Suspended Operation Extension to May?
May 15, 2020, 9:19 pm
#16
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This article in spanish suggests that the previously promoted June 1 date was a "rumor". Seems the airport bureaucracy isn't coordinating with the health ministry. The health authorities don't have a specific timeline for the airport to reopen, it's dependent on the parameters of covid in the country.
I have been looking into flights on the CM website, and they keep pushing back the first flights available. I don't see anything before June 17.
Now June 23... .and counting.
https://www.prensa.com/economia/pana...l-23-de-junio/
I have been looking into flights on the CM website, and they keep pushing back the first flights available. I don't see anything before June 17.
Now June 23... .and counting.
https://www.prensa.com/economia/pana...l-23-de-junio/
May 16, 2020, 10:09 am
#17
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May 16, 2020, 9:28 pm
#18
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May 17, 2020, 4:19 pm
#19
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: IAH
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I've been tracking various flights from US cities to PTY as Copa keeps moving the goalposts on restarting. What I generally see is well sold flights for the first day of resumed operations, sometimes even sold out flights. Then on subsequent flights the demand drops off greatly.
Nobody will want to fly internationally for tourism or business until it's assured that no mandatory quarantine policies will be in effect on arrival. We can expect a hodge-podge of varying and possibly crazy rules out of all the countries Copa serves.
Nobody will want to fly internationally for tourism or business until it's assured that no mandatory quarantine policies will be in effect on arrival. We can expect a hodge-podge of varying and possibly crazy rules out of all the countries Copa serves.
May 17, 2020, 8:19 pm
#20
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I've been tracking various flights from US cities to PTY as Copa keeps moving the goalposts on restarting. What I generally see is well sold flights for the first day of resumed operations, sometimes even sold out flights. Then on subsequent flights the demand drops off greatly.
Nobody will want to fly internationally for tourism or business until it's assured that no mandatory quarantine policies will be in effect on arrival. We can expect a hodge-podge of varying and possibly crazy rules out of all the countries Copa serves.
Nobody will want to fly internationally for tourism or business until it's assured that no mandatory quarantine policies will be in effect on arrival. We can expect a hodge-podge of varying and possibly crazy rules out of all the countries Copa serves.
May 18, 2020, 7:40 pm
#21
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 25
I am in the same boat and would really appreciate if you could link me to the notice you referred to or even copy how you worded it in the email. I have three tickets I'll need refunded and have gotten screwed so many times by Copa in the past, I need to win for once.
May 19, 2020, 10:57 am
#22
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FWIW, Copa just cancelled our itinerary in October, San Francisco to Cartagena. I pulled up the reservation on the website. The "refund" option is non-functional. The FAQ mention a couple of voucher options -- nothing about refunds. I see no way of requesting the refund from them in a convenient way.
I won't play this game. I just disputed the charges with American Express.
Dear passenger,
We’d like to inform you that we have canceled your flight CM 383 on 10/8/2020 from SFO to PTY.
We are very sorry about the situation and will do our best to assist you. If you have firm travel plans, please contact our telephone service centers to reschedule your trip. If you plan to use your ticket in the future, but don’t have a date yet, there’s no need to contact us now. Your ticket will be valid to travel without additional charges until December 31st, 2021.
If you’d like to keep your ticket value but you’re unsure about where you’d like to travel, you may click here to exchange your ticket for a travel certificate plus a 20% bonus value.
Thanks for your understanding. We invite you to change your flight, not your desire to travel.
Sincerely,
Copa Airlines
I won't play this game. I just disputed the charges with American Express.
Dear passenger,
We’d like to inform you that we have canceled your flight CM 383 on 10/8/2020 from SFO to PTY.
We are very sorry about the situation and will do our best to assist you. If you have firm travel plans, please contact our telephone service centers to reschedule your trip. If you plan to use your ticket in the future, but don’t have a date yet, there’s no need to contact us now. Your ticket will be valid to travel without additional charges until December 31st, 2021.
