Copa Airlines Colombia Air Cargo Profile
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Copa Airlines Colombia
IATA: P5Copa Airlines Colombia, the Bogota-based carrier trading as Wingo, owned by Panama's Copa Holdings, moving belly cargo on Boeing 737-800s.
Copa Airlines Colombia is the trading name used by AeroRepublica S.A., a Colombian airline founded in 1992 and headquartered in Bogota. Copa Holdings of Panama acquired a controlling stake in AeroRepublica in 2005 and rebranded it Copa Airlines Colombia in 2010. Since December 2016 the entity has operated commercially under the low-cost brand Wingo, which replaced most of the loss-making full-service Colombian operation. It holds IATA code P5 and ICAO code RPB, and it is a Star Alliance affiliate through the wider Copa Holdings group.
Copa Airlines Colombia at a glance
- Cargo division
- Wingo (belly cargo); group cargo brand Copa Airlines Cargo
- Headquarters
- Bogota, Colombia
- Founded
- 1992
- IATA / ICAO code
- P5 / RPB
- Cargo fleet
- No dedicated freighters. Belly-hold cargo only, on a passenger fleet of about 9 Boeing 737-800s (single-class, roughly 186 seats) operated under the Wingo low-cost brand. Dedicated Boeing 737-800BCF converted freighters and the "Copa Airlines Cargo" brand belong to the Panama-based parent Copa Airlines (CM), registered in Panama, and are not part of the P5/Colombia operation.
- Cargo hubs
- Bogota (BOG); focus bases at Barranquilla (BAQ), Cali (CLO), Cartagena (CTG), San Andres (ADZ) and Panama City
- Parent group
- Copa Holdings
- Alliance
- Star Alliance
- Main cargo routes
- Intra-Colombia domestic plus regional Latin America and the Caribbean, feeding the Copa Holdings network via Panama
- Official website
- www.copaair.com
About Copa Airlines Colombia
Copa Airlines Colombia is the trading name used by AeroRepublica S.A., a Colombian airline founded in 1992 and headquartered in Bogota. Copa Holdings of Panama acquired a controlling stake in AeroRepublica in 2005 and rebranded it Copa Airlines Colombia in 2010. Since December 2016 the entity has operated commercially under the low-cost brand Wingo, which replaced most of the loss-making full-service Colombian operation. It holds IATA code P5 and ICAO code RPB, and it is a Star Alliance affiliate through the wider Copa Holdings group.
As a low-cost passenger carrier, Copa Airlines Colombia has no dedicated freighter aircraft. Its cargo capability is limited to belly-hold space on a passenger fleet of roughly nine Boeing 737-800s configured in a single class of about 186 seats and flown under the Wingo brand. Earlier it operated Boeing 737-700s and Embraer 190 regional jets; by 2020 it had ceded its own metal to shared arrangements before consolidating on the 737-800. Belly cargo on these narrowbodies serves point-to-point demand on its Colombian and regional routes.
Dedicated freighter capacity within the Copa Holdings group sits with the Panama-based parent Copa Airlines (IATA CM), which revived cargo operations using Boeing 737-800BCF converted freighters registered in Panama under the Copa Airlines Cargo brand, each able to carry up to about 21.7 tonnes. Those freighters are not part of the P5 Colombian operation. Copa Airlines Colombia's main base is El Dorado International Airport in Bogota (BOG), with additional bases at Barranquilla, Cali, Cartagena, San Andres and Panama City feeding the group's Latin American and Caribbean network.
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Copa Airlines Colombia air cargo FAQ
Does Copa Airlines Colombia (P5) operate cargo freighters?
No. Copa Airlines Colombia is a low-cost passenger carrier trading as Wingo and has no dedicated freighter aircraft. It carries cargo only in the belly holds of its Boeing 737-800 passenger jets. The Copa Holdings group's dedicated Boeing 737-800BCF freighters, operated under the Copa Airlines Cargo brand, belong to the Panama-based parent Copa Airlines (CM) and are registered in Panama, not to the Colombian P5 operation.
What are the codes, base and owner of Copa Airlines Colombia?
Its IATA code is P5 and its ICAO code is RPB, with callsign AEROREPUBLICA. The legal entity is AeroRepublica S.A., trading as Wingo, headquartered in Bogota, Colombia, with its main base at El Dorado International Airport (BOG). It is owned by Copa Holdings of Panama and is a Star Alliance affiliate.
What aircraft and routes does Copa Airlines Colombia use?
It operates a fleet of around nine Boeing 737-800 narrowbodies under the Wingo brand, in a single-class low-cost configuration. Its network covers domestic Colombian routes plus regional destinations across Latin America and the Caribbean, with bases including Bogota, Barranquilla, Cali, Cartagena, San Andres and Panama City. Cargo moves as belly-hold freight on these passenger services.