Copa Holdings Announces Monthly Traffic Statistics for November 2012

PANAMA CITY, Dec. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Copa Holdings, S.A. (NYSE: CPA), today released preliminary passenger traffic statistics for November 2012.

For the month of November 2012, Copa Holdings’ system-wide passenger traffic (RPM) increased 26.5% year over year, while capacity increased 23.4%. As a result, system load factor for November 2012 was 76.7%, a 1.9 percentage point increase when compared to November 2011.

International passenger traffic grew 28.7%, while capacity increased 25.1%. This resulted in a load factor of 76.5%, a 2.1 percentage point increase when compared to November 2011. For the month, International capacity represented 95.6% of total capacity.

Domestic traffic, represented wholly by Colombian domestic service, decreased 6.6%, while capacity decreased 5.7%. As a result, domestic load factor for the month decreased 0.8 percentage points to 80.0%. For the month, domestic capacity represented 4.4% of total capacity.