speaking of airlines

PurpleFrog says on Feb 19, 2008, 12:37:

I flew them earlier this month from Bogota to San Andres. They are partners with Continental and Air Copa. No problems and would fly on them again.

Thank you.....Goodnite Now!

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greg says on Feb 19, 2008, 12:58:

I have used them a few times and never had any problems

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scotty says on Feb 19, 2008, 13:05:

great! im flying Continental to Bogota then on to Cali with Aero Republica. I have never flown Continental nor have i flown Aero.
I have flown AA and i do not like them one bit.
thanks

Get Rhythm, when you got the blues. Johnny Cash

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aNdReSk says on Feb 19, 2008, 13:38:

Better than Avianca in my opinion :P
I only use Aero Republica for local trips :)

OH, they will just give u a HALF FULL cup of soda, juice or coffee, with 2 ice cubes lol..nothing else :D (that pisses me off lol)

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MaFe says on Feb 19, 2008, 14:15:

I flew with them last month. No problem.

"All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. "-Aristotle

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sloopskipper says on Feb 19, 2008, 14:48:

Too bad you didn't post that earlier, I could have complained for you, to the president of Aero República, jaja.

I did post here earlier that I was fortunate to attend Copa's Inverstor's Day in Panama City. I was able to meet the President and hear presentations (in English) by the entire Copa and Aero República (now a wholey-owned subsidiary of Copa Holdings) team. They had quite an interesting story to tell.

The president of Aero is an impressive individual. He is Colombian, but educated at the Warton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania.

I have only flown Copa a few times between San Juan, Panamá, and Cartragena, but have been quite pleased.

On my Copa round trip to Cartagena (50 minute direct, not via Bogotá) I received a FULL Cuba Libre, gratis. But international flights are different.

Look for new routes for Aero República and Copa in the near future.

Since Copa is now a full member of SkyTeam, you can receive frequent flier award flights on/from Aeroflot, AeroMexico, Air France, KLM, Alitalia, Continental, North West, China Southern, Czech Airlines, Korean Airlines, and Air Europa.

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Feb 19, 2008, 14:51:

i flew with Aero Republica from Cartagena to Bogota a few weeks ago, i had a good experience with them, the planes are quite modern and very pretty inside, leather chairs... :)


the landing have been one of the smoothest landing i have ever feel

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sloopskipper says on Feb 19, 2008, 14:55:

The average aircraft age is 3.8 years for all of Copa Holdings, one of the very youngest fleets in the World. And the people are very nice ( I can only speak for Copa), unlike what I have read about that other airline.

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Mr. Hollywood says on Feb 19, 2008, 15:09:

Far better than Avianca in my experience.

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msaucey says on Feb 19, 2008, 15:14:

Hey Kat is back... We thought you might have pulled a Mona and disappeared...

The trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed. - CS Lewis

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Papi de Alejo says on Feb 19, 2008, 17:28:

I fly on Aero Republica on the domestic portions of my COPA flights. I have never had a bad experience with them. As a matter of fact, on my last trip, I was delayed in getting to the airport and arrived well after the usual cut-off time and the agent processed me quickly and got me on the flight. Had I missed that flight I would have missed my other two connections.

PdA

PdA

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Waterdawg says on Feb 19, 2008, 18:57:

I have always liked Copa ; my only problem is the rip off price from here to Panama .. Crazy for a hour 15min flight.. It hurts both Markets ..

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lampltr says on Feb 20, 2008, 08:55:

1.5 hour flight from Panama to Pereira direct non-stop...great service....Hang onto your seat though in rough atmospheric conditions and rains over the mountains of Colombia hehe

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GregYohn says on Feb 21, 2008, 06:55:

Hola!

I would like to contact COPA´s President and tell him of the service that is happening! It happened personally to me and is not an isolated issue. They messed up the flight and dump its customers to Panama City to stay the night, instead of letting us stay in Cali. This even happened with others flying from other cities for the same flight we missed. I spoke with customer service in Panama City and it was a joke! Even the Continetal employee in Miami said they were not as good as when Continental owned them.

Aero República was a good flight for me one time when my Avianca paper ticket got wet while swimming in Cartagena. Avianca wanted $100 to reprint the paper ticket and Aero República was just $50 to Bogota from Cartagena.

I have already contacted Fabio Villegas, Avianca´s President, about a bad problem and he corrected it. We have met a couple of times in person and initially I emailed his Blackberry! Fabio is a London School of Economics graduate and former Harvard Professor.


sloopskipper says on Tuesday February 19th, 2008 14:48:

Too bad you didn't post that earlier, I could have complained for you, to the president of Aero República, jaja.

I did post here earlier that I was fortunate to attend Copa's Inverstor's Day in Panama City. I was able to meet the President and hear presentations (in English) by the entire Copa and Aero República (now a wholey-owned subsidiary of Copa Holdings) team. They had quite an interesting story to tell.

The president of Aero is an impressive individual. He is Colombian, but educated at the Warton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania.

I have only flown Copa a few times between San Juan, Panamá, and Cartragena, but have been quite pleased.

On my Copa round trip to Cartagena (50 minute direct, not via Bogotá) I received a FULL Cuba Libre, gratis. But international flights are different.

12VOIP.com gives free calls to Colombia.Greg

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sloopskipper says on Feb 21, 2008, 07:26:

GregYohn, as a fellow Pennsylvanian, I wish that I could help, although I don't really understand what happened.

The president of Copa is Pedro Heilbron. I only have a personal e-mail address for the VP Stockholder Relations, but using the same format, I would suspect that Heilbron's might be pheilbron at copaair.com . When I spoke with him, he seemed quite a reasonable man, and I think that he would be very interested in hearing your complaints.

Larry Ganse is SVP Operations, and I think his e-mail might be lganse at copaair.com

As a 2-bit investor, I would hope that you can connect with them.

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GregYohn says on Feb 21, 2008, 08:03:

Hola!

It is challenging for me to use COPA again, since Avianca did such a good job repairing their mistake and Copa messed up. I think that I will speak with Larry Ganse and mention a stockholder mentioned I should contact him for proper compensation.

Avianca uses the same email protocol, so it was easy to contact Fabio at Avianca. I could have continued saying bad things about Avianca, but the people there have been bending over backwards to repair the damage done.

12VOIP.com gives free calls to Colombia.Greg

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sloopskipper says on Feb 21, 2008, 10:18:

BTW, Larry is gringo (former pilot), and Pedro speaks good English.

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GregYohn says on Feb 23, 2008, 08:12:

Hola!

I am sending the email today. I highlighted that I spoke with Avianca´s President in person and of course an American investor living in Panama suggested I contact them.

12VOIP.com gives free calls to Colombia.Greg

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Monpirri says on Feb 23, 2008, 08:14:

Tell them I say hi.

Annette Taddeo for US Congress 2008

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GregYohn says on Feb 26, 2008, 07:45:

Hola!

I was told that waiting so long might be a challenge, but basically I can still say to the President that he makes the final decision. Others are delegated his responsibilities. I am waiting for a reply from their customer service.

12VOIP.com gives free calls to Colombia.Greg

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Monpirri says on Feb 26, 2008, 07:47:

Ok, have a nice day.

Annette Taddeo for US Congress 2008

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