Pedro Heilbron (born March 5, 1958) is the CEO of Copa Holdings S.A., the parent company of the Panamanian carrier Copa Airlines and the Colombian carrier AeroRepública[citation needed] Heilbron received a B.A.
in economics from College of the Holy Cross, Massachusetts, in 1979, and an MBA from George Washington University.
[citation needed] Under his leadership, Copa expanded and transformed from a regional player into one of the three large air groups in Latin America, increasing the fleet from two (1988) to 98 aircraft (2014) and annual revenues growing from $20 million to $3 billion in the same time period.
[4] Pedro Heilbron is also a member of the board of governors of IATA,[5] past president and current vice-president of the Latin American Airline Association (ALTA).
[citation needed] In 2014, Heilbron was recognized with the Tony Jannus award by the Tony Jannus Disdinguished Aviation Society, (which was formed by the Tampa and St. Petersburg chambers of commerce).