Copa Holdings Announces Monthly Traffic Statistics for May 2013

PANAMA CITY, June 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Copa Holdings, S.A. (NYSE: CPA), today released preliminary passenger traffic statistics for May 2013.

For the month of May 2013, Copa Holdings’ system-wide passenger traffic (RPM) increased 23.6% year over year, while capacity increased 18.8%. As a result, system load factor for May 2013 was 75.3%, a 2.9 percentage point increase when compared to May 2012.

International passenger traffic grew 24.6%, while capacity increased 20.0%. This resulted in a load factor of 75.3%, a 2.8 percentage point increase when compared to May 2012. For the month, International capacity represented 96.5% of total capacity.

Domestic traffic, represented wholly by Colombian domestic service, increased 0.5%, while capacity decreased 7.3%. As a result, domestic load factor for the month increased 5.8 percentage points to 74.8%. For the month, domestic capacity represented 3.5% of total capacity.