Copa Holdings Announces Monthly Traffic Statistics For November 2013

PANAMA CITY, Panama, Dec. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Copa Holdings, S.A. (NYSE: CPA), today released preliminary passenger traffic statistics for November 2013.

For the month of November 2013, Copa Holdings’ system-wide passenger traffic (RPM) increased 10.4% year over year, while capacity increased 9.5%. As a result, system load factor for November 2013 was 77.3%, a 0.7 percentage point increase when compared to November 2012.

International passenger traffic grew 11.9%, while capacity increased 10.8%. This resulted in a load factor of 77.2%, a 0.7 percentage point increase when compared to November 2012. For the month, International capacity represented 96.8% of total capacity.

Domestic traffic, represented wholly by Colombian domestic service, decreased 20.0%, while capacity decreased 20.4%. As a result, domestic load factor for the month increased 0.4 percentage points to 80.4%. For the month, domestic capacity represented 3.2% of total capacity.