Contact: Mike Hernandez
Communication and PR Officer
PHONE: 501-227-2420 FAX: 501-227-2423 TOLL FREE: 1-800-624-0686
ADDRESS: P.O. Box 325, #64 Regent Street, Belize City, Belize
COPA Airlines Resumes Flight Service to Belize

BELIZE CITY, BELIZE, Tuesday, March 30, 2021– The Belize Tourism Board (BTB) welcomes COPA Airlines’ announcement this week that it will resume its weekly service to Belize effective June 2021. 
 
COPA Airlines first introduced service to Belize from Panama in December 2015, but had to suspend operations in 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic crippled the global travel industry.
 
The BTB has maintained strong relationships with its international airline partners throughout the COVID pandemic, and continues to seek opportunities to further expand accessibility to the destination.  COPA’s resumption of service will create new opportunities to promote and sell the destination to key markets within South America and Europe.
 
Additional details regarding flight frequency will be shared in the coming weeks.
 
About Belize Tourism Board
The Belize Tourism Board (BTB) is a statutory body within the Belize Ministry of Tourism and Diaspora Relations, and it is governed by a Board of Directors appointed by the Minister of Tourism and Diaspora Relations. The BTB works in conjunction with members of the private sector – including the Belize Hotel Association, Belize Tourism Industry Association and Belize National Tour Operators Association – and is dedicated to building tourism in the most economically and environmentally sustainable manner. As a part of its responsibilities, the BTB promotes Belize as a premier tourism destination to both in-country and international consumers. Among its outreach to the international travel market, the BTB markets the country’s unique attractions to travelers, members of the travel trade industry and media outlets in key markets. The BTB is also dedicated to developing and implementing tourism programs that will help strengthen and grow the Belizean tourism industry; promote good destination stewardship; and instill high quality standards for accommodations and travel experiences. For more information on the BTB and its services, visit www.travelbelize.org.
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