ronmar22 Posted July 10 #1 Share Posted July 10 While attempting to find a flight post cruise from Barbados to Chicago I am having difficulty finding flights that leave after noon. There are plenty of flights that leave early in the morning and some that leave in the afternoon with somewhat long stops along the way (many not arriving in Chi until the next day). I found Copa Airlines has a flight with a one stop in Panama City that at least gets to Chicago on the same day. Any opinions/reviews on this airline? I frankly had never heard of it. Thanks for any input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neeuqdrazil Posted July 10 #2 Share Posted July 10 I've not flown Copa, but my colleague loves them. (His wife is Colombian, so they fly down there a couple of times a year, and always fly Copa from Toronto.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare FlyerTalker Posted July 10 #3 Share Posted July 10 Dates always help. Copa is a decent carrier, utilizing 737 aircraft hubbing through Panama City. How about DL through ATL, leaving around 4pm? And FWIW, the reason for the late departures is that flights tend to do turnarounds at BGI, not staying overnight. So the flights come in from a morning USA departure, arrive in afternoon, and turn around with a later departure that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronmar22 Posted July 11 Author #4 Share Posted July 11 Thanks for the reply’s. FlyerTalker, I guess I wasn’t really looking for help in finding a flight with my post so I neglected to give a date. Just seeking input on Copa as I had never heard of that airline. That being said, the date is November 18, 2024. I will check out DL through Atanta that departs around 4. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare FlyerTalker Posted July 11 #5 Share Posted July 11 That's a Monday, so the DL flight is likely out. Runs Sat and Sun only. Might want to take Intercaribbean to Antigua, then AA to MIA and then ORD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
em-sk Posted July 11 #6 Share Posted July 11 They have been around for decades. When they were founded in the 1940s they were partially owned by Pan-am in the US. Continental was also a major owner for a time. Well established airline. They are part of star alliance, so any reward points you may earn can be credit to other star airlines, including United. If your use to United, Delta or American your not going to find them all that different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zach1213 Posted July 11 #7 Share Posted July 11 (edited) Copa is fine. They run a pretty impressive hub and spoke operation in PTY with all 737s going through North/Central/South America + Caribbean. I have only flown them twice, both in business class, and was generally impressed with what they are...which is an affordable, fairly basic (but fine) airline funneling people fairly efficiently through PTY. I'm just not a Star Alliance frequent flier, so I don't end up on them often...but there's nothing I've experienced that would keep me from flying them again. Edited July 11 by Zach1213 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronmar22 Posted July 12 Author #8 Share Posted July 12 Again thanks for all the input. I am seriously considering using Copa for my flight in November. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odyssyus Posted July 14 #9 Share Posted July 14 Wife and I fly Copa to Latin American destinations. They are wonderful. I wouldn't hesitate to use them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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