Copa Airlines (CM, Panamá City Tocumen International) has begun the phasing out of its fleet of eighteen B737-700s with HP-1369CMP (msn 29047/235) the first to be withdrawn from service. A second of the type, HP-1370CMP, (msn 29048), will also be retired later this year with both aircraft set to be returned to their lessor, Volito Aviation Services.
Sister carrier Copa Airlines Colombia (P5, Bogotá) will continue to operate four B737-700s on its own regional Latin American flights.
The Panamanian carrier will remain a predominantly Boeing operator with fifty-four B737-800s and fifteen E190s in its fleet.
