Who owns Copa Airlines Colombia?
Copa Airlines Colombia is owned by Copa (Panama, NYSE: CPA), which has owned the brand since 22 April 2005.[1]
Copa owns 99.9% of Copa Airlines Colombia rather than all of it.
Evidence: Copa Holdings, S.A. Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-02-26, SEC EDGAR, 26 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Copa Holdings, S.A. (99.9% stake) verified
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇵🇦 Panama, Panama City
- Origin
- 🇨🇴 Colombia
- Category
- Travel & transport › Airlines
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: CPA
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Copa Airlines Colombia
Copa Airlines Colombia is the trading name of AeroRepública, the Colombian carrier Copa bought into on 22 April 2005 when it took 85.6 per cent of a company that was then one of Colombia's largest domestic airlines; further purchases lifted the holding to 99.9 per cent before the end of that year. It feeds Colombian passengers into the Panama hub and also operates the Wingo low-cost brand within Colombia and the region. Copa registers "Copa Colombia" and "Copa Airlines Colombia" as trademarks in seven countries.
Ownership timeline of Copa Airlines Colombia
Where Copa Airlines Colombia sits in Copa
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
- ConnectMiles
- Copa Airlines (99.9%)
- Copa Airlines Colombia (99.9%)
- Wingo
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Other brands owned by Copa
Copa controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in travel & transport.
Also in travel & transport
- ConnectMiles (2015)
- Copa Airlines (1947)
- Wingo (2016)
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; Copa has 4.
| 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: Copa
Copa is a publicly listed company headquartered in Panama City, Panama, founded in 1998. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: CPA.
Copa Holdings is the Panamanian holding company for Copa Airlines and the low-cost brand Wingo, incorporated on 6 May 1998 to allow CIASA to sell a 49 per cent stake in the airline to Continental Airlines. Continental sold its last shares in 2008; CIASA still holds all the Class B voting shares and 26.6 per cent of the capital, and the rest trades on the New York Stock Exchange after a December 2005 listing. The group flew 125 Boeing aircraft at the end of 2025, offers about 436 daily flights to 84 destinations in 32 countries from its Panama City hub, and reported revenue of $3.6 billion and an operating profit of $819.0 million for the year.
🇨🇴 Copa Airlines Colombia and other Colombian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 108 brands that began in Colombia. 10 of them (9%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Copa Airlines Colombia among them.
- Airplan — ASUR 🇲🇽
- Avianca — Abra 🇬🇧
- Coordinadora — Coordinadora 🇨🇴
- LATAM Airlines Colombia — LATAM 🇨🇱
- SATENA — SATENA 🇨🇴
- Searca — Searca 🇨🇴
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Copa Airlines Colombia?
The parent company of Copa Airlines Colombia is Copa, a publicly listed company headquartered in Panama.
Is Copa Airlines Colombia Colombian or Panamanian?
Copa Airlines Colombia originated in Colombia, but it is owned today by Copa, which is headquartered in Panama. So Copa Airlines Colombia is a Colombian-origin brand under Panamanian ownership.
Since when has Copa owned Copa Airlines Colombia?
Copa has owned Copa Airlines Colombia since 22 April 2005.
Is Copa Airlines Colombia still owned by Copa?
Yes. As of 29 October 2026, Copa Airlines Colombia is still owned by Copa (99.9% stake). 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] Copa Holdings, S.A. Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-02-26 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 20-F, published 26 February 2026; retrieved 22 September 2026.
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