All Wingo articles
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NewsCopa eyes Bogota slots for subsidiary Wingo amid Colombia’s air travel uncertainty
Panama’s Copa Airlines is eyeing slots at Bogota’s El Dorado International airport as Colombian competitor Avianca mulls stepping back from its planned acquisition of now-defunct discount carrier Viva Air.
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NewsWingo to take ninth 737 after strong post-pandemic growth
Copa Airlines’ low-cost carrier Wingo will take its ninth aircraft next month as it continues its rapid recovery from the pandemic.
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NewsStart-up Ultra Air plots key role in Colombian market reaching 50m passengers
The chief executive of Colombian start-up Ultra Air believes the airline can play a significant role in growing the country’s air transport market to 50 million passengers over the next five years, citing similar trends in other Latin American countries.
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NewsCopa’s Wingo names new chief executive
Wingo, the Colombian low-cost subsidiary of Panama’s Star Alliance carrier Copa Airlines, has appointed Carolina Cortizo Colon as its new chief executive.
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Wingo to use fifth 737 for handful of cities from Panama Pacifico
Copa Airlines low-cost affiliate Wingo will use its fifth Boeing 737 to serve a handful of destinations out of Panama Pacifico that can sustain nonstop low-cost service, says Copa chief executive Pedro Heilbron.
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Copa foresees Wingo profit in 2018
Panama's Copa Airlines says its new Colombian low-cost affiliate Wingo is performing better than expected, but doesn't foresee it will produce a profit until 2018.
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IATA urges pro-aviation push in Latin America
Ultra-low-cost carriers continue to largely steer clear of Brazil, highlighting economic and regulatory challenges that are particularly acute in the country but also common throughout South America, a top IATA official has argued.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: The rise of low-cost in Latin America
This time last year, the low-cost carrier was a minority in the Latin American airline industry. Aside from a handful of carriers in Mexico and Brazil, the low-cost airline was more the anomaly than norm in other countries.