Copa Subsidiary Wingo Eyes Colombia-Argentina Flights

The Argentinian Civil Aviation Authorities approved Wingo to launch flights between Colombia and Argentina. If the Copa Airways subsidiary does begin these companies, it could be the second low-cost provider to enter this market, following the steps of Viva Colombia.

The brand new airline on the block

Wingo is a low-cost subsidiary of Copa Holdings, launched in 2016 with a Boeing 737 NG plane fleet. It primarily serves worldwide routes all through the Latin American area.

As of July 2022, Wingo operates 19 worldwide routes from Bogota, Cali, Cartagena, and Medellin. And the airline is wanting so as to add new companies shortly.

The Argentinian authorities approved this provider to launch worldwide companies into the nation.

The negotiations between each events have been ongoing since February. Initially, they had been eyeing the potential of authorizing Wingo new routes between Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Rosario, Mendoza, and Salta with the Colombian cities of Medellin and Cali.

Nonetheless, ultimately, the Argentinian authorities solely gave Wingo their approval to launch business scheduled flights that finish at Ezeiza Worldwide Airport (EZE) in Buenos Aires. Wingo can join Buenos Aires with the next cities: Medellin, Cartagena, Cali, Barranquilla, San Andres, Pereira, and Bucaramanga in Colombia, and Panama Metropolis.

A Wingo airline aircraft sits on the tarmac at El Dorado Worldwide Airport in Bogota, Colombia. Photograph: Getty Photographs.

A aggressive market?

Regardless of having the chance to launch as much as eight routes between Colombia and Panama to Argentina, it’s unlikely Wingo will do this.

As a substitute, the low-cost provider may launch a few of these routes, together with Panama Metropolis-Buenos Aires and maybe Medellin-Buenos Aires.

Launching the Panama Metropolis-Buenos Aires route might be dangerous as it could be getting into the identical market already served by Copa Airways. Nonetheless, each carriers have particular market targets, one being a low-cost and the opposite being a legacy provider.

In the meantime, launching the Medellin-Buenos Aires route could be in direct competitors with Viva Air.

Viva Air solely launched its routes to Buenos Aires from Bogota and Medellin in June and is anticipated to extend its capability in October.

The market between Colombia and Argentina at present has three gamers. These are Aerolíneas Argentinas, Avianca, and Viva. They provide 29 weekly flights between the three, primarily on the Bogota-Buenos Aires route.

The market between Colombia and Argentina at present has three airways: Viva Colombia, Aerolíneas Argentinas, and Avianca. Photograph: Guillermo Quiroz Martínez by way of
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Who’s Wingo?

Wingo is a low-cost provider launched by Copa Holdings, the Panamanian firm which additionally runs Copa Airways.

The airline affords an intensive route community with low fares all through the Americas. It has a fleet composed of eight Boeing 737-800 plane. These jets can carry 186 passengers, together with 42 seats with extra area between them. Wingo’s fleet was inherited from Copa Airways, which is at present renewing its fleet and including new Boeing 737 MAX jetliners.

Weekly, Wingo affords round 288 weekly flights on routes throughout the area, together with almost 200 weekly home companies.

Wingo affords 90 worldwide flights per week as of July 2022. It operates 19 worldwide routes. From Bogota it flies to Aruba (AUA), Cancun (CUN), Curazao (CUR), Guayaquil (GYE), Havana (HAV), Lima (LIM), Mexico Metropolis (MEX), Panama (PTY), Santo Domingo (SDQ), San Jose (SJO), and Quito (UIO).

From Cali, it flies to Cancun and Panama; from Cartagena, it flies to Panama; and from Medellín, it flies to Cancun, Panama, Punta Cana (PUJ), and Santo Domingo.