After protracted negotiations Copa and Avianca finally joined the Star Alliance. It’s been a long process as the Star Alliance still had hopes of maintaining Tam in the Alliance (with the integration of Tam and Lan that prospect is now gone). The inexplicable fact is that Avianca Brasil hasn’t joined neither the Alliance nor Avianca/Copa’s […]
The expansion of Copa continues and so does its investment on Brazil. The airline has announced that starting June 2012 it will fly from its hub in Panama City to Recife, Las Vegas, Curaçao and Liberia. The flight to Recife begins on 23 June 2012 and it will have four weekly frequencies. Recife becomes the […]
Copa Airlines, Panama’s flag carrier, is announcing a new direct flight from Belo Horizonte to Panamá City, allowing for a range of connections to other Central American and North American connections. The flight will begin on 15 December and will be operated on a Boeing 737-700 Next Generation, with a capacity of up to 124 […]
Copa Airlines, currently operating a daily flight between Rio de Janeiro and Panama City, is introducing five new weekly frequencies on the route. The airline will use a B737-300 with departures from Rio on Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. The total number of flights Copa will be operating from Rio de Janeiro to Panama […]
Copa Airlines has promotional launching fares for its Porto Alegre to Panama flight. Flights begin on 15 June. The Porto Alegre flight departs at 10:32 and lands in Panama City at 06:50. The Panama City flight takes off at 15:24 and lands in Porto Alegre at 00:27. As well as a fantastic fare to Toronto […]
Panama’s airline Copa has promotional fares (not officially announced yet) to fly from Brazil to Peru with a stopover in Panama City. There are fares (LPRT30) from US$175 (about US$278 once the airport tax is added) departing from São Paulo. For departures from Rio de Janeiro or Belo Horizonte the fares are more expensive. Maximum […]
Back in October we had announced the launch of Copa Airlines direct flight from Porto Alegre to Panama City. Due to technical limitations at Porto Alegre’s Salgado Filho airport the launch of the new route had to be postponed from its initial date of mid December. Copa is now relaunching the flight on 15 June […]
Several articles on the Internet point to a new Star Alliance strategy for Latin America. Part of that strategy involves the entry into the alliance of airlines Avianca/Taca and Copa. As a result of this move, Tam (still to be known as Lan Brasil in a not too distant future) would be virtually out of […]
Panama’s Copa Airlines currently flies to São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte and Manaos. On 15 December it will add a new Brazilian destination to its list, with a daily Porto Alegre to Panama City flight. The flight will depart from Porto Alegre at 04:37 and will land in Panama City at 10:14. A […]
Copa is offering excellent deals for purchases made up until 4 May. There are flights from São Paulo to Bogotá from 350 USD (all prices taxes excluded), to San José from 486 USD and to Havana from 677 USD. Also, for purchases up until 20 May, there are flights from São Paulo to Quito and […]
Qatar Airways offering 25% discount
Qatar Airways, the best airline in the world according to the Skytrax index, is running a promotion on its website offering up to 25% of all-inclusive fares. The promotion is valid only for purchases made until 19 April. It involves both economomy and business class and flights between 20 April and 6 June. We ran […]
Singapore Airlines with special fares to fly from Brazil to Spain
Singapore Airlines has special fares for its flights from Brazil to Spain during the month of October 2011. Purchases must be made between 5 and 18 September. You can fly from São Paulo to Barcelona from USD 808 (taxes not included). If you can’t find the fares, get hold of a travel agent conversant with […]
Tam selling tickets for its new Mexico City flight, from USD830
Tam is selling tickets for its newest international destination, Mexico City. There are fares from USD830 (tariff QYGYTMX, taxes not included). They can be purchased through a travel agent, as the airline hasn’t made those fares available through its website yet. The return flight must be completed within 30 days. Penalty for cancellation is USD200 […]
