Copa Holdings Announces Monthly Traffic Statistics for December 2013

PANAMA CITY, Jan. 13, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Copa Holdings, S.A. (NYSE: CPA), today released preliminary passenger traffic statistics for December 2013.

For the month of December 2013, Copa Holdings’ system-wide passenger traffic (RPM) increased 12.1% year over year, while capacity increased 9.9%. As a result, system load factor for December 2013 was 77.7%, a 1.5 percentage point increase when compared to December 2012.

International passenger traffic grew 13.8%, while capacity increased 11.2%. This resulted in a load factor of 77.8%, a 1.8 percentage point increase when compared to December 2012. For the month, International capacity represented 96.9% of total capacity.

Domestic traffic, represented wholly by Colombian domestic service, decreased 24.0%, while capacity decreased 20.1%. As a result, domestic load factor for the month decreased 4.0 percentage points to 77.2%. For the month, domestic capacity represented 3.1% of total capacity.