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The new cargo division, Air Cargo Cup has requested to have regular flights from Panama to Quito via Lima, Santo Domingo and Bogota. Photo by Joseph Arauz
new today, but it won't be the first time Copa Airlines have exclusive planes for cargo transport, when years ago it had a fleet of Boeing 737-200 For this end.
Now under a new vision and in view of the great growth that the air cargo is having worldwide, the main Panamanian airline does not want to miss this opportunity to offer and expand its services in this segment.
Air Cargo Cup
Initially with two Boeing 737-800 converted from passengers to cargo, Copa Airlines will return to the exclusive cargo segment after more than 20 years, in fact, the first of these planes should be close to operating after the work carried out at the conversion center in Guangzhou.
It's about the Boeing 737-800 HP-1522WWP that is currently in Panama carrying out verification flights and respective tests prior to the start of its operations. This plane arrived at the airline 19 years and from the Hub of the Americas the company will be able to have a wide distribution and reach towards the main export markets of the region.
The official launch of the brand and image of this division of Copa Airlines is still awaited, but as we can see in the main image of this post, the word charge will be in the queue, keeping the rest of the fuselage very similar to the Copa paint.
Flights to Ecuador, Peru, Colombia and the Dominican Republic
Among the first destinations that the division will have confirmed flights to Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Dominican Republic, this thanks to the request filed with the Ecuadorian authority to obtain the operating permit for the exclusive international regular cargo transport service on the following routes and frequencies:
- Panama — Lima — Quito — Panama, up to three (3) weekly frequencies. with third party rights, fourth and fifth freedoms of the air.
- Panama — Santo Domingo — Bogota — Quito — Panama, up to three (3) weekly frequencies. with third party rights, fourth and fifth freedoms of the air.
Type and class of aircraft: The airline, will use in its service flight equipment consisting of aircraft: From the entire family of Boeing aircraft 737, included without limitation, Boeing 737-700; Boeing 737-800; and, Boeing 737-900, company-owned.
The main operations and maintenance base will be located at the Tocumen International Airport, from Panama City.
We will continue to update this information based on new data that becomes available..
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I did not know this new division, very interesting, I hope it goes very well, I was wondering if you could talk about the new Conviasa A340-600, I find it interesting that they use 3 variants of the mythical A340 except the -500 which is my favorite 😢
It's a good theme, I had thought about it, but do not specify, let me see what can be done.