Copa Holdings Announces Monthly Traffic Statistics for April 2014

PANAMA CITY, May 13, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Copa Holdings, S.A. (NYSE: CPA), today released preliminary passenger traffic statistics for April 2014.

For the month of April 2014, Copa Holdings’ system-wide passenger traffic (RPM) increased 12.5% year over year, while capacity increased 8.1%. As a result, system load factor for April 2014 was 76.6%, a 3.0 percentage point increase when compared to April 2013.

International passenger traffic grew 14.8%, while capacity increased 10.6%. This resulted in a load factor of 76.6%, a 2.8 percentage point increase when compared to April 2013. For the month, International capacity represented 98.4% of total capacity.

Domestic traffic, represented wholly by Colombian domestic service, decreased 50.6%, while capacity decreased 54.3%. As a result, domestic load factor for the month increased 5.6 percentage points to 74.3%. For the month, domestic capacity represented 1.6% of total capacity.