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Copa Airlines flies into Montego Bay
Thursday, December 15, 2011
MONTEGO BAY, St James — THE resort city of Montego Bay this week welcomed the inaugural flight of Copa Airlines, with 45 passengers and crew members.
The commercial flight which came from Panama's Tocumen International Airport, arrived at the Sangster International Airport at about 11:15 am on Sunday.
Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett (right) places a beaded necklace around the neck of travel consultant Anastasia Makara (left), while mayor of Montego Bay Charles Sinclair looks on. Makara was the first passenger on Sunday to disembark the inaugural flight of Copa Airlines from Panama’s Tocumen International to Montego Bay.
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It signalled the start of twice- weekly service by Copa Airlines to Montego Bay, which should boost Jamaica's tourist arrivals for the rest of the year.
The new service will provide the necessary airline seats connecting Panama and the rest of Latin America to Jamaica.
With a fleet of 73 planes, Copa Airlines is projecting that, by the end of the year, they would have added nine new destinations to its present route network, providing a total of 293 daily flights to 49 cities in 28 countries across the American continent.
Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett, in an address at a ceremony to officially welcome the airline to the Montego Bay, underscored the importance of partnerships with airlines such as Copa, noting that the emerging tourism markets of South America are being viewed by his ministry as a source of inbound air traffic to be tapped into, to cover eventualities within the traditional markets.
"So, it is against that background that we looked hard and long, to see what was the best medium, what was the best carrier, what provided the best fit for Jamaica at this time; what was most cost effective and what would give the efficiencies that we require to enable us to make that incursion and to do it quickly," he said.
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MONTEGO BAY, St James — THE resort city of Montego Bay this week welcomed the inaugural flight of Copa Airlines, with 45 passengers and crew members.
The commercial flight which came from Panama's Tocumen International Airport, arrived at the Sangster International Airport at about 11:15 am on Sunday.
Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett (right) places a beaded necklace around the neck of travel consultant Anastasia Makara (left), while mayor of Montego Bay Charles Sinclair looks on. Makara was the first passenger on Sunday to disembark the inaugural flight of Copa Airlines from Panama’s Tocumen International to Montego Bay.
1/1
It signalled the start of twice- weekly service by Copa Airlines to Montego Bay, which should boost Jamaica's tourist arrivals for the rest of the year.
The new service will provide the necessary airline seats connecting Panama and the rest of Latin America to Jamaica.
With a fleet of 73 planes, Copa Airlines is projecting that, by the end of the year, they would have added nine new destinations to its present route network, providing a total of 293 daily flights to 49 cities in 28 countries across the American continent.
Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett, in an address at a ceremony to officially welcome the airline to the Montego Bay, underscored the importance of partnerships with airlines such as Copa, noting that the emerging tourism markets of South America are being viewed by his ministry as a source of inbound air traffic to be tapped into, to cover eventualities within the traditional markets.
"So, it is against that background that we looked hard and long, to see what was the best medium, what was the best carrier, what provided the best fit for Jamaica at this time; what was most cost effective and what would give the efficiencies that we require to enable us to make that incursion and to do it quickly," he said.
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/weste...#ixzz1geExCc27
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