Copa Holdings Announces Monthly Traffic Statistics For July 2013

PANAMA CITY, Aug. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Copa Holdings, S.A. (NYSE: CPA), today released preliminary passenger traffic statistics for July 2013.

For the month of July 2013, Copa Holdings’ system-wide passenger traffic (RPM) increased 14.4% year over year, while capacity increased 11.3%. As a result, system load factor for July 2013 was 80.8%, a 2.2 percentage point increase when compared to July 2012.

International passenger traffic grew 16.2%, while capacity increased 12.8%. This resulted in a load factor of 80.7%, a 2.3 percentage point increase when compared to July 2012. For the month, International capacity represented 96.8% of total capacity.

Domestic traffic, represented wholly by Colombian domestic service, decreased 20.8%, while capacity decreased 20.9%. As a result, domestic load factor for the month remained at 83.0%. For the month, domestic capacity represented 3.2% of total capacity.