PANAMA CITY - Copa Holdings, S.A. (NYSE: CPA), today released preliminary passenger traffic statistics for
July 2017:
| Operating Data
|
Jul
|
Jul
|
% Change
|
YTD
|
YTD
|
% Change
|
| 2017
|
2016
|
(YOY)
|
2017
|
2016
|
(YOY)
|
| Copa Holdings (Consolidated)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ASM (mm) (1)
|
2,183.3
|
1,896.3
|
15.1%
|
13,785.7
|
12,799.1
|
7.7%
|
| RPM (mm) (2)
|
1,913.1
|
1,632.7
|
17.2%
|
11,419.7
|
10,117.0
|
12.9%
|
| Load Factor (3)
|
87.6%
|
86.1%
|
1.5p.p.
|
82.8%
|
79.0%
|
3.8p.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
July 2017, Copa Holdings’ system-wide passenger traffic (RPMs) increased 17.2% year over year, while capacity (ASMs) increased 15.1%. As a result, system load factor for the month was 87.6%, a 1.5 percentage point increase when compared to
July 2016.
