Hello from Panama! After flying Boliviana de Aviacion’s A330 business class from Miami (MIA) to Santa Cruz de le Sierra (VVI), and then connecting to GOL’s 737 MAX premium economy to Sao Paulo (GRU), I then continued in Copa’s 737 MAX business class to Panama City (PTY). This was a 6hr20min flight, departing at the rather ungodly hour of 3:10AM.
I was looking forward to finally flying Copa’s Boeing 737 MAX 9 business class, which is the carrier’s sole aircraft type featuring flat beds in business class. I had intended to fly this a couple of years back, but there was a plane swap at the last minute, so I reviewed Copa’s 737-800 business class (actually, two versions of the carrier’s 737-800 business class).
In this post I wanted to share my initial thoughts, and then soon I’ll have a full review. Long story short, I think Copa business class can represent…