PANAMANIAN based Copa Airlines has announced that it will commence service to Guyana in July.

The announcement follows the disclosure that the carrier has started to receive applications from prospective Guyanese employees for several positions which were advertised in the local newspapers.
According to the airline, several posts are to be created locally, including Sales Manager, Airport Supervisors, Sales Executives, Inside Sales Representatives and Sales counter agents.
It is expected that the selection process would be finished by this month end.
“Once the hiring process has been concluded, the airline will begin its training procedure with the selected staff,” the company stated.
The Guyana route will begin operations on July 11 with twice weekly flights, on Tuesdays and Fridays, to Panama and passengers would have the facility of booking connections to a number of other destinations, such as Montreal , Canada and Fort Lauderdale, Florida and New York in the United States (U.S.), to name some.
Copa, presently, flies to 68 destinations in 30 countries with more than 300 scheduled daily flights in the North, South and Central America and the Caribbean and is recognised for its leadership in international connectivity, punctuality, quality of service and for having one of the most modern fleets in the industry, a release claims.
Copa Airlines was founded in 1947 as the national airline of Panama and is a subsidiary of Copa Holdings, S.A. as well as a member of the Star Alliance. The airline is also the main operator and owner of the Colombian airline Aero Republica, currently known as Copa Airlines Colombia.