PANAMA CITY, Panama – Copa Holdings, SA today released preliminary passenger traffic statistics for June 2015:

Operating Data June June % Change YTD YTD % Change
2015 2014 (YOY) 2015 2014 (YOY)
Copa Holdings (Consolidated)
ASM (mm) (1) 1,780.0 1,713.1 3.9% 10,792.3 10,081.7 7.0%
RPM (mm) (2) 1,280.7 1,325.5 -3.4% 8,052.5 7,832.9 2.8%
Load Factor (3) 72.0% 77.4% -5.4p.p. 74.6% 77.7% -3.1p.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 June 2015, Copa Holdings’ system-wide passenger traffic (RPM) decreased 3.4% year over year, while capacity increased 3.9%. As a result, system load factor for June 2015 was 72.0%, a 5.4 percentage point decrease when compared to June 2014.

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