Review of Copa Airlines flight Panamá City Bogota in Economy

Airline Copa Airlines
Flight CM415
Class Economy
Seat 32C
Aircraft Boeing 737-800
Flight time 01:15
Take-off 03 Dec 23, 12:20
Arrival at 03 Dec 23, 13:35
CM   #10 out of 94 Airlines A minimum of 10 flight-reports within the past two years is required to appear in the rankings. 77 reviews
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By 206
Published on 3rd January 2024

INTRODUCTION


Welcome to my first trip report of my jorney from Caracas to Bogota, my first leg I couldn't take many photos; therefore, there isn't a report for that flight. This trip i was going to visit family, but i ended up making last minutes changes to my journey.


Panama Airport


This time is my travel from Panama to Bogota with Copa Airlines, on this leg my flight from Caracas arrive on terminal 1 on gate 104, the flight from bogota was gate 106, and with just around 50 minutes between flights i just went to order a pizza and return to the gate, i ate it on the plane, one thing i can say is that T1 is a hot and crowded terminal. 


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Boarding and seat


Boarding started 15 minutes late, but Copa is very effficient in this task, we board with groups, i was number 4 so i get in the plane earlier, in total Copa use 7 groups.
The plane is a Boeing 737-8 with sky interior, my seat was 32C, but my surprise was i got the entire row for myself, i believe the occupancy was around 75%.
The seating has a good pich with screens in every seat with an usb to charge your device.



Puschback-Takeoff


A short while later, the captain addressed the passengers through the overhead speakers, informing us of our 1 hour 10-minute flight duration from takeoff to touchdown.


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We pushback around 20 minutes late, the plus side was we depart on 03L that so we get to the runway in no time.


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On the way i saw the recent MAX 9 from copa Wonders of Panama Livery.


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We took off shortly afterward from runway 03L.


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Flight


In a matter of minutes, we reached our cruising altitude, with some nice views from my window. Copa do not offer wifi on this flight, only the MAX 9 offer this.


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Shortly after the flight attendants commenced the meal service, which consisted of a bag of tortilla chips and a beverage. The crew was very polite and very helpful in all the flight.


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The tortilla chips where amazing and for this short fly i think it was a good service, but remember i order a pizza so, i finish it, but for 16.99$ you might thinks this is an excellent pizza, but i must say i was a dissapoinment, i ate half went i ordered and finish it on the flight, the dought is a chewy and soggy one pizza.


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Landing


About 20 minutes to land we start to decent to Bogota, the views all way to the airport are very enjoyable to watch.


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Just landing on the runway of El Dorado Airport a cloudy day like every time i visit there.


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Deplaning


For the first time in Bogota we park on a remote gate, i believe it was that the gate was occupied at the time of arrival.


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We waited a long time on the bus because it was the last one so i need to wait until the last passenger. The passport check was really fast, im past time my average wait time was about 1 hour to pass the check, but this time it was a breeze.

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Verdict

Copa Airlines

8.0/10
Cabin9.0
Cabin crew9.0
Entertainment/wifi8.0
Meal/catering6.0

Panamá City - PTY

8.3/10
Efficiency10.0
Access9.0
Services7.0
Cleanliness7.0

Bogota - BOG

8.5/10
Efficiency8.0
Access8.0
Services9.0
Cleanliness9.0

Conclusion

For my first trip report i choose this flight, it was a perfect trip, the flight crew was excellent for a 1 hour trip.

Information on the route Panamá City (PTY) Bogota (BOG)

Les contributeurs de Flight-Report ont posté 3 avis concernant 1 compagnies sur la ligne Panamá City (PTY) → Bogota (BOG).


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La compagnie qui obtient la meilleure moyenne est Copa Airlines avec 7.0/10.

La durée moyenne des vols est de 1 heures et 28 minutes.

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    KévinDC TEAM SILVER 6744 Comments
    Very nice first flight report! It's great that you got one of the "good" 738s with new Sky Interior cabins and IFE for such a short flight. The bag of crisps for a 1h flight is also better than average compared to many other carriers. At first it would seem not to make much sense geographically to fly from CCS to BOG with a stop in PTY; but I know there are very few options out of CCS these days so it probably was the best option. I think that for some time during the pandemic almost all flights to/from CCS had to go through PTY--at least that's what I remember seeing from one of the Venezuelan Youtubers that I follow, but it was a few years ago so I may be wrong.

    Thanks for sharing your first report here and welcome to Flight-Report!

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