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Airline headquartered in Panama. Founded 1947. Has a pilot base at Panama City (PTY).
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- Founded
- 1947
- Headquarters
- Panama
SourcesCopa Holdings “Form 20-F 2025”Copa Airlines LinkedIn company page
Airline headquartered in Panama. Founded 1947. Has a pilot base at Panama City (PTY).
SourcesCopa Holdings “Form 20-F 2025”Copa Airlines LinkedIn company page
$145K
$75K
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Copa Airlines LinkedIn vacancy (B737 first officer)checked 19 October 2026Copa Airlines LinkedIn vacancy (B737 captain)checked 19 October 2026
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B737 first officer vacancy · checked 19 October 2026
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SourcesCopa Airlines LinkedIn vacancy (B737 first officer)Copa Holdings 2025 annual report (Form 20-F, filed with the US SEC)
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Panama City
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Copa Airlines captain pay is estimated at about $145K per year, pre-tax. These are our own estimates from public information, not figures the airline publishes.
Copa Airlines first officer pay is estimated at about $75K per year, pre-tax, rising with seniority.
Captain / First Officer — International operations. Panama City base. Key requirements: License: ATPL (AAC / ICAO-compliant). Copa’s B737 captain vacancy asks for an ATP and a Class 1 medical, 5,000 hours total and 1,000 hours as pilot in command, and ICAO level 5 (based in Panama); its B737 first officer vacancy asks for 250 fixed-wing hours from Panamanian nationals and 1,000 from foreign nationals. Panama is Central America's financial and business hub. USD-denominated pay combined with a low cost of living is a key attraction.
Dividing our estimated annual figures by 12, Copa Airlines captains earn about $12K a month and first officers about $6.3K. What actually lands each month moves with block hours flown, and where an annual bonus is paid the regular monthly figure sits lower with a spike in the bonus month.
We estimate Copa Airlines first officers at $75K and captains at $145K — a step of about $69K, or roughly 1.9×. The actual figure moves with seniority, type rating and the routes you fly.
Every figure on this page is gross, before income tax. We estimate captains at $145K and first officers at $75K pre-tax, and income tax, social insurance and any local levies come out of that. Take-home depends on where you are resident and on your own deductions, so no single percentage applies. Airlines based in countries with no personal income tax — the UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia — leave more of the same gross figure in your hand.