US Fines Copa Airlines for Transporting Passengers Between US and Venezuela

During the global pandemic of the CCP virus, a Copa airlines plane taxis on a runway as others sit on the tarmac at Tocumen International Airport, on March 22, 2020. Luis Acosta/AFP/Getty Images

The U.S. Transportation Department said on June 17 it fined Panama’s Copa Airlines $450,000 for unlawfully transporting passengers between the United States and Venezuela via a stopover point, and ordered the airline to avoid future similar violations.

The department said Copa violated a May 2019 order that barred U.S. and foreign air carriers from transporting passengers between the United States and Venezuela.