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Wingo

IATA ICAO Call sign P5 RPB AEROREPUBLICA
Founded	19 October 2016; 8 years ago (2016-10-19)
Commenced operations	1 December 2016; 8 years ago (2016-12-01)
Operating bases	Barranquilla Bogotá Cali Cartagena Panama City–Balboa San Andrés
Frequent-flyer program	ConnectMiles
Subsidiaries	Wingo Panama
Fleet size	9
Destinations	23
Parent company	Copa Holdings
Headquarters	Bogotá, Colombia
Key people	Eduardo Lombana (CEO)
Website	www.wingo.com/en

AeroRepública, S. A. (trading as Wingo) is a low-cost airline owned by Copa Holdings. Copa announced the creation of Wingo in October 19, 2016 as a replacement for most of its Copa Airlines Colombia business, which had been losing money for several years, and which had lost $29.7 million in the first half of 2016. In November 2019, Wingo announced Carolina Cortizo as their appointed managing director.

History

Copa said in 2016, that Wingo would be led by Catalina Bretón, a former JetBlue and Avianca executive, and that Eduardo Lombana, the CEO of Copa Colombia, would be in charge of the airline's administration, finance and operations. Copa said Wingo would use four Boeing 737-700s previously used by Copa, would fly under Copa Colombia's call sign and codes, and would mostly take over Copa Colombia's routes, adding flights from Bogotá and Medellín to Panama Pacifico International Airport. The new company would offer one class of seats and would charge for baggage, food and beverages, seat assignments, and priority boarding.

Wingo commenced operations on December 1, 2016, with a flight from Bogotá to Cancún.

Destinations

Wingo serves the following destinations as of July 2023:

Fleet

Current fleet

As of May 2024, Wingo operates the following aircraft:

Former fleet

Wingo previously operated the following aircraft:

See also

• List of airlines of Colombia

References

1. "Wingo on ch-aviation". ch-aviation. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
2. ^ "Copa Launches New LLC to Stem Colombia Losses". flightglobal. 20 October 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
3. "Wingo anuncia a Carolina Cortizo como su nueva Directora General". www.wingo.com. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
4. "Wingo se tomó el Aeropuerto El Dorado para celebrar su primer vuelo". Publimetro Colombia (in Spanish). 1 December 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
5. "Route map Wingo". FlightConnections. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
6. "Wingo Online Booking". Wingo. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
7. "Destinations: Flights in Colombia and Latin America | Wingo".
8. "Low-cost carrier Wingo now flies between Costa Rica and Colombia". The Tico Times. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
9. "Wingo cancela ruta hacia Guatemala por 'comportamiento del mercad". Lá Nacion. 11 January 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
10. "Wingo Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. Retrieved 16 July 2023.

External links

Media related to Wingo (virtual airline) at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website

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