Copa Airlines Announces New Daily Flight Between Panama City and Tegucigalpa, Honduras.Business Editors/Travel Writers PANAMA CITY Panama City, city (1990 pop. 34,378), seat of Bay co., NW Fla., on St. Andrews Bay; inc. 1909. A Gulf Coast resort with amusement parks and excellent fishing, it is also a port of entry. The city's industries produce paper, clothing, and chemicals. , Panama--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 22, 2003 Copa Airlines announced today that it will offer daily flights between Tegucigalpa, Honduras and Panama City, Panama, beginning June 1. The new route, which was added because of rising consumer demand, demonstrates Copa's policy of contributing to the development of the Central American Central America A region of southern North America extending from the southern border of Mexico to the northern border of Colombia. It separates the Caribbean Sea from the Pacific Ocean and is linked to South America by the Isthmus of Panama. region, according to airline officials. U.S.-based customers can fly nonstop from Los Angeles and Miami to Copa's Hub of the Americas in Panama City, where they can make convenient connections for the Tegucigalpa flight. The new flight will leave Panama City at 10:30 a.m., and will arrive in Tegucigalpa at 12:31 p.m. The return flight leaves Tegucigalpa at 2:00 p.m., and arrives in Panama at 6:05 p.m. "This new flight adds to Copa Airlines' already strong presence in Central America," said Jorge Garcia, Commercial Vice President of Copa Airlines. "We expect this new flight to be a great convenience to our Honduran passengers, since they will be able to make connections at the 'Hub of the Americas' in Panama to more than 29 destinations in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean." Copa Airlines has a strategic alliance with Continental Airlines that includes participation in the award-winning OnePass frequent flyer frequent flyer Hospital practice A popular term for a Pt who is regularly admitted to a particular ER or health care facility, for various reasons program. Members of OnePass can accumulate miles with Copa or Continental, and can redeem miles for tickets, upgrades or merchandise. With more than 55 years of experience, Copa Airlines (copaair.com) flies to 29 destinations in 19 countries in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. In November 2002, PODER PODER People Organized to Demand Environmental and Economic Rights (San Francisco, CA) Magazine, Booz, Allen & Hamilton and Egon Zehnder International Egon Zehnder International is a leading global executive search firm. It was founded in 1964 by Egon Zehnder. History Realizing that the only way to overcome the resistance encountered by executive search in Europe was to adopt an entirely professional approach marked by gave Copa the "Best Regionalization regionalization Managed care The subdivision of a broadly available service–eg, a blood bank, into quasi-autonomous regional centers, capable of making decisions and providing more cost-effective and/or faster service to hospitals and health care facilities, in Latin America" award for its "successful development of its hub in Panama, which contributes to the continuous development of Latin America." In December of that same year, the Central American Tourism Federation gave Copa Airlines the "Turismo Sin Fronteras" (Tourism Without Borders) award for their efforts and projects for Central American unity. From its base at Tocumen International Airport Tocumen International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Tocumen) (IATA: PTY, ICAO: MPTO) is an international airport located 15 miles (24 km) from Panamá City, Panamá. in Panama City, Copa Airlines operates the Hub of the Americas, one of the most efficient and successful hubs in Latin America. In 2003, the airline expects to transport 1.3 million passengers. |
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