Who owns Aerovías DAP?
Aerovías DAP is owned by DAP (Chile).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: DAP Airlines: Our Brands, Grupo DAP. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Grupo DAP reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇱 Chile, Punta Arenas
- Origin
- 🇨🇱 Chile, Punta Arenas
- Founded
- 1980 by Domingo Andrés Pivcevic
- Category
- Travel & transport › Airlines
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Aerovías DAP
Aerovías DAP is a Chilean airline based in Punta Arenas, which the group's Our Brands page calls the longest-running private airline in Chile and the airline of Patagonia. Its history page says it was born in 1980 after Domingo Andrés Pivcevic bought an aircraft to carry goods around the Magallanes region. It runs scheduled flights from Punta Arenas to Puerto Williams, Porvenir and Balmaceda, a Santiago to El Salvador service, and in 1989 made its first flight to Antarctica.
Ownership timeline of Aerovías DAP
Where Aerovías DAP sits in DAP
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by DAP
DAP controls 3 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in travel & transport.
Also in travel & transport
Other brands in airlines, and who owns them
The 509 brands in airlines on Brandtree belong to 341 owners. The largest is Lufthansa Group, with 10; DAP has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Air Dolomiti | Lufthansa Group | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| China Southern Airlines | China Southern Airlines | 🇨🇳 China |
| Air China | Air China | 🇨🇳 China |
| Aer Lingus | IAG | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| LATAM Airlines Brasil | LATAM | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| Air France | Air France-KLM | 🇫🇷 France |
| AirAsia | AirAsia X | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Calm Air | Exchange Income | 🇨🇦 Canada |
About the owner: DAP
DAP is a privately held company headquartered in Punta Arenas, Chile. Brandtree records 3 brands under its control.
Chilean aviation group based in Punta Arenas, Magallanes. Its own company history says Domingo Andrés Pivcevic, son of settlers who arrived in Magallanes in 1900, bought an aircraft in the early 1980s to move goods, and that Aerovías DAP was born in 1980. The group's Our Brands page also lists DAP Helicópteros (1989), DAP Antártica travel agency (1989), AeroRescate (2004), DAP Mares (vessels), DAP Helicópteros Argentina (2002) and Maquinarias Pivcevic, a construction company; those are not airlines and are not recorded as brands here. Ownership beyond the founder's family history is not stated.
🇨🇱 Aerovías DAP and other Chilean brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 58 brands that began in Chile. 7 of them (12%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Aerovías DAP is not one of them.
- EFE Central — EFE 🇨🇱
- JetSMART — JetSMART 🇨🇱
- LATAM Airlines Chile — LATAM 🇨🇱
- SAAM Towage — SAAM 🇨🇱
- SKY Airline — SKY Airline 🇨🇱
- Almaviva — Concha y Toro 🇨🇱
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Aerovías DAP?
The parent company of Aerovías DAP is DAP, a privately held company headquartered in Chile.
Is Aerovías DAP Chilean?
Yes. Aerovías DAP originated in Chile in 1980 and its owner, DAP, is also headquartered in Chile.
Is Aerovías DAP still owned by DAP?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Aerovías DAP is still owned by DAP. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] DAP Airlines: Our Brands — Grupo DAP, Official document; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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