Copa Airlines is now flying from Punta Cana to Panama City, Panama. Adolfo Sen, director of international sales for Copa, said that the new route connects the beach resort coastal area of Punta Cana with Panama City, which he described as the busiest connecting point in the region. Claudia Zuluaga Alam, general manager of Copa in the DR, says that Copa traffic connecting the DR to the rest of Latin America has been growing over the last 22 years. Copa also has flights from Santo Domingo and Santiago to Panama City and the number of flights from Santo Domingo to Panama City will increase as of 1 September.