Copa Airlines Announces New Services to Latin America, the Caribbean

Copa Airlines, a subsidiary of Copa Holdings, S.A. announced this week that it will begin direct flights to Maracaibo, Venezuela with six flights a week, starting July 24.

Maracaibo is Venezuela´s second largest city and the capital of the state of Zulia, the most important oil-producing state.

This year, the company will also be initiating flight service to

Manaus, Brazil, and Santiago de los Caballeros in the Dominican Republic on July 15; to San Pedro Sula, Honduras, on July 24; to Montevideo, Uruguay, on August 15; and in the last quarter of the year, to Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago.

“We are pleased to offer our passengers six new destinations and are

moving forward with our plans for the airline´s growth in the region,” said Jorge Garcia, Commercial Vice President of Copa Airlines.

“Passengers will be able to continue making their connections quickly and efficiently to numerous destinations serviced by Copa in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean through our Hub of the Americas in Panama,” he added.

Copa Airlines is one of the leading passenger airlines in Latin America. Operating from its strategic location at the Hub of the Americas in the Republic of Panama, Copa currently offers approximately 92 daily scheduled flights to 30 destinations in 20 countries in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean.