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Copa Airlines announced the order for more aircraft Boeing 737 MAX and also, its growth plans that it estimates a 11% during 2023 compared to 2022.
Last 13 of April Cup made an official presentation by the CEO of the airline Pedro Heilbron, to which I was invited as the only Ecuadorian medium, in which the growth plans for the coming years were known and also about the company's important contribution to the Panamanian economy..
With the incorporation of three new routes and increased frequencies to various destinations, on 2023 it is estimated a 11% growth in passenger numbers compared to 2022, with this Copa Airlines It also plans to exceed the number of collaborators it had in mind. 2019 generating 520 new direct job positions in 2023.
Plus 737 MAX and growth
The presentation was made in front of Panamanian authorities, ambassadors, collaborators and press, with the aim of detailing the progress of the airline's recovery in the face of a panorama that was very complex at the worst moment of the pandemic, generating losses of more than $1000 million dollars for Copa.
Despite these negative numbers, The airline is very optimistic about the recovery and its growth plans demonstrate it.. This year they will open at least 6 new routes (three have already been announced) and some others that were suspended on 2020.
La principal estrategia viene de la mano de fortalecer su «Hub of the Americas» con nuevas rutas punto a punto a destinos poco explotados o que sus estudios demuestran una capacidad interesante de crecimiento. This in response to others hub and strategies that the competition is applying and that seek to eliminate the need to go through Panama to reach a destination.
But to do this, The airline needs more planes and trained personnel, thus, the airline announced the addition of more aircraft 737 MAX to your fleet to be received in the coming years.
More Boeing 737 MAX
As part of the announcements of plans to 2023, Copa Airlines confirmed the addition in recent years of 15 new model aircraft Boeing 737 MAX, an investment of 2.1 billions of dollars, to the order pending to receive. These aircraft are added to the original order signed in 2015 and pending deliveries are planned in the coming 5 years. For 2023, the airline estimates to receive six Boeing 737 MAX 9 additional, and achieve an active fleet of 99 aircraft (32 model B737 MAX 9, 58 model B737-800NG and 9 model B737-700NG).
Also talking about fleet, Copa also announced the renewal of the training fleet of the Latin American Aviation Academy – ALAS with the acquisition of eight new aircraft Diamond DA40/42, one of the most advanced training aircraft in the world for its technology and safety standards.
Together with ALAS, The airline will seek to hire an average of 90 pilots per year, which will require greater training capacity, For this reason, it will incorporate a fifth flight simulator for MAX aircraft and thus be able to reinforce the training of its pilots..
Finally at this point, The airline continues to promote the Academy of Aeronautical Technicians – ATA, in which since his training he has graduated 132 aviation mechanics and it has 110 active students, who will go directly to work in the different areas of maintenance of the company.
More destinations and connectivity
In the first semester of 2023 Copa Airlines will add three new destinations, Baltimore y Austin, in United States, and Manta, in Ecuador, to operate a total of 80 destinations in 33 countries of the American continent. The international connectivity operated by the Airline, greater than other hubs in the region, It is a competitive advantage of Panama that highlights the impact and strategic relevance of the Las Americas Hub in the country's economy. further, the unique connectivity of Panama It is an attraction for airlines from other regions of the world that complement their flights to the Central American country..
With the incorporation of new routes and increase in flight frequencies to various destinations, Copa Airlines love one 11% growth in passenger numbers compared to 2022. For the closing of 2023 plans to transport 16,1 million passengers, reaching an operation of 328 Daily flights, exceeding pre-pandemic levels, data that will be reinforced with the next announcements to restart routes that were suspended during the pandemic.
at this very point, we were able to interview again Pedro Heilbron, CEO of Cup regarding how the new route progresses City of Panama – Manta which starts at the end of June and this is what he told us about sales:
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Hello there.
How to know when Copa airline starts flying again to the city of Holguín. Cuba.
It would be of great help to the Eastern provinces, please, we need it..
Thank you
For now, there is no date, let's hope it's soon.
Excellent growth of Cup connections, I would like to know if they are planning to include flights to Holguin, Cuba in the coming months
Hi Armando, for now they have not communicated it, but they agreed to announce more routes during the year.