Video: Copa Airlines Turns 75 and Paints Aircraft in 1988 Colors in Celebration

Copa Airlines Turns 75 and Paints Aircraft in 1988 Colors in Celebration

 

Photo © Copa Airlines - Divulgação.

Copa Airlines (NYSE: CPA), subsidiary of Copa Holdings, S.A. celebrated its 75th anniversary on August 31 with the launch of a Boeing 737-800 NG aircraft, which recalls the image that the company had in the 1990s, a period that was characterized by the beginning of what would become the Hub of the Americas ® and for the expansion of the route network with the vision of connecting the Americas and making known the wonders of Panama.

 

“With this Boeing 737-800 NG painted in the colors that our fleet used in the early 1990s, we want to commemorate a key moment in our history, when we started what would later be called the Hub of the Americas® and the transformation of the Cup into the leading airline in the region. It is a history full of great commitments and achievements, but, above all, the great effort of our people to overcome all the challenges we encountered along the way and proudly carry the Panamanian flag over the skies of the Americas for 75 years”, commented Pedro Heilbron. , executive president of Copa Airlines.

 

The Boeing 737-800 NG, registration HP-1841 CMP (photo above), was painted at the Copa Airlines Maintenance Center located at Tocumen International Airport in Panama City. More than 30 people participated in the process, including aviation painters, designers and engineers, and it required a total of 2,500 man-hours over a period of more than 15 working days.

 

Watch the Video with images of the aircraft customization process:

 

After the unveiling event, the first flight attributed to the Boeing 737-800 NG with commemorative design was the CM808, carried out on August 31 on the Panama - New York route, United States. This aircraft will cross the skies of the continent on designated routes between more than 75 destinations in the 32 countries where Copa Airlines currently operates, continuing its history and remembering what the company's Boeing 737-200 fleet was like between 1988 and 1988. 2005.

 

The Road to Recovery

 

At the end of the first half of 2022, Copa Airlines closed with 88% of the seat capacity it had in the same period of 2019. According to the airline's projections, it is estimated that it will take between three and four years to recover the loss financial support during the pandemic in 2020. So far, 71 of the 80 routes that were pre-pandemic have been reactivated and six new routes have been incorporated: Armenia, Cúcuta and Santa Marta in Colombia; Barcelona, ​​Venezuela; Atlanta, United States; and Felipe Angeles Airport, in Mexico City.

 

Projections also indicate that Copa Airlines will continue to be one of the largest private sector employers in Panama. By the end of 2022, it expects to have more than 6,800 employees in its workforce and expects to close 2023 with 7,500 employees in Panama, 3% above the 2019 level.

 

By the end of 2022, the airline will have generated more than 1,300 new jobs in Panama, in various positions: cabin crew, pilots, operational personnel, aviation mechanic and administrative personnel. These contracts are supported by the efforts and investments that the company is making in the Latin American Aviation Academy (ALAS), the Aeronautical Technicians Academy (ATA) and the Cabin Crew Academy, created with the mission of training technical manpower Panamanian trained to the highest international standards in the industry.

 

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