PANAMA CITY - Copa Holdings, S.A. (NYSE: CPA), today released preliminary passenger traffic statistics for
August 2017:
| Operating Data
|
Aug
|
Aug
|
% Change
|
YTD
|
YTD
|
% Change
|
| 2017
|
2016
|
(YOY)
|
2017
|
2016
|
(YOY)
|
| Copa Holdings (Consolidated)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ASM (mm) (1)
|
2,134.0
|
1,869.1
|
14.2%
|
15,919.7
|
14,668.2
|
8.5%
|
| RPM (mm) (2)
|
1,815.8
|
1,564.8
|
16.0%
|
13,235.5
|
11,681.9
|
13.3%
|
| Load Factor (3)
|
85.1%
|
83.7%
|
1.4p.p.
|
83.1%
|
79.6%
|
3.5p.p.
|
| 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 2017, Copa Holdings’ system-wide passenger traffic (RPMs) increased 16.0% year over year, while capacity (ASMs) increased 14.2%. As a result, system load factor for the month was 85.1%, a 1.4 percentage point increase when compared to
August 2016.
