Copa’s livery looks amazing on the max 8 irl, and i’m sure it would look even better as a livery to be choosen in the sim! Let’s vote for it!
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From the archives: 3 April 2021:
Just like the Boeing 737, the Embraer 190 was also an airplane that enabled Copa Airlines to reached more markets that weren’t viable with the 737. The E190 was suited for cities that at that time didn’t have a lot of passenger traffic to/from Panama. But Copa Airlines was somewhat hesitant in acquiring the E190 at the beginning, the CEO recognized there were factors that hold them up, but finally in 2005, Copa Airlines received their first Embraer 190, becoming thus the first Latin American customer of the airplane.
The E190 was a valuable member of their fleet, but the retirement of the jet started after 2015, eventually all remaining aircraft were withdrawn from the fleet last year due to Covid-19 pandemic. Copa Airlines sold the remaining airplanes to Alliance Airlines from Australia.
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BRING THIS LIVERY (ten)
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Is such a shame that we got the wrong colors for the Copa e190. Although I am grateful that it was added
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From the archives: 3 April 2021
Meet Pedro Heilbron, the CEO and president of Copa Airlines. Since taking office in 1988, Mr. Heilbron has overseen many of the changes and decisions that made Copa Airlines a highly respected carrier: new state-of-the-art airplanes, destinations across the continent targeting underserved markets, implementing efficient business models, consolidating alliances with other carriers and airline alliances, and the listing of the company at the NYSE.
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From the archives: 17 March 2021
On June 2005, Copa Airlines purchased the Colombian airline AeroRepública, and soon after the Colombian airline was transformed in terms of brand, fleet and operations.
Five years later in 2010, AeroRepública was rebranded as Copa Airlines Colombia. Today the airline doesn’t operate anymore, in 2016 all their operations and fleet were transferred to a new LCC created by Copa Holdings S.A. called Wingo.
AeroRepública operated a fleet of DC-9s, MD-80s, E190s and when it was rebranded as Copa Airlines Colombia, it operated the 737-700s, as part of a fleet exchange program with their parent company.
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From the archives: 10 March 2021
As the airline continued with their expansion plans in the 1990s, Copa Airlines and Continental Airlines created a strategic alliance. Continental had 49% of Copa’s actions, later increasing it up to 51%. Following the alliance, a new brand and livery were created, due to the significant influence Continental had in the Panamanian carrier, and Copa also joined the OnePass frequent flyer program.
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From the archives: 12 March 2021
When the pandemic wreak havoc across the aviation industry, Copa Airlines was forced to reduce drastically their operations, cutting their productivity by 80%, but they eventually had no option but to shut down, because Panama was closing its borders to the rest of the world, as COVID-19 made its way through the country. The Hub of the Americas (PTY airport) was closed, their airplanes were all parked in the aprons, the employees were either laid off or asked to take their benefits and retire.
Copa Airlines tried to stay afloat by issuing a series of bonds to boost liquidity and selling older planes. Some months ago, the airline reopened again and started soon recovering from the millionaire losses and resumed flights to most of their destinations. They welcomed back passengers with a new safety video, displaying the culture, folklore and the wonderful landscapes of Panama, while always encouraging them to keep the current biosafety measures to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.
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From the archives: 19 March 2021
The early 1990s signaled the beginning of a new important well-put together network center, dubbed as the Hub of the Americas. Copa Airlines continued to expand during the decade by adding Buenos Aires, Havana, Guayaquil, Mexico City, Bogota, Lima and Caracas. Several alliances with other airlines like Continental, LACSA, TACA and Mexicana, enabled Copa to serve and reach underserved markets. Eventually, Tocumen Airport, their hub, quickly gained notoriety and relevance, playing a key role in Copa Airlines’ plans to connect Panama with the Americas, thanks to the country’s geographical position.
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From the archives: 15 April 2021
Copa Airlines has promoted and sponsored sports teams (mostly soccer) in the recent years. To celebrate and promote these sponsorships, the airline has painted a few aircraft. Below, the list of airplanes that currently promote or have promoted past sponsorships:
- HP-1534CMP: Panama National Soccer Team (FEPAFUT) livery.*
- HP-1846CMP: #FútbolRosario livery.*
- HP-1829CMP: São Paulo Futebol Clube livery.*
- HP-1831CMP:São Paulo Futebol Clube livery.*
- HP-1533CMP: Major League Baseball livery.*
( * = no longer using the special livery/painted back to the normal livery)
In a very significant and emotive event in 2018, HP-1534CMP was used to transport Panama’s national soccer team to New York City as part of the team’s voyage to Russia where they’d later debut in their first World Cup. We lost unfortunately, but we didn’t leave the competition without scoring our first goal in a World Cup tournament, which was received with immense celebration and joy by all Panamanians, and gained international coverage.
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From the archives: 28 April 2021
How Copa Airlines dealt with the Boeing 737 MAX groundings?
The excitement of flying a brand new airplane didn’t last very long for many companies that operate the MAX. After the accident of Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302, the safety of the airplane was seriously questioned, to the point that several aviation authorities and airlines started grounding the 737 MAX. Panama was one of the last countries to ban 737 MAX-operated flights, Copa had no option but to remove them from future schedules.
