Copa begins G’town-Panama flights

By Stabroek News On In Guyana News |
We’re here: Copa Airlines’ inaugural flight to Guyana touched down at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri yesterday afternoon. Among the first passengers to disembark the plane was Geeta Maria Persaud, who carried the Golden Arrowhead as a tribute to her Guyanese father, Captain Krish Persaud, who was responsible for the training of over 60% of the pilots that operate the fleet of aircrafts flying under the Copa brand. (Arian Browne photo)
We’re here: Copa Airlines’ inaugural flight to Guyana touched down at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri yesterday afternoon. Among the first passengers to disembark the plane was Geeta Maria Persaud, who carried the Golden Arrowhead as a tribute to her Guyanese father, Captain Krish Persaud, who was responsible for the training of over 60% of the pilots that operate the fleet of aircrafts flying under the Copa brand. (Arian Browne photo)

Guyanese now have access to more than 66 destinations with the launch of Copa Airline’s non-stop service between Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) and the airline’s Hub of the Americas in Panama.

The airline began its service, scheduled for twice a week, yesterday and expressed optimism at the partnership. “We are happy to be at the start of a new and promising partnership and we want to assure that we are going to be here for the long haul,” regional sales manager for Copa Airlines Diego Bermudez said in a press statement issued by the company.

The statement went on to say that the new flight will expand connectivity for Guyanese throughout Central, South and North America and the