Copa Airlines - Liveries

Liveries

During the last 20 years, Copa Airlines has had multiple liveries in its aircraft.

Since its founding in 1947, Copa Airlines had several liveries during the update of its fleet from turboprops to jetliners. Also, it has special liveries within its fleet. In November 2003, in honor of the 100th anniversary of the republic of Panama, Copa Airlines put on its fleet of Boeing 737-700 an announcement of the centennial with the official logo with the picture of the first president of Panama, Manuel Amador Guerrero, in a white livery.

In 2006, a Copa Airlines Embraer 190 had a special livery because that plane was the 200th Embraer 190 produced by the Brazilian plane manufacturer Embraer. In February 2011, the Tourism Authority of Panama worked alongside Copa Airlines to make a special livery for a Boeing 737-800 (registered HP-1534CMP) with a butterfly logo of Panama and the website "visitpanama.com". This was part of an effort to promote tourism in Panama.

In March 6, 2012, a brand-new Copa Airlines Boeing 737-800 (registered HP-1728CMP) was painted with the former Star Alliance livery. Also, it introduced an new and redesigned font style in the Copa Airlines's logo. This plane in particular was inactive from that month until on June 21, when it was shown in the celebration of the company's official integration to the Star Alliance and was put officially in service. Six days later,that plane made the first scheduled non-stop passenger flight from Panama to Las Vegas.

In May 30, 2012, another brand-new Boeing 737-800 for the company (registered HP-1823CMP) was painted with the former Star Alliance livery. After this delivery, Copa Airlines has two planes painted with the former Star Alliance livery, as of May 2012.

In October 2012, a brand-new Boeing 737-800 (HP-1825CMP) was delivered to Copa, sporting the livery of Frank Gehry's "Biomuseo", a museum to open in Panama City in 2013.

From 1947 to present, Copa Airlines has used the following liveries:

• Compañia Panameña de Aviación (1947–1961)
• Vuele Copa (1961–1965)
• Copa Panama (1st livery)- White livery (1965–1971)
• Copa Panama (2nd livery)- Red lines with white livery (1971–1985)
• Copa Panama (3rd livery)- Red and yellow lines with white livery (1985–1990)
• Copa Airlines "Billboard Style" - Red and yellow lines with white livery and "Copa" logo in the front part of the widebody and tail. (1990–1999)
• Copa Airlines - blue and gray livery with a gold line and the well-known globe logo. (1999–present)

The last livery on the list has been used by Copa Airlines since 1999, after Continental acquired 51% of the company in that year. It is recognizable by plane enthusiasts during landings at Tocumen Airport and the rest of North, Central, and South America. After the merger between Continental and United in March 3, 2012, both companies are still using the same livery, but with some changes in the font style and in the "globe" logo design.