Copa Holdings Announces Monthly Traffic Statistics for August 2012

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

For the month of August 2012, Copa Holdings’ system-wide passenger traffic (RPM) increased 24.4% year over year, while capacity increased 26.6%. As a result, system load factor for August 2012 was 73.8%, a 1.3 percentage point decrease when compared to August 2011.

International passenger traffic grew 26.4%, while capacity increased 28.6%. This resulted in a load factor of 73.5%, a 1.3 percentage point decrease when compared to August 2011. For the month, International capacity represented 95.6% of total capacity.

Domestic traffic, represented wholly by Colombian domestic service, decreased 6.3%, while capacity decreased 6.0%. As a result, domestic load factor for the month decreased 0.3 percentage points to 78.7%. For the month, domestic capacity represented 4.4% of total capacity.