Who owns Mineral Airways?
Mineral Airways 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
- Founded
- 2012
- Category
- Travel & transport › Airlines
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Mineral Airways
Mineral Airways is a Grupo DAP brand created in 2012 for charter flights serving the mining industry in northern Chile. DAP's Our Brands page says it currently flies BAe/RJ85 and Boeing 737-200Adv aircraft and carries mining workers from Santiago directly to mine sites. DAP's company history adds that the same jets are used for tourist and business charter flights across Chile and to other points on the continent.
Ownership timeline of Mineral Airways
Where Mineral Airways 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.
🇨🇱 Mineral Airways 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; Mineral Airways 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 Mineral Airways?
The parent company of Mineral Airways is DAP, a privately held company headquartered in Chile.
Is Mineral Airways Chilean?
Yes. Mineral Airways originated in Chile in 2012 and its owner, DAP, is also headquartered in Chile.
Is Mineral Airways still owned by DAP?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Mineral Airways 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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