PANAMA CITY, July 14, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Copa Holdings, S.A. (NYSE: CPA), today released preliminary passenger traffic statistics for June 2014.
For the month of June 2014, Copa Holdings’ system-wide passenger traffic (RPM) increased 13.0% year over year, while capacity increased 12.2%. As a result, system load factor for June 2014 was 77.4%, a 0.5 percentage point increase when compared to June 2013.
International passenger traffic grew 15.4%, while capacity increased 14.4%. This resulted in a load factor of 77.4%, a 0.7 percentage point increase when compared to June 2013. For the month, International capacity represented 98.5% of total capacity.
Domestic traffic, represented wholly by Colombian domestic service, decreased 53.7%, while capacity decreased 50.9%. As a result, domestic load factor for the month decreased 4.7 percentage points to 76.6%. For the month, domestic capacity represented 1.5% of total capacity.