Copa Holdings Announces Traffic Statistics for June 2009
08 July 2009 - 11:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
PANAMA CITY, July 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Copa Holdings, S.A.
(NYSE: CPA), and its Copa Airlines and Aero Republica operating
subsidiaries, today released preliminary passenger traffic
statistics for June 2009: June June Change Copa Holdings
(Consolidated) 2009 2008 (%) ASM (mm) (1) 802.1 730.0 9.9% RPM (mm)
(2) 573.0 558.8 2.5% Load Factor (3) 71.4% 76.5% -5.1 p.p. Copa
Airlines Segment ASM (mm) (1) 668.9 598.6 11.7% RPM (mm) (2) 482.5
481.1 0.3% Load Factor (3) 72.1% 80.4% -8.2 p.p. Aero Republica
Segment ASM (mm) (1) 133.3 131.4 1.4% RPM (mm) (2) 90.5 77.7 16.4%
Load Factor (3) 67.9% 59.2% 8.7 p.p. 1. Available seat miles -
represents the aircraft seating capacity multiplied by the number
of miles the seats are flown. 2. Revenue passenger miles -
represents the numbers of miles flown by revenue passengers 3. Load
factor - represents the percentage of aircraft seating capacity
that is actually utilized For the month of June 2009, Copa
Holdings' system-wide passenger traffic (RPM) increased 2.5% while
capacity (ASM) increased 9.9%. System load factor for June 2009 was
71.4%, a 5.1 percentage point decrease when compared to June 2008.
Copa Airlines passenger traffic (RPM) for June 2009 increased 0.3%,
while capacity (ASM) increased 11.7%. This resulted in a load
factor of 72.1%, an 8.2 percentage point decrease when compared to
June 2008. Aero Republica passenger traffic (RPM) for June 2009
increased 16.4%, while capacity (ASM) increased 1.4%. Load factor
for the month was 67.9%, an 8.7 percentage point increase when
compared to June 2008. Copa Holdings, through its Copa Airlines and
Aero Republica operating subsidiaries, is a leading Latin American
provider of passenger and cargo service. Copa Airlines currently
offers approximately 144 daily scheduled flights to 45 destinations
in 24 countries in North, Central and South America and the
Caribbean. In addition, Copa Airlines provides passengers with
access to flights to more than 120 other international destinations
through code share agreements with Continental Airlines and other
airlines. Aero Republica, the second-largest domestic carrier in
Colombia, provides service to 12 cities in Colombia as well as
international connectivity with Copa Airlines' Hub of the Americas
through flights from Bogota, Bucaramanga, Cali, Cartagena, Medellin
and Pereira. Additionally, Aero Republica has direct flights to
Caracas, Venezuela from Cartagena and Medellin, Colombia. CPA-G
DATASOURCE: Copa Holdings, S.A. CONTACT: Joseph Putaturo - Panama,
Director - Investor Relations, Copa Holdings, +1-507-304-2677 Web
site: http://www.copaair.com/
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