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Copa Holdings Announces Monthly Traffic Statistics for July 2012
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Source: Copa Holdings
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09/08/2012
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Copa Holdings, S.A. (NYSE: CPA), today released preliminary passenger traffic statistics for July 2012:
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Operating Data
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July
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July
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% Change
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YTD
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YTD
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% Change
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2012
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2011
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(YOY)
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2012
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2011
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(YOY)
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Copa Holdings (Consolidated)
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ASM (mm) (1)
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1,477.8
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1,159.0
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27.5%
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9,230.5
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7,423.3
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24.3%
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RPM (mm) (2)
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1,161.0
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964.0
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20.4%
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7,000.8
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5,777.9
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21.2%
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Load Factor (3)
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78.6%
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83.2%
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-4.6p.p.
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75.8%
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77.8%
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-2.0p.p.
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International Service
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ASM (mm) (1)
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1,411.2
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1,086.9
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29.8%
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8,802.4
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6,786.2
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29.7%
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RPM (mm) (2)
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1,105.8
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903.7
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22.4%
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6,667.4
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5,298.8
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25.8%
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Load Factor (3)
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78.4%
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83.2%
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-4.8p.p.
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75.7%
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78.1%
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-2.3p.p.
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Domestic Service
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ASM (mm) (1)
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66.6
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72.2
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-7.8%
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428.1
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637.1
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-32.8%
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RPM (mm) (2)
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55.2
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60.3
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-8.4%
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333.5
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479.1
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-30.4%
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Load Factor (3)
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83.0%
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83.5%
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-0.6p.p.
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77.9%
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75.2%
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2.7p.p.
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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
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For the month of July 2012, Copa Holdings' system-wide passenger traffic (RPM) increased 20.4% year over year, while capacity increased 27.5%. As a result, system load factor for July 2012 was 78.6%, a 4.6 percentage point decrease when compared to July 2011.
International passenger traffic grew 22.4%, while capacity increased 29.8%. This resulted in a load factor of 78.4%, a 4.8 percentage point decrease when compared to July 2011. For the month, International capacity represented 95.5% of total capacity.
Domestic traffic, represented wholly by Colombian domestic service, decreased 8.4%, while capacity decreased 7.8%. As a result, domestic load factor for the month decreased 0.6 percentage points to 83.0%. For the month, domestic capacity represented 4.5% of total capacity.
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» Leslie Thng, Chief Executive, SilkAir
