Copa Holdings Announces Monthly Traffic Statistics for January 2013

PANAMA CITY, Feb. 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Copa Holdings, S.A. (NYSE: CPA), today released preliminary passenger traffic statistics for January 2013.

For the month of January 2012, Copa Holdings’ system-wide passenger traffic (RPM) increased 21.3% year over year, while capacity increased 21.0%. As a result, system load factor for January 2012 was 79.6%, a 0.2 percentage point increase when compared to January 2011.

International passenger traffic grew 23.0%, while capacity increased 22.4%. This resulted in a load factor of 79.5%, a 0.4 percentage point increase when compared to January 2011. For the month, International capacity represented 96.1% of total capacity.

Domestic traffic, represented wholly by Colombian domestic service, decreased 8.6%, while capacity decreased 5.3%. As a result, domestic load factor for the month decreased 2.9 percentage points to 81.9%. For the month, domestic capacity represented 3.9% of total capacity.