Copa Holdings announces March 2016 traffic statistics

PANAMA CITY, Panama – Copa Holdings, SA today released preliminary passenger traffic statistics for March 2016:

PANAMA CITY, Panama – Copa Holdings, SA today released preliminary passenger traffic statistics for March 2016:

For the month of March 2016, Copa Holdings’ system-wide passenger traffic (RPM) increased 3.4% year over year, while capacity decreased 0.5%. As a result, system load factor for March 2016 was 75.4%, a 2.9 percentage point increase when compared to March 2015.


Operating Data March March % Change YTD YTD % Change
2016 2015 (YOY) 2016 2015 (YOY)
Copa Holdings (Consolidated)
ASM (mm) (1) 1,824.4 1,834.5 -0.5% 5,565.4 5,433.1 2.4%
RPM (mm) (2) 1,374.7 1,329.1 3.4% 4,306.7 4,157.7 3.6%
Load Factor (3) 75.4% 72.5% 2.9p.p. 77.4% 76.5% 0.9p.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

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