Posted: Thursday, December 8, 2016. 6:08 p.m. CST.
By BBN Staff: Today, December 8th marks the one year anniversary of Copa Airlines flying to and from Belize.
Last year on December 8, 2015 Copa began offering direct flights from Belize City to Panama City, Panama connecting with other destinations throughout the American continent.
The flight between Belize and Panama is timed for convenient connections to Sao Paulo, Brazil; San Jose, Costa Rica; Bogotá, Cartagena and Medellin, Colombia; Santiago, Chile; Quito and Guayaquil, Ecuador; Managua, Nicaragua; Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago; Havana, Cuba; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; and Lima, Peru.
Connecting passengers also do not have to make immigration or customs stops and baggage is checked to the final destination.
Copa flight CM 281 departs Belize City twice weekly on Tuesdays and Fridays at 2:07 p.m., arriving at the Hub of the Americas at Tocumen International Airport in Panama City at 5:23 p.m.
The Panama-Belize flight, CM 280, departs Panama on Tuesdays and Fridays at 11:27 a.m., arriving in Belize at 12:49 p.m.
All itineraries are local and the flight time is approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes.
For the past two consecutive years, FlightStats has recognized Copa Airlines as the “Best Airline in Latin America ” for its on-time performance and quality of service.
Today Copa says thank you Belize!
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