PANAMA CITY, June 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Copa Holdings, S.A.
(NYSE: CPA), today released preliminary passenger traffic
statistics for May 2018:
Operating
Data
|
May
|
May
|
%
Change
|
YTD
|
YTD
|
%
Change
|
2018
|
2017
|
(YOY)
|
2018
|
2017
|
(YOY)
|
Copa
Holdings (Consolidated)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ASM (mm)
(1)
|
2,186.1
|
1,927.3
|
13.4%
|
10,574.5
|
9,600.5
|
10.1%
|
RPM (mm)
(2)
|
1,844.2
|
1,588.2
|
16.1%
|
8,780.0
|
7,850.5
|
11.8%
|
Load Factor
(3)
|
84.4%
|
82.4%
|
2.0p.p.
|
83.0%
|
81.8%
|
1.3p.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 May 2018, Copa
Holdings' system-wide passenger traffic (RPMs) increased 16.1% year
over year, while capacity (ASMs) increased 13.4%. As a
result, system load factor for the month was 84.4%, 2.0 percentage
points higher than May 2017.
Copa Holdings is a leading Latin American provider of
passenger and cargo services. The Company, through its
operating subsidiaries, provides service to 79 destinations in 32
countries in North, Central and South
America and the Caribbean
with one of the youngest and most modern fleets in the industry,
consisting of 101 aircraft: 82 Boeing 737NG aircraft and 19
EMBRAER-190s. For more information visit
www.copa.com.
CPA-G
CONTACT:
|
Raúl Pascual –
Panamá
|
|
Director – Investor
Relations
|
|
011 (507)
304-2774
|
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SOURCE Copa Holdings, S.A.