San Francisco Airport welcomes additional flights to Panama on Copa Airlines

Dec 01, 2016: The San Francisco International Airport (SFO) welcomed additional Copa Airlines flights to Panama to meet increased travel demand. In early November, Panama-based airline added a second daily nonstop flight between SFO and Panama City, Panama. Copa, a member of the Star Alliance global airline network, launched nonstop daily service from SFO in […]

San Francisco Airport welcomes additional flights to Panama on Copa Airlines
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Dec 01, 2016: The San Francisco International Airport (SFO) welcomed additional Copa Airlines flights to Panama to meet increased travel demand. In early November, Panama-based airline added a second daily nonstop flight between SFO and Panama City, Panama.

Copa, a member of the Star Alliance global airline network, launched nonstop daily service from SFO in September 2015.

In March 2016, Mayor Lee led an economic trade mission to Brazil and Panama as part of the LatinSF initiative with the goal to strengthen business ties and relationships between San Francisco and Latin America. Lee was the first San Francisco mayor to officially visit the two countries. His visit to Panama City, led by the Office of Economic and Workforce Development, included a meeting with Copa Airlines chief executive officer Pedro Heilbron to discuss growth opportunities for SFO.

“Both San Francisco and Panama City represent global gateways for commerce, and this additional service only strengthens the growing bond between our two great cities,” said Mayor Lee.

“Panama shares a long history with San Francisco and we are very pleased at the response to Copa’s flight,” said Heilbron, CEO, Copa Airlines.

The new Copa flight, CM 383, departs SFO daily at 12:38 a.m., arriving at Copa’s Hub of the Americas in Tocumen International Airport in Panama at 10:54 a.m. Passengers can make convenient connections to destinations such as Lima, Peru; Rio and Sao Paulo, Brazil; Bogota, Colombia; San Jose, Costa Rica, among many other major cities in Latin America. The return flight, CM382, departs PTY at 6:17 p.m., arriving in SFO at 11:08 p.m. The new Copa flight complements Copa’s existing daily service, which departs SFO at 8:15 p.m.

SFO Airport Director Ivar C Satero also expressed his enthusiasm over the additional flights. “In addition to nonstop service to Panama, Copa offers SFO customers seamless connections to over 55 cities in Latin America. These additional flights clearly demonstrate the growing demand for travel between our two regions.”

LatinSF works to raise the profile of San Francisco throughout the Latin American region as well as help Latin American companies looking to expand and invest in San Francisco. LatinSF has recruited seven Latin American companies to San Francisco and continues to work with more than 30 additional companies who are exploring an expansion into San Francisco. Additionally, as a result of Mayor Lee’s economic development mission, several Brazilian businesses have visited San Francisco and other businesses and trade groups are now planning visits to explore investment and business opportunities and learn about San Francisco’s success in becoming a centre of innovation.

Copa Airlines and Copa Airlines Colombia, subsidiaries of Copa Holdings, are leading Latin American providers of passenger and cargo services. The airlines offer service to more than 70 destinations in 31 countries in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean.

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