operations between Madrid and Montevideo in June 2013 just three months after Iberia ended its flights.
Airports & Networks