Copa Airlines to connect Los Cabos with 20+ Latin American cities via Panama hub

Copa Airlines, Panama’s flagship carrier, announced it volition motorboat the first-ever nonstop formation betwixt Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, and Central America via its hub successful Panama City, a determination expected to vastly summation visitant entree to the peninsula edifice mecca by non-U.S. and non-Mexican tourists.

The flights volition statesman Dec. 4, 2025 with 3 frequencies, connected Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays. They volition depart from Tocumen International Airport (PTY) successful Panama astatine 9:09 a.m. section clip and get astatine Los Cabos International Airport (SJD), operated with a Boeing 737-800. The instrumentality flights permission SJD astatine 1:33 p.m., and get astatine PTY astatine 8:30 p.m. section time.

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Though the caller way is to Panama City only, PTY is simply a planetary hub — what Copa Airlines calls the “Hub of the Americas” — and truthful facilitates connections to much than 20 destinations successful Central and South America, boosting tourism. That’s due to the fact that the caller transportation with Los Cabos eliminates the request for stopovers successful Mexico City oregon the United States, allowing for a much businesslike and nonstop acquisition for Latin American travelers.

Pedro Heilbron, CEO of Copa Airlines, noted that the quality cognition is portion of the airline’s web expansion, strengthening continental connectivity. “We proceed to consolidate the Hub of the Americas arsenic Latin America’s main transportation center, driving caller opportunities for economical improvement successful the markets wherever we operate,” Heilbron said. 

Copa Airlines besides announced it volition revive routes to Brazil and the Dominican Republic adjacent year.

The northwestern edifice metropolis volition beryllium the carrier’s 5th destination successful Mexico (the others are Monterrey, Mexico City, Guadalajara and Cancún). The caller way is estimated to bring an yearly travel to Los Cabos of much than 25,000 tourists from Central and South America. 

Rodrigo Esponda, General Director of the Los Cabos Tourism Trust, noted that this aerial way is the effect of efforts betwixt Los Cabos and Copa Airlines officials

“This accomplishment is the effect of much than 9 years of changeless enactment and collaboration with Copa Airlines,” helium said. “For the archetypal time, we are straight opening our doors to the Latin American market, which volition beryllium cardinal to continuing to summation tourer arrivals from the region.” 

Meanwhile, the Baja California Sur Ministry of Tourism (Setue) said the way seeks to diversify tourism markets and fortify section economical development. Setue added that the sustained maturation successful visitors from Central and South America since 2020 positions Los Cabos arsenic an emerging destination successful the region.

With reports from Reporte Lobby and Pasillo Turístico