Emirates Panama route on hold

Emirates has postponed its plan to establish a hub in Panama connecting cities across Latin America with Asia due to a delay in attaining the relevant approvals from the Panama government to permit cooperation with Copa Airlines. To date, Emirates has only secured approvals from only three or four of the 13 countries from which it needs backing for the code-share deal. Emirates had aimed to start flights to Panama in February, however services are now not likely to commence until late 2016 or early 2017.