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19 Facts About Copa Airlines

1.

Copa Airlines was founded in 1947 and it began domestic operations to three cities in Panama shortly afterwards.

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In 1998, Copa formed a partnership with Continental Airlines, adopting a new brand image and the OnePass frequent flyer program and later replaced by MileagePlus, which was replaced by ConnectMiles in July 2015.

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Turboprop aircraft operated by Copa Airlines included the Hawker Siddeley HS 748 and Lockheed L-188 Electra.

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In 1992 Copa Airlines signed a strategic alliance with TACA Airlines, and the airline began flying from Tocumen International Airport, making it the first flight connection center in Latin America.

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Since then, Copa Airlines has adopted a livery and corporate logo similar to Continental's .

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In 2000, Copa Airlines inaugurated service to Los Angeles, Cancun, and Orlando, as well as to Sao Paulo; in 2001, it began service to Quito, Ecuador.

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Copa Airlines announced in August of that year a codeshare agreement with Mexico's Mexicana de Aviacion, which lasted until 2007.

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8.

In 2006, Copa Airlines began service to six new destinations: Manaus, Brazil; Maracaibo, Venezuela;Montevideo, Uruguay; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; San Pedro Sula, Honduras; and Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic.

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In 2007, Copa Airlines added services to Cordoba, Argentina; Guadalajara, Mexico; Punta Cana, Dominican Republic; and Washington, D C Copa Airlines added four Embraer 190s and two Boeing 737s .

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10.

In 2009, Copa Airlines announced it would withdraw from SkyTeam on October 24, the same date that partner Continental Airlines left the alliance.

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In 2011, Copa Airlines began service to Toronto; Brasilia and Porto Alegre, Brazil; Chicago; Cucuta, Colombia; Montego Bay, Jamaica; Monterrey, Mexico and Asuncion, Paraguay; and Nassau, The Bahamas.

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12.

Copa Airlines increased flight frequencies to several destinations and inaugurated an interline agreement with Air Panama which consists of the linkage of all tourist destinations in Panama with those in Latin America.

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13.

In 2013, Copa Airlines increased the frequency to several destinations and included two new destinations in the United States: Boston and Tampa.

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14.

Aviation Partners Boeing announced on 10 October 2013, that Copa Airlines placed an order to retrofit some of its existing Boeing Next Generation 737s' blended winglets with APB's new split scimitar winglets, as part of its environmental strategy.

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Also, Copa Airlines announced new flights to Villahermosa and Puebla, Mexico; and New Orleans, United States.

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16.

In July 2015, Copa Airlines announced service to Belize City which began in December 2015.

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17.

Since its founding in 1947, Copa Airlines used several liveries during the update of its fleet from turboprops to jetliners.

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18.

Customers accrue miles from flight segments flown on Copa Airlines, United Airlines, and other Star Alliance member airlines.

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19.

In March 2015, Copa Airlines announced that it would phase out the MileagePlus program in favor of a new frequent flyer program called ConnectMiles.

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