Copa Airlines begins the definitive retirement of its 14 Embraer 190 aircrafts
From this Friday, September 18, the airline Panamanian Copa Airlines launched the final withdrawal of its 14 aircraft model Embraer-190, due to the need to adjust the size of its fleet to reduced travel demand is expected for the following years, caused by the effects of the pandemic of COVID-19 in the airline industry and the economies of the region.
Copa details that today the first of these aircraft, with registration HP-1569, departed from the Tocumen International Airport, bound for San José, Costa Rica, where it will be delivered to pilots of the Alliance Airlines airline, who will take it to its final destination in Australia.
The total delivery of the fleet of 14 Embraer-190 aircraft sold to the Australian company Alliance Airlines, based in Brisbane, is expected to be completed by June 2021, marking the end of an era that allowed the growth of Copa airline and provided international connectivity, through the Hub of the Americas, to many cities on the continent that lacked it.
The Embraer-190 allowed us to bring quality international service to new cities that were not connected to the rest of the continent, providing them with greater opportunities for business development and tourism growth, he said in a statement.
It details that Copa Airlines became in 2005 the first airline in Latin America and the second in the world to integrate the modern Embraer 190 into its fleet, which marked a milestone in the airline's history.
Including this aircraft in our fleet was one of the most important decisions we have made, because it boosted our growth for 15 years and contributed to making Panama the best-connected country in the region, he highlights.
The total delivery of the fleet of 14 Embraer-190 aircraft sold to the Australian company Alliance Airlines, based in Brisbane, is expected to be completed by June 2021, marking the end of an era that allowed the growth of Copa airline and provided international connectivity, through the Hub of the Americas, to many cities on the continent that lacked it.
The Embraer-190 allowed us to bring quality international service to new cities that were not connected to the rest of the continent, providing them with greater opportunities for business development and tourism growth, he said in a statement.
It details that Copa Airlines became in 2005 the first airline in Latin America and the second in the world to integrate the modern Embraer 190 into its fleet, which marked a milestone in the airline's history.
Including this aircraft in our fleet was one of the most important decisions we have made, because it boosted our growth for 15 years and contributed to making Panama the best-connected country in the region, he highlights.