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Copa Airlines announces its third destination in Ecuador, will have flights between the City of Panama (Tocumen) and Manta.
Al fin, the Manta Eloy Alfaro International Airport will have the long-awaited international flights again operating at its terminal.
The main airline of Panama will connect its third destination in Ecuador with weekly flights to the city of Manta, that a few weeks ago inaugurated the ten awaited new terminal, where its old terminal was destroyed during the earthquake of 2016 in Manabí and that operated until then in a provisional terminal.
Copa will have flights between Panama and Manta
Again, this international airport will have connections abroad. remembering, the last international flights that operated here are Avior the 2016, airport where they also operated Laser and Aeropostal under charter flight modality in the most recent years.
Now, Copa Airlines flights will operate regularly from next 27 June 2023, operation that will take place at the following times:
- Flight CM706 takes off from Tocumen at 15:10 hours and lands in Manta at 17:28 hours with a duration of 2 hours and 18 direct flight minutes.
- Flight CM707 takes off from Manta at 18:18 hours and lands back in Panama at 20:30 hours with a duration of 2 hours and 12 direct flight minutes.
The flights will operate on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays at the times indicated above and allow connecting with the flight strip mainly to New York, Miami. These are already on sale on the Copa website.
these flights, initially, will be operated by aircraft Boeing 737-700 with capacity for 126 passengers (12 in business and 114 in Economics) and if a favorable demand is presented, it could also be operated by the models -800 and MAX 9 with greater capacity.
This new Copa destination joins the 86 destinations of the airline throughout America that operates from its Hub of the Americas, as the main hub of the region, which will open the doors for tourists with destination Manta, as well as manabitas that will have a wide range of international destinations without having to travel to Quito O Guayaquil, making your travel experience faster and more accessible.
With 217.553 population, the canton of Manta It is the seventh most populous in the Ecuador, adding in the entire province of Manabí more than 1 one million three hundred thousand potential users of these flights.
With Cup, there will be three airlines operating here, joining LATAM Ecuador and Avianca Ecuador, both operating domestic flights to Quito.
Briefly, we talked with Pedro Heilbron, CEO of the airline about this new route and this is what he told us:
We wish many successes to Copa Airlines at your destination 87 in your network and that these initial frequencies are multiplied in now third Ecuadorian airport receiving regular international passenger flights.
don nicholas, I am a Copa passenger with a Presidential category which I am going to lose, Since I can't fly the route to LAX with you anymore, because I start in David and I have to wait 9 time to continue. Traveling from Ezeiza 5 hours for the connection to David. this is crazy and sadly i will stop using the company.
Hi leandro, Thanks for your comment. Okay, Copa is not my airline, I only inform about this news. What do you mean David?? The airport?
Excellent initiative of the central government and the GAD of Manta for this flattering news that will benefit many Manabitas to have this route to Panama and connections, out centralism guayaco and serranos
It's good news, I don't understand what centralism has to do with it, but thanks for your comment.
Good news so I can go out and enjoy the country of Panama
And to many other destinations!
Hello there
We request reopening of flights between Ecuador and Holguín Cuba please.
don't torture us anymore.
It is an emergency in the Eastern zone 🙏
hello velma, Ecuador to Cuba direct there have been no flights for many years.
Thanks for the info Nicholas.. Manta the third destination of Copa Airlines, very positive without a doubt but what happened to Cuenca? At first instance there would be more demand from the Ecuadorian austro, people who would rather go to Cuenca and take a connecting flight than go to Guayaquil or Quito…
Cuenca your problem is the restriction of the track length.
WOW how great that Manta has those flights, I long for the day that this happens to Cuenca, Meanwhile, seeing the great reactivation of this airport is great, It is a very nice airport and province
Hi Joaquin, Unfortunately, the length of the Cuenca track harms this type of initiative, otherwise, they would have flights long ago.
AS ECUADORIANS WE ARE VERY PLEASED WITH THIS NEW NEWS FROM COPA AIRLINE TO THE AGREEMENT THAT HAS ARRIVED TO RESOLVE THIS DILEMMA AND WHICH WILL ALSO BE VERY PROSPEROUS FOR PANAMANIAN AIRLINE WHERE THE ECUADORIAN TAX PROPOSED WILL RECEIVE ITS PROFITS AND THE CITY OF MANTA THE PUBLIC IS VERY HAPPY AND WE ARE A MARRIAGE AND WE ARE ALSO CLIENTS OF COPA AND WE USE ITS SERVICES FOR MANY YEARS TRAVELING WE ARE REGULAR TRAVELERS 1/26/23
Thanks for your comment.
This is very good, it was a while ago that I had this connational flight from New York to Manta. I hope it will be very soon. I congratulate you
You can fly to New York via Panama with a short connection time.
until it was given , Hopefully the prices are not outrageous and allow us to go shopping or take a trip to Panama, which has an immense variety in the outlets in Panama City or Colon, as well as beautiful beaches , The tour operators must get their act together and the manabas must not let them die. This route is ours, we must support it. .
The prices vary, That's why I recommend listing on the website, although I'm sure there will be promotions.
incredible news! With this international connection, the opportunity of more national flights to Manta can be opened? To say from Cuenca or from Guayaquil to connect in another way. If Equ Air wanted to fly to Manta.
Could be a possibility in the medium term, but they don't necessarily come hand in hand.