PANAMA CITY, March 13, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Copa Holdings, S.A. (NYSE: CPA), today released preliminary passenger traffic statistics for February 2014.
For the month of February 2014, Copa Holdings’ system-wide passenger traffic (RPM) increased 12.9% year over year, while capacity increased 9.7%. As a result, system load factor for February 2014 was 78.5%, a 2.2 percentage point increase when compared to February 2013.
International passenger traffic grew 13.4%, while capacity increased 10.2%. This resulted in a load factor of 78.5%, a 2.2 percentage point increase when compared to February 2013. For the month, International capacity represented 97.1% of total capacity.
Domestic traffic, represented wholly by Colombian domestic service, decreased 2.4%, while capacity decreased 4.7%. As a result, domestic load factor for the month increased 1.8 percentage points to 79.4%. For the month, domestic capacity represented 2.9% of total capacity.