Copa Airlines’ intentions were to replace their older airplanes with the new MAXs, but the grounding forced to change plans and halt further retirements. To avoid massive flight cancellations and financial losses, Copa had to reduce a few frequencies to some destinations to have more airplanes available to mitigate the consequences, and even change some schedules, this also helped them to fix the on-time performance on some flights affected by the MAX groundings.
By the time of the worldwide groundings, Copa Airlines had on their fleet 6 737 MAX 9s. As Boeing kept buildings more 737 MAXs for flight testing, some 737 MAX 9s were also built and painted with the Copa livery, but obviously these were not delivered to the airline. Despite this, Copa remained committed to collaborate with Boeing in having the airplanes serviced while waiting for a definite solution to fix the MCAS.
When the 737 MAX received new certifications by the FAA and other aviation authorities, Panama started their own flight tests on a 737 MAX with the new fixes by Boeing, eventually receiving green light to restart operations. Copa Airlines became the first MAX operator in using the airplane for international routes from Panama City to San José in Costa Rica.
Now the airline is using the 737 MAX for flights to cities like Sao Paulo, Montevideo, Quito, Buenos Aires, San José, Punta Cana, Miami and Bogota.
Overall, Copa Airlines was able to navigate through the crisis well and maintained good income levels, even during the pandemic, the airline avoided at all costs the chances of going bankrupt and resumed flights shortly after the travel restrictions were lifted. Today, Copa Airlines operates 32 B737 MAX 9s and 3 B737 MAX 8s, and are deployed in several routes across the Americas.
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From the archives: 06 May 2021
Copa Airlines withdrew from all domestic routes in the 1970s to focus on international routes, leaving the domestic market to the smaller companies at the time like Aeroperlas. Eventually with the fall of Air Panama International, its re-emergence as Air Panama and the growth of Aeroperlas, the small towns and hard-to-reach areas remain connected with air travel, which proved to be instrumental as well for tourism and relief operations in case of disasters.
But at the beginning of the 2010s the Panamanian aviation panorama changed abruptly when Aeroperlas went out of business in 2012, after facing scrutiny from the Civil Aviation Authority for having severe maintenance issues with their fleet and the sharp drop of passenger numbers, although the management cited obsolete business model and market conditions as the reasons of the company’s closure. Air Panama remained as the sole airline to serve domestic routes until 2015 when Copa Airlines announced their return to the domestic market by re-launching their old route Panama City-David. This route would connect the airports of Tocumen and Enrique Malek in the town of David, near the border with Costa Rica.
This move annoyed Air Panama’s board of directors since they claimed the management of Copa Airlines is not made up fully by Panamanians, a requirement for carriers of Panama who want to operate domestic routes, they were also fearing aggressive and anti-competitive behavior. However, Copa Airlines made clear the airline is managed by a board made up by Panamanians, and that 8 of the 11 directors of Copa Holdings, the parent company, are Panamanians. Eventually, the Civil Aviation Authority ruled that Copa Airlines satisfied with all the requirements.
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Ohhh how I miss the E190s 😞🥺
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From the archives: 19 February 2021
A post that started a campaign to have the Copa Airlines livery in the 737-800 updated. It lasted a year but it was worth it, because we (not just me) managed to make it happen. A simple hashtag that became popular. Back then was #UpdateTheCopaLivery, now is #CopaMAX8Livery.
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From the archives: 10 March 2021
When Boeing introduced the split scimitar winglets in 2014, Copa Airlines was one of the first 737 operators to install them in their fleet of 737-800s. The first airplane to receive the new winglets was HP-1836CMP.
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From the archives: 19 March 2021
Copa Airlines first started flying international routes in the 1960s when they received the Lockheed L-188 Electra and the Hawker Siddeley HS 748. Their first international destinations were San José in Costa Rica, Barranquilla and Medellín in Colombia, and Kingston in Jamaica.
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I’m still hoping to see this livery in the next update!
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Copa Airlines’ Fleet History: An Overview of the Airline’s Past Fleet of Airplanes
When it started operations in 1947, Copa Airlines had a small fleet of Douglas DC-3 aircraft, operating domestic destinations in Panama.
Copa Airlines also operated the Curtiss C-46 Commando for a brief period of time, as well as Convair CV-240 and CV-340 aircraft, and the Martin 4-0-4.
During the 1960s and the 1970s, Copa Airlines expanded their fleet with the Lockheed L-188A Electra and the Hawker Siddeley HS 748, and started operating international flights.
In 1980 the airline takes a big step, and introduces their first jet airplane, a Boeing 737-100. During the decade they expanded the fleet with the Boeing 737-200 and the Boeing 727-200, which they operated for a short time.
The late 1990s saw Copa Airlines creating an alliance with Continental Airlines, a new livery, as well as the arrival of the Boeing 737-700.
The Boeing 737-800 arrives in 2003, adding more capacity. In 2012, the airline revises the letter font of their logo, and in 2014 started adding the split scimitar winglets to the 737-800s.
Copa Airlines became the first Latin American customer of the Embraer 190 in 2005, enabling the airline to operate smaller markets comfortably.
In 2018, the latest version of the Boeing 737 arrives to Panama; the Boeing 737 MAX 9. Five years later, the Boeing 737 MAX 8 arrives in the fleet.
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