Copa Airlines (CM, Panamá City Tocumen International) has taken delivery of its first B737-8, HP-9801CMP (msn 44203), which was ferried from Seattle Boeing Field to Panama City Tocumen International on July 3, ADS-B data shows.
The company still has twenty more MAX 8 aircraft on order, plus one B737-10. It has planned the MAX 8's debut for August 15, launching services to Asuncion, Lima International, and San José Juan Santamaría, ch-aviation previously reported.
The ch-aviation fleets module shows that Copa Airlines’ fleet is currently composed of 100 aircraft, including nine B737-700s, fifty-eight B737-800s, thirty-two B737-9s, and now the one B737-8.
During a first-quarter investors call in May, the company confirmed it expected to receive three B737-9s and six B737-8s during the year, down from the original projection of 15 in total (three and twelve, respectively). So far, it has taken delivery of the three B737-9 jets.
ch-aviation has reached out to Copa Airlines for comment.