Since March 2026, the airínea Copa Airlines hairá permanent increase in 7 weekly frequencies between Panamá and Manta, after less than 3 añflights.
Copa Airlines has published a significant increase in the frequency of its direct flights between the Tocumen International Airport (PTY) in Panama Cityá and the Eloy Alfaro International Airport (GUY) on Manta, Ecuador.
This progressive increase will culminateá en la operationón of seven (7) weekly frequencies (a daily flight) from 7 march 2026, establishing a connectionón permanent and robust between these two important cities.
Cup with 7 flights to Manta
Obviously, the bet of Cup is to operate a daily flight to Manta permanently throughout theñO, but this will beá subject to market demand conditions, if it goes down, frequencies go downán.
The daily flight on this route is not new and has already been reportedé a few weeks ago when the route passed for the first timeó the six frequencies and thenés seven in peak travel season July and September, but this time, the flights areán charged daily for the entire 2026.
For what remains of thisño and january, to maintainán 4 frequencies, while in February it will beán 6 flights between both cities, arriving at seven since March.
Panama Routeá-Manta one étotal success
To understand the relevance of this news, It is crucial to review the history of the route and cómo has grown:
- Launch (June of 2023): Copa Airlines startó its operations in Manta on 27 June 2023, marking a milestone by establishing the city as the third destination of the airlineínea in Ecuador, afterés of Quito and Guayaquil. The route beganó with three (3) weekly frequencies.
- First Increment (December of 2023): Due to theógood market reception, just six months laterés of its launch, the airísnow riseó the frequency to four (4) weekly flights, evidencing positive performance during the first months of operationón.
- Más increments: since the inaugurationón and thanks to the positive results, The frequencies have been increasing gradually and much moreás ráI ask for what is expected, reaching the 6 flights during 2025.
¿Becauseé I say it is a ésuccess? If we review the úlast routes that the airlineínea has opened since 2023, one of myás ráI ask for growth without a doubt it has been Blanket, that if we compare for example, with Chiclayo, la evolutionón and profitability of the route is notorious.
Schedules
Daily flights operateán at the same hours that they have been operating since their inaugurationón, which are:
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- CM706 takes off from Panamaá at 03:23 pm and lands in Manta at 05:25 pm with a durationón of 2 hours and 2 minutes.
- CM707 takes off from Manta at 06:23 PM and land back in Panamá at 08:23 pm with a durationón of 2 hours.
¿El siguiente paso bajo mi visión y en vista de los resultados actuales? Yo diría que es consolidar los 7 weekly flights and from thereí, start operating with two daily flights in some daysíace of the week to offer new connections and better schedules connecting in the Am Hubérich.
