All Copa Airlines articles
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Copa Q4 profit rises to $88.3m as demand for travel climbs
Copa Holdings, the parent of Panamanian flag carrier Copa Airlines, posted a fourth-quarter profit of $88.3 million as demand for air travel across the region rose.
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Copa third-quarter profit rises to $116 million
Copa Holdings, the parent company of Panama’s Copa Airlines posted stronger third-quarter earnings as passengers returned to air travel in greater numbers.
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Does recession threaten Latin American airlines’ hard-won successes?
Successfully navigating their airlines through Covid-19 was a major accomplishment, but Latin American CEOs remain wary of what lies ahead.
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Avianca, Copa, United to pursue joint venture pact under new conditions
Colombia’s Avianca, Panama’s Copa Airlines and United Airlines will still pursue a long-awaited a three-way joint venture agreement (JVA), even though the framework and market conditions have dramatically changed since the end of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Analysis
How leading Latin carriers are faring in return to pre-crisis levels
After the most challenging of two years, the recent earnings quarter for Latin American operators offered an altogether more positive picture.
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Copa Boeing 737-800 involved in runway excursion in Panama City
A Copa Airlines Boeing 737-800 with 166 people on board left the runway after landing in Panama City from Mexico City on 25 September.
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Copa Airlines boosts second-quarter revenue to $693m
Panama-based Copa Holdings, the parent of Copa Airlines, reported higher second-quarter profit and revenue amid a difficult operating environment.
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Copa touts business model in the face of Abra challenge
Copa Airlines is confident it can overcome challenges the new tie-up between Avianca and Gol will present in Latin America, though the deal does create uncertainty about Copa’s planned joint venture with Avianca and United Airlines, Copa’s chief executive says.
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Copa posts $20m profit in first quarter, warns of high jet fuel prices
Copa Holdings, the parent of Panama’s Copa Airlines, says the first quarter of 2022 was profitable, but higher jet fuel prices will weigh on earnings during the next few months.
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Copa posts Q4 profit but takes Omicron hit in Q1
Copa Holdings, the parent of Panama City-based Copa Airlines posted a profit for the fourth quarter of 2021, but says the Omicron variant of Covid-19 will negatively affect first-quarter earnings.
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Copa to restore entire network in 2022
Copa Holdings, parent of Panama’s Copa Airlines, expects to restore the carrier’s full network next year as more countries discard coronavirus-driven travel restrictions and vaccination rates across Latin America inspire customers to travel.
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In depth
Latin American airline CEOs reflect on the pandemic’s lessons learned
For airlines in Latin America, the coronavirus pandemic not only posed a sudden, monumental operational challenge, but also interrupted the region’s long overdue growth trajectory.
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ALTA elects LATAM CEO Alvo as next executive committee president
The Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) has elected LATAM Airlines’ chief executive Roberto Alvo to be the next president of its executive committee.
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Copa Airlines’ recovery depends on regional reopening
Panama’s Copa Airlines’ recovery depends in large part on factors it can’t control, including Latin American countries’ approaches to relaxing their pandemic-related travel restrictions.
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Analysis
Airline Strategy Awards signal return of international airline events
As Covid-19 travel restrictions are relaxed in some key airlines markets, the return of international in-person events is a growing trend – and an important one for an industry that would struggle if Zoom became the default setting for business networking.
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Copa posts small Q2 profit despite travel restrictions
Copa Holdings, parent of Panama’s Copa Airlines, achieved a small profit during the second quarter of 2021 as operations began to normalise following the long Covid-19-driven disruption.
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Copa posts first quarter loss, sees diverging trends in the Americas
Panama’s Copa Airlines is banking on its advantageous geographical position and extensive network to smaller cities across the Americas and the Caribbean to eventually pull itself out of the coronavirus-driven slump.
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Copa Q4 loss is $169m, as it operated 27% of capacity
Panama’s Copa Airlines posted a fourth quarter loss of $169 million as it was only able to operate 27% of the capacity it had operated in the same quarter a year prior, due to coronavirus-related travel restrictions.
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Copa wins Decade of Airline Excellence Award for Latin America region
Recipient of the Decade of Airline Excellence Award for the Latin America region, sponsored by Embraer.
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Copa struggles in Q3 amid travel restrictions
Panama’s Copa Airlines struggled during the third quarter as ongoing strict travel restrictions almost completely shut down the airline for the first 45 days of the period.