Copa Airlines Reports 87.5 Percent On-Time Performance for 2008

Copa Airlines registered an on-time performance of 87.5 percent for its flights in 2008, as well as a flight-completion factor of 99.6 percent.

The airline measures on-time performance according to international aviation-industry standards.

Copa Airlines maintains one of the best on-time performance records in the aviation industry. Skytrax, the well-known independent aviation-research company, selected Copa “Best Airline in Central America and the Caribbean” in 2008.

Copa Holdings, through its Copa Airlines and Aero Republica operating subsidiaries, is a leading Latin American provider of passenger and cargo service. Copa Airlines currently offers 144 daily scheduled flights to 45 destinations in 24 countries in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean through its Hub of the Americas based in Panama City, Panama.