Arajet threatens Copa with a hub that already links Chile with Canada

Arajet is becoming a threat to the market that Copa has been leading from its Panama hub in recent times, as the Dominican-based airline has just announced the milestone that it will be able to carry passengers with a single stopover from Santiago de Chile to Toronto in Canada (Arajet will join the DR and Chile in less than 8 hours with a Boeing 737 Max).

Other large Latin American airlines such as Avianca, Aeroméxico or even Latam also allow connections between both ends of the American continent with a single stop, but in their case it is not the center of their business, but their great market is the internal one of their respective countries. , and from them also flying over the oceans.

However, Arajet is the first major project whose axis is to place the Dominican Republic at the center of the connections between North and South America, from a country with a population, size and location similar to Panama, whose government has been accused of making it difficult for other airlines to land to protect the Copa hub.

The distance between Arajet and Copa continues to be enormous in terms of fleet and number of destinations, but the airline that has Bain Capital among its shareholders is demonstrating an ambition that demonstrates its rapid growth, and that consequently may undermine a certain market that now choose the Panamanian airline (Arajet: the only airline that operates the Santo Domingo-Toronto route).

Copa has been characterized by high prices that with some recurrence have led to complaints from users, in contrast to an Arajet that seeks to open a gap with cheaper rates, and relying on the great tourist projection of the Dominican Republic, compared to the largest business that defines Panama.

The battle for the American air skies, after the recent bankruptcies of low cost and between the tendency that the American capital has taken over the three Latin air giants, adds a new and unexpected battle focusing on an airline like the one of the Motta that by his model seemed safe from being challenged.