Copa Airlines started flights from Panama to Manta

arrivedó a 27 June 2023, día histórich for aviationóEcuadorian town in which it was carried outó the first direct flight of Copa Airlines Come in Panama Cityá and Manta.

After severalñthose of rumors, expectations and announcements, it finally came to fruitionó the long-awaited direct international route to the General Eloy Alfaro de Manta International Airport, destiny: Panamá.

There were many actors who got involved so that the long-awaited desire of the Province of Manabí, each key in their functions so that this is already a concrete fact, despite the doubts and skepticism that existedó I even made my publications about this new route.

The 27 last June was a día histórich for our aviationón for these reasons:

• open cupó your third destination in Ecuador (there are few países of the regionón who can say this)
• Ecuador already has three of its four international airports operating flights abroad.
• Manta has three airíairlines operating at your airport.
• first airíinternational airline that operates in the new terminal of Manta Airport.

Definitely, a big dífor our aviationón and today I bring you all the details of this first operationón. I was in Manta receiving the flight and soí was his arrival:

Copa Airlines startó flights to Manta

Copa Airlines inauguró your new destination, Manta, in Ecuador, convertedégoing in the única aerolínew in operating internationally to and from this city. With the acidón of Manta and its 3 weekly frequencies, the airíneed to beá present in 3 destinations within Ecuadorian territory, with 28 weekly frequencies to Quito and 35 weekly frequencies to Guayaquil (being able to go up to 80 weekly frequencies). Thus, consolidates itself as the best optionón to connect the primary and secondary regions of the país with the rest of the continent.

The flight has three weekly frequencies on Tuesdays, friday and sunday, with scheduled departure at 15:12 from Panamaá (local time) and arrival at the Eloy Alfaro de Manta International Airport at 17:27 (local time). The flight back to Manta isá scheduled at 18:18 in the same días, arriving in Panamaá at 20:30 (local time). The route is operated by aircraft Boeing 737-700 and offers a capacity of 12 passengers in Business Class and 112 passengers in Económica.

The opening of this destination consolidates the airlineíline as the one that best connects Manabí with international destinations, since the inhabitants of this province do not have to travel to other main cities such as Quito or Guayaquil, to connect with Américh and the Caribbean, which allows them to save time arriving at their destination with fast connectionsáheld, fáciles y cófashions, from 50 average minutes, a través of the Am Hubérich® on Panamá with checked baggage directly to your final destination, without going through customs or immigrationón during the connectionón.

With this new route, travelers to and from Manta will be ableán connect mainly to New York, Miami and Orlando in the United States, Bogotaá in Colombia and Ciudad de México, among others. With the implementationóManta Route No. – Panama Cityá and their connections, the airícompany plans to transport approximately 18.000 passengers during the first toñabout de operationón.

It should be noted, that the first flights had a restrictionón of sale due to the uncertainty of fuel supply, problem that was solved in the past 26 of June, so the arrival from Panamá contó with 100 passengers and return from Manta with 78 maiden travelers.

History of international flights in Manta

remembering history, Previously, there were already international operations at the Manta Airport, from cargo flights as wellén ch operationsárter de Ecuadorian from Aviación and even Saeta, and in éfew más recent las aerolídenies Laser and Avior made flights from Caracas and Barcelona towards this city.

We wish the greatest of ésuccesses to Copa Airlines in its new destination and we are sure that there will beán positive news for this route in the future.