Copa Airlines Announces Flights to Rio de Janeiro from Panama

Copa Airlines, a subsidiary of Copa Holdings announced this week the beginning of direct flights to the city of Rio de Janeiro, starting November 15.

“With the addition of flights to the city of Rio de Janeiro, Copa Airlines continues to strengthen its position in the region and the success of our Hub of the Americas, the main hub in Latin America for both business and leisure travelers,” said Jorge Garcia Icaza, Commercial Vice President of Copa Airlines.

The flight, to be operated five times a week with Boeing 737 Next Generation aircraft, will depart from Panama City at 7:11 p.m. and arrive in Rio de Janeiro at 4:02 a.m.

Copa Airlines offers service to other destinations in Brazil, including

twice-daily service to Sao Paulo and since July 2006, a daily direct flight to Manaus.

In addition to the new Brazilian destinations of Manaus and Rio, Copa began flights to four other cities in Latin America between July and August of this year: Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic; Maracaibo, Venezuela; San Pedro Sula, Honduras; and Montevideo, Uruguay.