Copa Holdings Announces Monthly Traffic Statistics for April 2013

PANAMA CITY, May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Copa Holdings, S.A. (NYSE: CPA), today released preliminary passenger traffic statistics for April 2013.

For the month of April 2013, Copa Holdings’ system-wide passenger traffic (RPM) increased 18.3% year over year, while capacity increased 20.0%. As a result, system load factor for April 2013 was 73.6%, a 1.1 percentage point decline when compared to April 2012.

International passenger traffic grew 19.4%, while capacity increased 21.1%. This resulted in a load factor of 73.8%, a 1.0 percentage point decline when compared to April 2012. For the month, International capacity represented 96.2% of total capacity.

Domestic traffic, represented wholly by Colombian domestic service, decreased 6.3%, while capacity decreased 1.7%. As a result, domestic load factor for the month decreased 3.4 percentage points to 68.7%. For the month, domestic capacity represented 3.8% of total capacity.