Duaration of tax loss carryforward

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Starting year of Tax losses carryforward put to use

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Temporary differences associated with investments in subsidiaries for which deferred tax liabilities have not been recognized.

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The applicable income tax rate.

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The tax expense (income) divided by the accounting profit. [Refer: Accounting profit]

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The amounts of income taxes recoverable in future periods in respect of: (a) deductible temporary differences; (b) the carryforward of unused tax losses; and (c) the carryforward of unused tax credits. [Refer: Temporary differences [member]; Unused tax credits [member]; Unused tax losses [member]]

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Line items represent concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes of the table.

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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Disclosure of temporary difference, unused tax losses and unused tax credits [line items]
Tax rate	25.00%	25.00%	25.00%
Deferred tax assets	$ 35,595	$ 19,215
Temporary differences associated with investments in subsidiaries, for which deferred tax liabilities have not been recognized		272,500
Copa Airlines [member]
Disclosure of temporary difference, unused tax losses and unused tax credits [line items]
Deferred tax assets	$ 11,800
Duaration of tax loss carryforward	3 years
Tax Losses Carry Forward Start Year	2023 years
Colombia [member] \| Tax year 2021 [member]
Disclosure of temporary difference, unused tax losses and unused tax credits [line items]
Tax rate			31.00%
Colombia [member] \| Tax year 2021 [member] \| Copa Airlines [member]
Disclosure of temporary difference, unused tax losses and unused tax credits [line items]
Effective rate			(25.00%)
Colombia [member] \| Tax year 2021 [member] \| Copa Colombia [member]
Disclosure of temporary difference, unused tax losses and unused tax credits [line items]
Effective rate			(31.00%)
Colombia [member] \| Tax year 2021 [member] \| Oval [member]
Disclosure of temporary difference, unused tax losses and unused tax credits [line items]
Effective rate			(21.00%)
Colombia [member] \| Tax year 2022 [member]
Disclosure of temporary difference, unused tax losses and unused tax credits [line items]
Tax rate			30.00%
Carried forward tax losses of Copa Colombia [member]
Disclosure of temporary difference, unused tax losses and unused tax credits [line items]
Deferred tax assets	$ 9,100	$ 1,700
Duaration of tax loss carryforward	7 years
Tax Losses Carry Forward Start Year	2022 years