Copa Holdings Announces Monthly Traffic Statistics for March 2014

PANAMA CITY, April 14, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Copa Holdings, S.A. (NYSE: CPA), today released preliminary passenger traffic statistics for March 2014.

For the month of March 2014, Copa Holdings’ system-wide passenger traffic (RPM) increased 9.7% year over year, while capacity increased 8.4%. As a result, system load factor for March 2014 was 75.6%, a 0.9 percentage point increase when compared to March 2013.

International passenger traffic grew 11.0%, while capacity increased 9.8%. This resulted in a load factor of 75.7%, a 0.8 percentage point increase when compared to March 2013. For the month, International capacity represented 97.5% of total capacity.

Domestic traffic, represented wholly by Colombian domestic service, decreased 25.7%, while capacity decreased 27.4%. As a result, domestic load factor for the month increased 1.7 percentage points to 73.9%. For the month, domestic capacity represented 2.5% of total capacity.