ON Tuesday December 9, COPA Airlines announced their direct flights to Santa Clara, Cuba, from the Hub of the Americas at Tocumen International Airport. The airline will be plying the Cuba route twice weekly, which they described as one of the most idyllic destinations in the Caribbean Sea.Santa Clara is Copa’s second destination in Cuba, bringing the airline’s total number of destinations served to 69 in 30 countries. From its Hub of the Americas in Panamá, Copa offers flights to more international destinations than any other airline in Latin America.

Flight CM237 will operate Tuesdays and Saturdays, departing Panama City, Panama, at 09:05hrs and arriving at the Abel Santa María Airport in Santa Clara at 11:30hrs. The return flight, CM238, will depart Santa Clara at 12:20hrs the same days of the week, arriving at Tocumen International Airport in Panamá at 14:42hrs.
“People who love nature, idyllic beaches and exotic locales will want to vacation in this fantastic destination, which offers a diverse tourism experience,” said Copa CEO Pedro Heilbron. “On one hand, they’ll have the city of Santa Clara, full of history and Cuban tradition, and on the other, just one hour away, Cayo Santa María, with its great variety of all-inclusive hotels and eight five-star hotels.”
The new Copa flight not only strengthens the airline’s route network by increasing access to destinations in Cuba, it also significantly enhances Cuba’s connectivity with Latin America, offering the most direct and quickest way to connect from Santa Clara to cities such as Santiago, Chile; Cali, Barranquilla and Bogotá, Colombia; and Lima, Peru. In-transit passengers do not have to go through Customs or Immigration.
In addition, visitors and tourists can drive the 48-kilometre seaside highway to Cayo Santa Maria, called the Caibarién Causeway, which has earned the international “Puente de Alcántara” award for the best civil works of Iberio-America.
Copa Airlines’ on-board service on the flights includes complementary meals and drinks, a 12-channel audio-visual entertainment system in English, Spanish and Portuguese, with new movies each month and free headphones.
Copa Airlines and Copa Airlines Colombia, subsidiaries of Copa Holdings, are leading Latin American providers of passengers and cargo services. The airlines currently offer service to 69 destinations in 30 countries in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. During Copa Airlines’ more than 65 years of uninterrupted operations, it has transformed the Hub of the Americas in Panama into the leading hub on the continent. For more information visit www.copa.com.