Copa Holdings Announces Monthly Traffic Statistics For March 2013

PANAMA CITY, April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Copa Holdings, S.A. (NYSE: CPA), today released preliminary passenger traffic statistics for March 2013.

For the month of March 2013, Copa Holdings’ system-wide passenger traffic (RPM) increased 19.5% year over year, while capacity increased 21.5%. As a result, system load factor for March 2013 was 74.7%, a 1.2 percentage point decline when compared to March 2012.

International passenger traffic grew 20.7%, while capacity increased 22.7%. This resulted in a load factor of 74.8%, a 1.2 percentage point decline when compared to March 2012. For the month, International capacity represented 96.3% of total capacity.

Domestic traffic, represented wholly by Colombian domestic service, decreased 6.6%, while capacity decreased 3.9%. As a result, domestic load factor for the month decreased 2.1 percentage points to 72.1%. For the month, domestic capacity represented 3.7% of total capacity.