Copa Slow Growth Continues...BWI - PTY

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Copa Airlines’ new service to Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) gives Baltimore-originating passengers significantly more access to Latin America via connections at Panama City’s Tocumen International Airport (PTY), according to BWI’s top official.
“BWI Marshall has a growing international presence, after a Copa Boeing 737-800 landed at BWI on June 28, inaugurating the Panamanian flag-carrier’s 4X-weekly PTY-BWI service. “Service with Copa Airlines to Panama City gives us expanded connections to the rest of Latin America, which is what's needed for this community. It opens up opportunities for tourism, for business and commerce, [and] for leisure travel, so we're excited about it.”
BWI has limited nonstop connections to Latin America, and PTY is now the most southern airport served from the Maryland airport.
According to Copa Chief Commercial Officer Dennis Cary, who arrived at BWI aboard the 737-800, flights in both directions were full on June 28 and bookings on the route have been strong so far.