Flyers based mostly in Austin may have a brand new possibility for touring to Latin America this summer season.
Copa Airways plans to launch nonstop flights between Austin-Bergstrom Worldwide Airport (AUS) and Panama Tocumen Worldwide Airport (PTY) in Panama Metropolis, giving the Star Alliance service its fifteenth U.S. route.
With a brand new route from Austin, passengers can hook up with 55 Latin American cities by means of Copa’s “Hub of the Americas” at PTY.
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Copa, based mostly in Panama Metropolis, already operates flights from cities equivalent to Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco. Extra lately, the airline introduced it might start nonstop flight service from Baltimore/Washington Worldwide Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) to Panama Metropolis on June 28.
Since Copa is a member of the Star Alliance, passengers can earn and use miles with any of the 26 accomplice airways, equivalent to United Airways, Lufthansa or Air Canada. Plus, flyers with Star Alliance Gold standing can obtain advantages like precedence boarding and airport lounge entry.
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The flag service of Panama will function 4 weekly flights from Austin on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
Flights will depart from Panama at 9:18 a.m. and arrive in Austin at 2:04 p.m. Returning flights will take off from Austin at 3:34 p.m. and land in Panama at 8:16 p.m.
The brand new service additionally continues a increase for Austin’s airport, which has emerged as one of many nation’s hottest aviation markets lately. Carriers like Delta Air Strains, American Airways, Allegiant Air and Southwest Airways have all aggressively grown schedules there. A number of abroad airways — equivalent to KLM and Virgin Atlantic — have additionally added high-profile new routes there.
“This thrilling announcement has been years within the making,” Jacqueline Yaft, the CEO of AUS, mentioned in a press release. “This route will present financial and tourism advantages for generations to come back.”
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