AeroRepublica Boosts Panama Service

AeroRepublica Airlines has announced it will begin nonstop daily service from Bogota to Panama on August 3, 2006.

“With this flight and two additional code-share flights with Copa Airlines, we will jointly offer the best schedules and most frequencies between both cities,” commented Roberto Junguito, President of AeroRepublica.

“With daily service between Bogota and Panama, AeroRepublica expects to cover the growing need of business and leisure travelers, which has increased by approximately 20 percent in the last three years due to favorable business conditions between both countries,” Mr. Junguito went on to say.

The alliance between AeroRepublica and Copa Airlines will enable more intra-regional international connectivity for Colombian passengers, who will be able to benefit from code-share agreements between both airlines and connect through Panama with the most important business centers in Central America and the Caribbean.

“As we envisioned, Copa Airlines´ Hub of the America´s in Panama is becoming AeroRepublica´s connecting center for passengers who travel in the Region. AeroRepublica´s passengers will gain more access to one of the most complete intra-Latin America networks,” added Pedro Heilbron, CEO of Copa Holdings.