Copa Airlines Opens New Copa Club In Panama City Terminal 2

By: Ben Schlappig

Updated: October 11, 2022
Published: July 7, 2022

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Copa Airlines is a pretty useful airline for those traveling to & from Latin America, given that the carrier uses Panama City (PTY) as a hub for connecting people throughout the Americas (similar to how Icelandair uses Keflavik to connect people across the Atlantic).

There has just been a massive improvement to the Copa Airlines ground experience in Panama City, thanks to the opening of the new Terminal 2. Not only is this a much nicer facility in general, but there’s also a new Copa Club, which looks like a huge improvement.

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Copa Airlines moves to Terminal 2 at PTY

As of late June 2022, the new Terminal 2 (also referred to as the South Terminal) opened at Tocumen International Airport in Panama City (PTY).

Construction on the terminal first began in 2013, and as is the case with so many airport projects, this one was significantly delayed. The terminal was first supposed to open in 2017, but was delayed by around five years (and of course it was way over budget as well).

The good news is that this not only greatly increases the capacity of the airport, but it also looks like a much more modern and competitive facility than what the airport previously had. The terminal is 116,000 square meters (1.25 million square feet), and has a total of 20 gates and eight remote stands.

Copa Airlines is the first carrier to move to Terminal 2, so effective immediately all Copa flights operate from the new terminal.

New Copa Club opens in PTY Terminal 2

With the opening of the new terminal, Copa Airlines has also opened its new airport lounge, which looks like a huge improvement over the old one. The new Copa Club Terminal 2 is 1,925 square meters (~20,000 square feet) and has a capacity for 420 people. It’s open daily from 5:30AM until 9PM.

The Copa Club is described as being “inspired by a Latin American hacienda.” The new lounge features a living room, entertainment and lounge areas, a dining room and bar, workstations, a play area for kids, an indoor terrace, showers, and more.

The Copa Club is open to all Copa business class passengers, Star Alliance Gold members, and Priority Pass members. On top of that, access can be purchased at the door.

Below you can find some pictures and a video of the new Copa Club in Panama.

Bottom line

Copa Airlines’ ground experience in Panama City has been greatly improved, thanks to the opening of the new Terminal 2, plus the opening of a new Copa Club. Between this and Copa increasingly offering flat bed business class on its Boeing 737 MAXs, flying with the airline is an increasingly good option.

What do you make of Panama City’s new Terminal 2?

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Carlos Guest

November 20, 2022, 8:09 pm

what a big disappointed - the new terminal y very nice and the longe is very spacious but that's it. The food was mediocre, they only served little sandwiches and they didn't have any other food - that's all - for the size and the look what an shame - I've been stopping in Panama on my way to Colombia, it was that bad that I'm starting searching other options to fly to Colombia - Also the customer service on my way from Bog - Panama was so bad, I asked for a glass of wine and the flight attendant ignored my request to decided to have lunch and it took 45 minutes to get my wine.

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Kevin Guest

July 10, 2022, 4:40 pm

As others have noted, the physical space is nice (aside from a lack of monitors with flight status), but the soft product is so strange. The food offering is quite literally more meager than what I found in some tiny West African airports. No "extras" or interesting features of any kind. It is all quite odd. Also, since the new terminal is still under construction, you basically aren't finding anything to eat in the terminal, period.

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Aaron Guest

July 8, 2022, 3:47 pm

Just visited the new copa club in PTY. Open bar was great. Food was a hard pass.

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Felipe Navas - Colombia Guest

July 8, 2022, 10:42 am

My last trip was BOG-PTY-JFK. The inbound flight from Bogota arrived at T2 but the one going to JFK departed from T1. The downside is that no shops are open at T2 and just a Starbucks with a huge line to get even a coffee. COPA fares are cheap but need to improve the overall experience.

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Clair Fiet Guest

July 8, 2022, 9:02 am

My return flight to Las Vegas was on 23 July, the 2nd day the new terminal was open. It’s a beautiful, spacious terminal but had few amenities or food options. I attributed this to it just being opened and anticipate it will change over time. The Copa Club is well designed, has comfortable furniture, great views, and yes and free liquor bar. But the food was like a buffet at a cheap wedding. The offerings were a mozzarella tomato biscuit, a chicken salad biscuit, celery and carrot sticks with dip, and hummus and chips. I entered the club about 1:30pm and assumed the food offerings were the lunch choices and would improve later as a dinner hour approached (I had 5 hours to kill). But no, the food choice stayed the same until the end. The staff couldn’t keep up with demand either as certain choices would run out completely before returning some time later. Hopefully, Copa will improve on their food offerings and make this a truly great club.

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