Copa Airlines asks authorization to fly to Santa Marta

Colombia’s Civil Aeronautics announced that Copa Airlines has requested permission to land at the Santa Marta International Airport (SMR), in the northeastern part of the country.

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Through file number 2022011137, the Panamanian company requested to operate from Panama/Tocumen (PTY) to Santa Marta with up to seven weekly flights. The operations will be carried out in Boeing 737-800 and/or Boeing 737-9 aircraft.

The next public hearing will be held on February 24, where the companies that present themselves will be evaluated.

Copa Airlines flies to 10 Colombian cities: Armenia (AXM), Barranquilla (BAQ), Bogotá (BOG), Bucaramanga (BGA), Cartagena (CTG), Cali (CLO), Cúcuta (CUC), Medellín (MDE), Pereira (PEI) and San Andrés (ADZ); being one of the international airlines with the largest presence in the country. And now to add Santa Marta.

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In 2021 it transported 1,210,811 passengers in the 10 airports.

City	Passengers	Current frequencies
Bogotá	410.305	46 weekly flights
Medellín	355.146	35 weekly flights
Cali	231.544	26 weekly flights
Barranquilla	67.755	10 weekly flights
Cartagena	67.424	14 weekly flights
Pereira	58.264	5 weekly flights
Bucaramanga	15.731	2 weekly flights
Cúcuta	2.405	3 weekly flights
Armenia	2.405	3 weekly flights
San Andrés	96	2 weekly flights

 

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