COPA Airlines Captain Wing
The star with diamond is a Captain with 20 years of service.

Panama City, Panama 1947-1971

The airline was established as Compañía Panameña de Aviación (hence the acronym COPA) on June, 21, 1944 and started operations on August 15, 1947. It was founded by a group of prominent Panamanian investors with assistance from Pan American World Airways, who took a 32% stake and maintanined financial holdings in COPA until 1971.They began operations with domestic flights and then began their first international flights in 1965 with service to cities in Jamaica, Colombia and Costa Rica. It became wholly Panamanian owned and and Pan American ceased their operations in 1971.