ʻAʻole ʻo Copa Airlines ka mokulele kūhelu o ka Summit of Americas i mālama ʻia ma Port of Spain, Trinidad a me Tobago.

Akā ʻo ka nui o nā poʻe i hele mai ka Caribbean, ʻAmelika ʻAmelika a me ʻAmelika Hema i lele mai ma luna o ka mokulele Panamanian, nāna i hoʻohui iā Port of Spain i ka makahiki i hala aku nei i kāna papa ulu o nā mākeke underserved.

ʻO ka hui makua ʻo Copa Holdings, nona ka mokulele ʻo Colombian liʻiliʻi ʻo Aero Republica, lawelawe i nā kūlanakauhale he 45 ma 24 mau ʻāina, me nā ala a hiki i New York a me Los Angeles.

E like me nā ʻoihana mokulele ʻē aʻe, ua lanakila ʻo Copa i ka Pōʻakahi ma muli o ka hopohopo e hōʻeha ka maʻi puaʻa i ka huakaʻi lele. Lele ʻo Copa i ʻekolu mau wahi ma Mexico, ke kikowaena o ka laha.

Akā i ka Pōʻalua, ua loaʻa hou nā kaʻana o nā mokulele, me Copa's i kekahi o kā lākou poho.

'Hub of the Americas'

Me ka ulu ʻana o ka "Hub of the Americas" ma Panama City, lele ʻo Copa Airlines i nā poʻe kaʻa i kahi lehulehu o nā kūlanakauhale ma lalo o ka radar ma Latin America a me ka Caribbean.

Ma kahi o 70% o nā mākeke e lawelawe nei, ʻaʻohe ona hoʻokūkū.

Ma waho aʻe o ke awa o Sepania, ua hoʻohui hou ia i ka lawelawe hou iā Santa Cruz, Bolivia; Belo Horizonte, Palakila; a me Valencia, Venezuela. Ua hoʻonui ka mea lawe i nā alapine ma kekahi mau hoʻomaha maʻamau, me Caracas, Kingston a me Havana.

ʻAʻole hoʻokani pinepine ʻo Copa Airlines i nā mākeke i lawelawe ʻia e nā mea lawe nui o ʻAmelika Hema, e like me Chile's Lan Airlines (NYSE:LFL – News) a me Brazil's Tam Airlines. Makemake ʻo ia i nā ala hele liʻiliʻi, ʻaʻole i ʻoi aku ma mua o 50 mau ohua e lele ana ma luna o ka moku.

I kēia manawa, ke hoʻomaikaʻi nei ʻo Copa i nā hana a me nā mokulele ma Aero Republica, i loaʻa iā ia ma 2005. Ua hoʻonui pū ʻo ia i nā ala o ka mea lawe ma waho o Colombia.

Ma ka hopena o Malaki, ua hoʻomau ʻo Copa i ka ulu ikaika o nā kaʻa.

Ua piʻi ka 9.3% o ke kaʻa holo ʻōnaehana o Malaki ma mua o ka makahiki i hala, ma hope o ka piʻi ʻana o 9.5% i Pepeluali. I ke kau kiʻekiʻe o Ianuali, ʻo ia kekahi o nā mahina maikaʻi loa o ka ʻoihana, ua lele ka huakaʻi i 15.5%.

Ke paʻakikī nei ka ʻoihana mokulele e noho i ka lewa, hoʻomau ʻo Copa i ke kālā he nui.

Haʻaheo ʻo Copa i kekahi o nā palena kiʻekiʻe loa i ka ʻoihana mokulele. ʻO kāna palena hana 2008 he 17.4%. Hoʻohālikelike kēlā me ka Southwest's 4.1%, Jet Blue's 2.8% a me ʻAmelika -2.8%.

Ma mua o ka laha ʻana o ka maʻi puaʻa, manaʻo ka hoʻokele i ka makahiki 2009 ma ka ʻaoʻao kiʻekiʻe o ka 16% a 18%.

"Ua loaʻa i kēia poʻe nā ʻāpana kālā ma waho o nā pakuhi," wahi a ka mea kākau ʻo Stephen Trent o Citigroup Investment Research. "No ka mokulele e loaʻa ka loaʻa kālā pālua ʻelua ʻaneʻane ʻike ʻole ʻia."

Manaʻo ʻia nā hopena o ka hapaha mua i ka hoʻomaka o Mei.

Ma nā hopena o ka hapahā ʻehā, ua lele ka waiwai i ka 52% vs. i ka makahiki mua i $1.20 i ka ʻāpana. ʻO kekahi kumu ʻoi aku ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa o ka wahie ma mua o ka makahiki i hala.

Manaʻo ka poʻe loiloi i ka loaʻa kālā liʻiliʻi i ka hapaha mua mai ka makahiki mua, e hōʻike ana i ka hāʻule ʻana mai ka hoʻokele honua. ʻAʻole hiki ke haʻi i ka hopena o ka maʻi puaʻa i ka hopena o ka hapahā lua.

