Above: a Copa Airlines plane
By the Caribbean Journal staff
Copa Airlines has signed a letter of intent agreeing to lease three new planes, the Panama-based carrier announced this week.
The company will lease three new Boeing 737-800 aircraft, it said in a second-quarter release.
The carrier will take delivery of the planes in August, October and November of 2015, it said.
The carrier also took delivery of two new Boeing 737-800 in the second quarter, ending last quarter with a total fleet of 93 aircraft.
By the end of 2014, Copa will serve 69 destinations in 30 countries in the hemisphere, including the Caribbean.