Copa Holdings Announces Monthly Traffic Statistics for August 2013
Copa Holdings Announces Monthly Traffic Statistics for August 2013
12-Sep-2013
Copa Holdings, S.A. (NYSE: CPA), today released preliminary passenger traffic statistics for August 2013:
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Operating Data |
August |
August |
% Change |
YTD |
YTD |
% Change |
|
2013 |
2012 |
(YOY) |
2013 |
2012 |
(YOY) |
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Copa Holdings (Consolidated) |
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ASM (mm) (1) |
1,656.3 |
1,469.0 |
12.7% |
12,508.7 |
10,699.5 |
16.9% |
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RPM (mm) (2) |
1,277.7 |
1,083.7 |
17.9% |
9,610.6 |
8,084.6 |
18.9% |
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Load Factor (3) |
77.1% |
73.8% |
3.4p.p. |
76.8% |
75.6% |
1.3p.p. |
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International Service |
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ASM (mm) (1) |
1,603.6 |
1,403.8 |
14.2% |
12,071.7 |
10,206.2 |
18.3% |
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RPM (mm) (2) |
1,232.9 |
1,032.3 |
19.4% |
9,270.1 |
7,699.7 |
20.4% |
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Load Factor (3) |
76.9% |
73.5% |
3.3p.p. |
76.8% |
75.4% |
1.4p.p. |
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Domestic Service |
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ASM (mm) (1) |
52.7 |
65.3 |
-19.3% |
437.0 |
493.3 |
-11.4% |
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RPM (mm) (2) |
44.7 |
51.4 |
-12.9% |
340.6 |
384.9 |
-11.5% |
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Load Factor (3) |
85.0% |
78.7% |
6.2p.p. |
77.9% |
78.0% |
-0.1p.p. |
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1. Available seat miles - represents the aircraft seating capacity multiplied by the number of miles the seats are flown. |
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2. Revenue passenger miles - represents the numbers of miles flown by revenue passengers |
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3. Load factor - represents the percentage of aircraft seating capacity that is actually utilized |
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For the month of August 2013, Copa Holdings' system-wide passenger traffic (RPM) increased 17.9% year over year, while capacity increased 12.7%. As a result, system load factor for August 2013 was 77.1%, a 3.4 percentage point increase when compared to August 2012.
International passenger traffic grew 19.4%, while capacity increased 14.2%. This resulted in a load factor of 76.9%, a 3.3 percentage point increase when compared to August 2012. For the month, International capacity represented 96.8% of total capacity.
Domestic traffic, represented wholly by Colombian domestic service, decreased 12.9%, while capacity decreased 19.3%. As a result, domestic load factor for the month increased 6.2 percentage points to 85.0%. For the month, domestic capacity represented 3.2% of total capacity.