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With the opening of this route to the Colombian island tourist destination, Copa Airlines services 10 destinations in Colombia.

The investment, said to be $70 million USD of convertible credit, brings the airline into proximity with both bankrupt Colombian carrier Avianca and Mexican carrier Volaris.

The three weekly redeye flights will begin December 6th and tickets are on sale now. Cúcuta is Colombia's largest city on the Venezuelan border. The airport code is CUC.

Along with Pereira and Manizales, Armenia is part of the Colombian “Eje Cafetero” (coffee axis), and its many coffee farms have become international tourist attractions. There are even coffee-themed and agriculture themed amusement parks nearby.

So far, Wingo, which flies between 28 cities in 11 countries, has not publicized new routes from Panamá.

With these new twice weekly flights, Wingo will now operate four direct routes from Medellín, the other destinations being Cancún, Bogotá and México City.

Copa has relaunched international flights from Medellín, Cali, Cartagena & Bogotá to its Panamá City hub and from there, other international destinations.

Copa has now scheduled the restart of its regular commercial flights for September 4th, 2020.

 The U.S. Department of Transportation fined Copa Airlines $450,000 for unlawfully transporting passengers between the United States and Venezuela via a stopover point. Copa was ordered to cease and desist from future similar violations.

Colombian air travel passengers have battled with airlines over fare refunds more than any other complaint during the Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic, according to the Superintendence of Commerce.