- Copa Airlines celebrates 70 añthose of constantly evolving historyón and growth, in which it happenedó to connect two cities in Panamaá to consolidate itself as one of the airlinesíneas más important of
América. - From your Am Hubérich, located in Panamaá and founded ago 25 años, Copa Airlines connects
to an extensive network of 75 destinations in 31 países in North, Central and South Américh and the Caribbean, strengthening Panama's roleá how do you stratélogic and líconnectivity and logíregional stic. - On 70 añCopa Airlines has achieved very important achievements that have positioned it as a benchmark in the aviation industry.óworld leader in punctuality and service.
Copa Airlines, subsidiary of Copa Holdings, S. A. {NYSE: CPA}, and member of the global Aerol networkíneas Star Alliance, celebró 70 añhistory within the framework of a special event held in its Maintenance Hangar, in which it was rememberedó cómo in 1947 a group of Panamaniansñthe entrepreneurs and with visionón of future, joined Pan Am to found Copa Airlines, what to startíto sun servicesésticos connecting to the Panamanian capitalñwith two local cities.
Hoy, 70 añundress themés, Copa Airlines serves the route network más complete by Américh latina, connecting a total of 75 destinations in 31 países throughout the American Continent. This continued growth has been possible, to a large degree, thanks to the effectiveness of the Am Hubérich, that has turned the Tocumen International Airport into the connection center líthere an Américh Latina and strengthened the role of Panamaá how do you stratéconnectivity logic, logíethics and continental trade.
“seven days agoéEveryone thinks that Panama Cityá will becomeía in the city más connected to the American continent and that Cup will beíto a reference in the aviation industryón, parecían sueñyou are very far away. Hoy, with great pride, I can say that thanks to people who marked the way for us, to the trust of our customers and partners and, of course, to our thousands of collaborators, Copa Airlines has changed the way of flying in Américh latina”, I knowñaló Pedro Heilbron, Executive President of Copa Airlines.
The growth of Copa Airlines during these 70 años, spaghettién has occurred thanks to important alliances that have allowed us to strengthen the airline's product and business model.ínea panamaña. The más important of them occurred in 1998 when it was signedó the alliance with Continental Airlines (hoy, United Airlines). Con Continental, Copa made a breakthrough in technologyía, business processes, operative, maintenance, in other aspects. This alliance was decisive for the departure of Aerolínea to the stock market, and Wall Street, at the end of 2005, when Continental soldó are participationóshareholding.
On 2005, Copa took an important step in its internationalization processón with the acquisitionón of the aerolínea colombiana AeroRepública S.A, now Colombian Cup. Other important steps in your expansionón they happened in June 2012, when the Aerolínea pasó to form part of Star Alliance, the air networkíneas más important in the world, and the 2015, when his fleet totaledó 100 aircraft, was awarded as “The second airínea más punctual in the world” by OAG and was ratifiedó like the first in Américh Latina according to Flightstats and how the “Best Aerolínea de Centroamérich and the Caribbean” and “Aerolínea with the Best Cabin and Airport Staff in Centroamérich and the Caribbean” according to skytrax.
As for its modern fleet, that today adds up 101 aircraft, Copa Airlines, from august 2018 beginá to receive the first planes 737 MAX 9, out of a total of 71 aircraft 737 MAX 8, 9 and 10. Spaghettién, on 2018, to enterá an operationón Terminal B of the Tocumen International Airport, expanding current capacity to 54 contact boarding gates and 12 remote, así What, new immigration facilitiesón, customs and other services to strengthenán the travel experience in Tocumen.
Heilbron finalizó are interventionsón highlighting that in Copa Airlines “We will continue working and focused on connecting Am better and better.érica, for whomáfamilies stay together, people enjoy the wonders of the regionón, Panamá and the communities where we operate develop, businesses and professionals prosper and human beings benefit”, concluyó.
The event continuesó with the presence of authorities, guilds, collaborators, suppliers and mediaón, who alsoéThey witnessed the unveilingón of a grandfatherón Boeing 737-800 NG commemorative of the 70 añthose of Copa Airlines, that from today onwardsá through the skies of Américh carrying the message in her fuselage “Connecting América” and a designño emblemáattic of the 70 añpainted on the tail of the aircraft.
