Routes: Copa Airlines grows its Panama City hub further

by BA Staff

Already one of the world's fastest growing airlines, Central American Star Alliance carrier Copa Airlines is growing its hub at Panama City's Tocumen International Airport further this winter by increasing frequencies to several destinations.

San Jose (CR) - 8th daily flight introduced from 3rd October using Boeing 737-700 equipment, with schedule as below:

CM116 ~ PTY-SJO ~ D:1526  A:1546 ~ 73G ~ Daily
CM115 ~ SJO-PTY ~ D:1804 A:2020 ~ 73G ~ Daily

Kingston - service increases from 3x weekly to 4x weekly from 16th December on Embraer E190 equipment

Montego Bay - service increases from 4x weekly to 5x weekly on varied equipment from 11th December

Punta Cana - service increases from 25x weekly to 30x weekly from 14th December (up to 32x weekly from 1st February 2014)

St. Maarten - service increases from 2x weekly to 4x weekly using E190s from 12th December

Charlottetown - service increases from daily to 11x weekly

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Breaking: Alaska Airlines Group expands Horizon Air

Seattle based Alaska Airlines has announced new service via Horizon Air for the summer of 2012. All flights mentioned below will operate on Horizon's Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 equipment.

They are adding "daily nonstop service from San Diego to Monterey and Santa Rosa, and twice-daily service to Fresno. Two daily flights between San Jose and Reno are also being added as well as a third daily summer flight between Los Angeles and Santa Rosa."

In order to support the Santa Rosa-San Diego service, Horizon will be dropping current service on Las Vegas- Santa Rosa.

Flight Schedules are as follow:

San Diego-Fresno flights:
Start Date City Pair Departs Arrives Frequency
June 4 San Diego-Fresno 9:15 a.m. 10:50 a.m. Daily
June 4 San Diego-Fresno 8:45 p.m. 10:20 p.m. Daily
June 4 Fresno-San Diego 7:15 a.m. 8:42 a.m. Daily
June 4 Fresno-San Diego 6:45 p.m. 8:12 p.m. Daily

San Diego-Monterey flights:
Start Date City Pair Departs Arrives Frequency
June 4 San Diego-Monterey 6:55 p.m. 8:37 p.m. Daily
June 5 Monterey-San Diego 7:30 a.m. 9:12 a.m. Daily

San Diego-Santa Rosa flights:
Start Date City Pair Departs Arrives Frequency
June 5 San Diego-Santa Rosa 9:45 a.m. 11:50 a.m. Daily
June 4 Santa Rosa-San Diego 4:25 p.m. 6:22 p.m. Daily

San Jose-Reno flights:
Start Date City Pair Departs Arrives Frequency
June 5 Reno-San Jose 6 a.m. 7:08 a.m. Daily
June 4 Reno-San Jose 2:15 p.m. 3:23 p.m. Daily
June 4 San Jose-Reno 11:55 a.m. 1 p.m. Daily
June 4 San Jose-Reno 10:20 p.m. 11:25 p.m. Daily

Summary of seasonal Santa Rosa-Los Angeles service:
Start Date City Pair Departs Arrives Frequency
June 4 Santa Rosa-Los Angeles 1:35 p.m. 3:09 p.m. Sun, Mon, Thu, Fri
June 4 Los Angeles-Santa Rosa 11:30 a.m. 1:04 p.m. Sun, Mon, Thu, Fri

*All times based on local time zones

Service will be confirmed with link to official press release as soon as possible

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