Copa is one of the few airlines that still is technically “full service” – the airline offers complimentary meal/snack service on all flights along with sodas, juice, and water.   Sadly international flights do not have liquor/wine unless you are in Dreams or Businss Class.   However, the food on meal flights (3.5+ hours) is quite nice, and the crews are very friendly.  

The airline offers a standard seat pitch of 30 to 31″, however we are now seeing an extra row show up in the Boeing 737-800 fleet; Copa used to have just 2 types of -800s: A and B.  A models were for regional flying; B models had a SUPERB First Class and Main Cabin had 31-32″ seat pitch with seatback TVs;  these are being replaced with the Gogo system (JUST movies – no wifi).  Economy Extra seats are keeping the seatback tvs with charging via USB.
*UPDATE:  We recently flew Copa and took measurements of the seat pitch, we will publish those results shortly; however it seems that rows behind the emergency exit row at 18 are now barely a 29″/30″ seat pitch.

Seats are not your slimline or basic seats, they’re well padded and the crews sometimes have blankets hiding on the plane.

Panama connections are super easy & convenient, and the airline gets high marks for safety – Continental Airlines took a partial ownership of the airline in the 90s and took over their operations & training, and Copa has kept those same US standards and it shows.

What we like -> they are comfortable and don’t nickle & dime you as they do other airlines.   You can still fly long distances comfortably and they’re very dependable.   Copa is still linked to United Airlines & the Star Alliance, so you can earn and burn frequent flyer miles on the airline.    You can also check out the Dreams Business Class seat here.