Copa Holdings Announces Monthly Traffic Statistics For October 2013

PANAMA CITY, Nov. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Copa Holdings, S.A. (NYSE: CPA), today released preliminary passenger traffic statistics for October 2013.

For the month of October 2013, Copa Holdings’ system-wide passenger traffic (RPM) increased 9.4% year over year, while capacity increased 9.2%. As a result, system load factor for October 2013 was 74.3%, a 0.1 percentage point increase when compared to October 2012.

International passenger traffic grew 10.8%, while capacity increased 10.5%. This resulted in a load factor of 74.2%, a 0.2 percentage point increase when compared to October 2012. For the month, International capacity represented 96.8% of total capacity.

Domestic traffic, represented wholly by Colombian domestic service, decreased 20.1%, while capacity decreased 20.3%. As a result, domestic load factor for the month increased 0.3 percentage points to 79.0%. For the month, domestic capacity represented 3.2% of total capacity.