Beginning July 6 and with two weekly frequencies, Copa Airlines will begin flying between Panama City and Paramaribo, capital of Suriname.
Directors of the airline of Panamanian origin informed that they will cover the route on Wednesdays and Saturdays, and will use a Boeing 737-700 aircraft, with 12 passenger’s capacity in business class and 112 in the main cabin.
Beginning this week, Copa Airlines began operating the air route between the Panamanian capital and the city of Salta, in Argentina.
Representatives of the airline reported that Salta is the fifth destination that the company covers in the South American country, as they already have flights to Buenos Aires, Rosario, Cordoba and Mendoza.
Regarding the number of flights that Copa Airlines has between the Central American country and Argentina, Elcapitalfinanciero.com details that the airline operates a "... total of 51 weekly flights between the Hub of the Americas, in Panama City, and this South American country."
With a frequency of four times per week Copa Airlines has began operating a direct flight from Tocumen to the Canadian city of Montreal.
From a press release issued by Copa Airlines:
Copa Airlines, a member of the global airline network Star Alliance, began a nonstop service four times a week between Montreal and Panama on June 3, 2014, as part of its plans for a rapid expansion of the network this year.
Starting June Copa Airlines will offer direct flights from Panama City to Georgetown in Guyana, Fort Lauderdale in the U.S. and Montreal, Canada.
From a press release by Copa Airlines:
Copa Airlines, a subsidiary of Copa Holdings, SA (NYSE: CPA) has announced its growth plans for the first half of 2014, including the start of three (3) new direct flights from Panama to Montreal, Canada, Fort Lauderdale USA and Georgetown, Guyana, expanding its aircraft fleet and 10% growth in available seats.
To Valencia on December 1 and to Santa Cruz, Bolivia and Oranjestad in Aruba on December 15.
The executive president of Copa Airlines, Pedro Heilbron, said to the press that of the new destinations this will be their "first flight to Santa Cruz, Bolivia," on December 15 and it will be a direct connection between South and Central America.
Starting December, Copa Airlines will fly to Valencia in Venezuela, Oranjestad in Aruba and Santa Cruz in Bolivia.
Along with previously announced destinations of Port of Spain in Trinidad and Tobago, and Belo Horizonte in Brazil, the airline will end the year with five new destinations in its network.
Panama's Copa Airlines will inaugurate direct flights from Panama City to Belo Horizonte, Brazil on August 21.
Belo Horizonte will be Copa's 42nd destination and its fourth in Brazil, where it already flies to Rio, Sao Paulo and Manaus. Copa passengers from Mexico, the United States, Central American and the Caribbean, will be able to join the flights in Panama City without passing through Customs or Migration.