Ua loaʻa iā Copa he $3.50 i ka ʻāpana no ka makahiki 2008, ʻo ia hoʻi nā mahina o nā kumukūʻai aila kiʻekiʻe o ka lani i ukali ʻia e ka hoʻokele waiwai i ka hāʻule. Ua emi iki ia mai ka makahiki 2007.

ʻAʻole nui ka hui ma nā pā wahie, no laila e pōmaikaʻi nui ʻia mai nā kumukūʻai aila haʻahaʻa. No ka 2009, 25% o kona hoʻohana wahie i hoʻolālā ʻia i paʻa. Manaʻo ʻo Copa e noho mau nā kumukūʻai ʻāpana me ka ʻole o ka wahie e like me ka makahiki 2008.

Manaʻo ka poʻe loiloi i ka loaʻa kālā o Copa i ka makahiki 2009 e hoʻonui i ka 15% i $ 4.01 i ka mahele, e like me Thomson Reuters.

"Inā hiki iā lākou ke loaʻa kālā i kēia mau manawa, e noʻonoʻo i ka mea hiki iā lākou ke hana i nā manawa ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi," wahi a ka mea kākau ʻōlelo ʻo Bob McAdoo o Avondale Partners.

Na Uku Haahaa — A me na Pili

ʻAʻole pololei ʻo Copa i kahi hui mokulele haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa a haʻahaʻa paha. Mai kona keʻena poʻokela o Panama City, hoʻohana ʻo ia i kahi ʻōnaehana hub-and-spoke a hāʻawi i ka papa mua a me ka lawelawe ʻoihana. Ma ke kaʻaahi, hāʻawi mau ia i nā frills ʻaʻole i loaʻa i nā mokulele he nui, ʻo nā meaʻai wela kekahi o lākou.

Hoʻohālikelike ʻia ka lawelawe me ka Continental Airlines, nona kahi kuleana ma Copa i kekahi manawa a he hoa pili ʻo OnePass.

Ma kahi o 60% o nā poʻe holo kaʻa o Copa e huakaʻi no ka ʻoihana; ke hoʻokele nei lākou i nā hopena maikaʻi o Copa, wahi a Trent.

ʻAʻole like me ka US, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka huakaʻi ʻoihana ma Latin America ma mua o ka leʻaleʻa. E pili ana i nā pae loaʻa kālā, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā tiketi mokulele no nā poʻe kaʻa ma Latin America ma mua o ka US, wahi a Citigroup's Trent.

"ʻAʻole kahi tiketi mokulele ma US kahi mea kūʻai nui. Aia ma Latin America, "i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia.

I loko o kahi hōʻike i hala iho nei, ua manaʻo ʻo Trent e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o ka hapaha mua o ka ʻoihana e pili ana i ka ʻoihana. Ua lanakila ʻo Copa i ka papa inoa me ka ulu ʻana o 11.6%, ukali ʻia e Lan me 8.9% a me Tam me 7.3%.

ʻOiai ʻaʻole pale ʻia nā wahi a Copa i ka hoʻokele honua, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o nā mea he nui.

Kuhi ʻia ka hoʻokele waiwai o Panama e ulu i ka 4% a i ka 6% i kēia makahiki, i hoʻoulu ʻia e kahi papahana hoʻonui ʻo Panama Canal he $5 biliona.

Ke ulu nei kekahi mau wahi ʻē aʻe ma ke ala o Copa ma kahi o ka wikiwiki like.

Eia nō naʻe, manaʻo ʻo Copa e hāʻule nā kumu ukana i kēia makahiki ma lalo o ka pae o 2008 i 74%. ʻIke ʻia ka hāʻule ʻana o ka loaʻa kālā no kēlā me kēia noho mile me ka uku ʻole o ka wahie o ka makahiki i hala a ma muli o ka lohi o ka ulu ʻana o ke kaʻa e pili ana i ke aniau hoʻokele waiwai.

Ua ʻōlelo ka hoʻokele ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o Copa ma mua o nā mea hoʻokūkū e holo i kahi hāʻule.

Ua hoʻopau ka firm i ka makahiki me $ 408 miliona ma ke kālā a me nā hoʻopukapuka kālā a me $ 31 miliona ma nā laina hōʻaiʻē. Me nā ʻauwaʻa maʻalahi me nā Boeing 737s a me nā Embraer 190s liʻiliʻi, hiki iā ia ke hoʻoponopono hou i ka hāʻule ʻana o ka koi o nā mea kaʻa. Inā pono, hoʻihoʻi ia i nā mokulele hoʻolimalima no ka pau ʻana, ʻoiai ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e hana me ʻelua 737s nona ka hoʻolimalima ʻana i ʻOkakopa.

ʻOiai ua lawe koke ʻo ia i kekahi mau mokulele hou, manaʻo ʻo Copa e hoʻopau i ka makahiki me hoʻokahi mokulele liʻiliʻi ma mua o 2008, no ka huina o 54.