PANAMA CITY (Agusta 6, 2008) - Kamfanin jiragen sama na Copa, reshen Copa Holdings SA, a yau ya sanar da ƙarin sabbin wurare guda biyar a nahiyar Amurka da kuma sayen jiragen sama a matsayin wani ɓangare na shirin fadada shi na 2008. Bugu da ƙari, kamfanin jirgin ya jaddada. goyan bayanta na ƙara ƙarfin ikon Amurka ta hanyar ƙara sabon tasha zuwa filin jirgin sama na Tocumen.
Tare da ƙarin jirage marasa tsayawa daga Panama zuwa Belo Horizonte, Brazil; Oranjestad, Aruba; Valencia, Venezuela; da Santa Cruz, Bolivia, da kuma sabon sabis da ya fara zuwa Port of Spain, Trinidad da Tobago a farkon wannan shekara, kamfanin jirgin zai yi zirga-zirga daga Panama zuwa jimlar 45 wurare a cikin babbar hanyar sadarwa a ko'ina cikin Arewa, Tsakiya, da kuma Kudancin Amurka da Caribbean a ƙarshen 2008.
"Muna ci gaba da haɓaka da ƙarfafa Copa Airlines da Panama a matsayin mafi kyawun hanyar haɗi don tafiye-tafiye a cikin Latin Amurka," in ji Pedro Heilbron, Shugaba na Copa Airlines. Sabbin jiragen za su saukaka huldar kasuwanci da kasuwanci tsakanin kasashen yankin namu, da kara yawan yawon bude ido da kuma bunkasa tattalin arziki."
Heilbron ya bayyana cewa, kara sabbin jiragen sama guda shida a bana da kuma sanarwar da kamfanin jirgin ya yi a baya-bayan nan game da oda a nan gaba zai karfafa ikonsa na samar da hidima mai inganci a duniya, tare da burin ci gaba da bunkasa cibiyar Copa ta sabbin wurare da kuma kara yawan zirga-zirgar jiragen sama.
Heilbron ya ce "Kamfanin jiragen saman Copa zai rufe wannan shekara tare da jiragen sama na zamani da inganci na jirage 43 da suka kunshi Boeing 28 Next Generation 737 da jiragen Embraer 15, daya daga cikin kananan jiragen ruwa a Amurka," in ji Heilbron.
A ranar 21 ga Agusta, Copa zai fara sabis zuwa Belo Horizonte, tashar jirgin sama na huɗu a Brazil, yana ba da birni tare da haɗin kai tsaye na farko zuwa ɗimbin wurare na Latin Amurka. Ci gaba da ƙoƙarin faɗaɗawa, Copa za ta fara jigilar jirage zuwa Valencia da Aruba a ranar 1 da 15 ga Disamba, bi da bi, yana ba da buƙatun yawon shakatawa da fasinja na kasuwanci. Har ila yau, a cikin Disamba Copa za ta fara tashi zuwa Santa Cruz, Bolivia, sabon filin jirgin sama na biyar a 2008. Daga waɗannan biranen, Copa zai ba da haɗin kai ga kuma daga manyan biranen Caribbean, Arewa, Tsakiya da Kudancin Amirka.
Saboda fadadawa da sabunta filin jirgin sama na Tocumen, hedkwatar Hub na Amurka, Kamfanin jiragen saman Copa ya sami damar fadada yawan wuraren zuwa da kuma yawan tashin jiragen da yake bayarwa. Jami'ai sun bayyana cewa, ci gaban cibiyar a nan gaba za ta samu sauki ne ta hanyar bude wani shiri na kasa da kasa na kwanan nan kan gina sabon tashar tashar jirgin da kayayyakin more rayuwa.
"Sabuwar tashar ta nuna ikon gwamnatin kasa don inganta hangen nesa na ci gaban gida da na kasa da kasa," in ji Orcila Constable, babban manajan filin jirgin sama na Tocumen. "Sabuwar tashar tashar shine mabuɗin don sanyawa da ƙarfafa Tocumen a matsayin cibiyar da aka fi so a duk duniya kuma a matsayin hanyar sauƙaƙe ayyukan kasuwanci da yawon shakatawa a ƙasar."