If you’d like to keep your ticket value but you’re unsure about where you’d like to travel, you may click here to exchange your ticket for a travel certificate plus a 20% bonus value.
Thanks for your understanding. We invite you to change your flight, not your desire to travel.
Sincerely,
Copa Airlines
May 19, 2020, 8:09 pm
#23
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FWIW, Copa just cancelled our itinerary in October, San Francisco to Cartagena. I pulled up the reservation on the website. The "refund" option is non-functional. The FAQ mention a couple of voucher options -- nothing about refunds. I see no way of requesting the refund from them in a convenient way.
I won't play this game. I just disputed the charges with American Express.
Dear passenger,
We’d like to inform you that we have canceled your flight CM 383 on 10/8/2020 from SFO to PTY.
We are very sorry about the situation and will do our best to assist you. If you have firm travel plans, please contact our telephone service centers to reschedule your trip. If you plan to use your ticket in the future, but don’t have a date yet, there’s no need to contact us now. Your ticket will be valid to travel without additional charges until December 31st, 2021.
If you’d like to keep your ticket value but you’re unsure about where you’d like to travel, you may click here to exchange your ticket for a travel certificate plus a 20% bonus value.
Thanks for your understanding. We invite you to change your flight, not your desire to travel.
Sincerely,
Copa Airlines
I won't play this game. I just disputed the charges with American Express.
Dear passenger,
We’d like to inform you that we have canceled your flight CM 383 on 10/8/2020 from SFO to PTY.
We are very sorry about the situation and will do our best to assist you. If you have firm travel plans, please contact our telephone service centers to reschedule your trip. If you plan to use your ticket in the future, but don’t have a date yet, there’s no need to contact us now. Your ticket will be valid to travel without additional charges until December 31st, 2021.
If you’d like to keep your ticket value but you’re unsure about where you’d like to travel, you may click here to exchange your ticket for a travel certificate plus a 20% bonus value.
Thanks for your understanding. We invite you to change your flight, not your desire to travel.
Sincerely,
Copa Airlines
May 19, 2020, 9:33 pm
#24
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May 20, 2020, 10:44 am
#25
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Jun 17, 2020, 11:28 am
#26
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: IAH
Programs: UA
Posts: 605
Now July 23
The government tacked on another month to the international flight prohibition, if anyone is counting. Probably the least surprising news I've read in my lifetime.
Makes me wonder if any such ban is really necessary. Would anybody come if they did open?
Makes me wonder if any such ban is really necessary. Would anybody come if they did open?
Jun 30, 2020, 6:08 pm
#29
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Location: IAH
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August 7, when will it end?
Copa has announced they will not fly until August 7. That's surpassing the mandate to keep Tocumen closed (July 23).
Meanwhile, repatriation / humanitarian flights are occurring at what seems to be a daily frequency. In fact, Tocumen's Twitter feed is really interesting, showing very strange airlines, and many wide-body aircraft arriving.
https://twitter.com/tocumenaero
Meanwhile, repatriation / humanitarian flights are occurring at what seems to be a daily frequency. In fact, Tocumen's Twitter feed is really interesting, showing very strange airlines, and many wide-body aircraft arriving.
https://twitter.com/tocumenaero
Jun 30, 2020, 9:11 pm
#30
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Copa has announced they will not fly until August 7. That's surpassing the mandate to keep Tocumen closed (July 23).
Meanwhile, repatriation / humanitarian flights are occurring at what seems to be a daily frequency. In fact, Tocumen's Twitter feed is really interesting, showing very strange airlines, and many wide-body aircraft arriving.
https://twitter.com/tocumenaero
Meanwhile, repatriation / humanitarian flights are occurring at what seems to be a daily frequency. In fact, Tocumen's Twitter feed is really interesting, showing very strange airlines, and many wide-body aircraft arriving.
https://twitter.com/tocumenaero