Copa Holdings' Consolidated Traffic for September Grows 26.4%

PANAMA CITY, Oct. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Copa Holdings, S.A. (NYSE: CPA), today released preliminary passenger traffic statistics for September 2011:

For the month of September 2011, Copa Holdings’ system-wide passenger traffic (RPM) increased 26.4%, while capacity increased 22.0%. System load factor for September 2011 was 73.0%, a 2.5 percentage point increase when compared to September 2010.

International passenger traffic grew 33.3%, while capacity increased 28.5%. This resulted in a load factor of 72.9%, a 2.7 percentage point increase when compared to September 2010. For the month, International capacity represented 94.4% of total capacity.

Domestic traffic, represented wholly by Colombian domestic service, decreased 31.2%, while capacity decreased 33.6%. As a result, domestic load factor for the month increased 2.6 percentage points to 75.3%. For the month, domestic capacity represented 5.6% of total capacity.