Copa Holdings Announces Monthly Traffic Statistics for October 2012

PANAMA CITY, Nov. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Copa Holdings, S.A. (NYSE: CPA), today released preliminary passenger traffic statistics for October 2012.

For the month of October 2012, Copa Holdings’ system-wide passenger traffic (RPM) increased 23.6% year over year, while capacity increased 23.3%. As a result, system load factor for September 2012 was 74.2%, a 0.2 percentage point increase when compared to October 2011.

International passenger traffic grew 25.2%, while capacity increased 25.1%. This resulted in a load factor of 74.0%, a 0.1 percentage point increase when compared to October 2011. For the month, International capacity represented 95.6% of total capacity.

Domestic traffic, represented wholly by Colombian domestic service, decreased 2.2%, while capacity decreased 6.0%. As a result, domestic load factor for the month increased 2.9 percentage points to 78.8%. For the month, domestic capacity represented 4.4% of total capacity.