OREANDA-NEWS. November 13, 2015. Copa Holdings, S.A. (NYSE: CPA), today released preliminary passenger traffic statistics for October 2015:

Operating Data

October

October

% Change

YTD

YTD

% Change

2015

2014

(YOY)

2015

2014

(YOY)

Copa Holdings  (Consolidated)





  ASM (mm) (1)

1,780.6

1,775.1

0.3%

17,969.9

17,153.1

4.8%

  RPM (mm) (2)

1,321.8

1,330.9

-0.7%

13,528.2

13,207.2

2.4%

  Load Factor (3)

74.2%

75.0%

-0.7p.p.

75.3%

77.0%

-1.7p.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 October 2015, Copa Holdings' system-wide passenger traffic (RPM) decreased 0.7% year over year, while capacity increased 0.3%.  As a result, system load factor for October 2015 was 74.2%, a 0.7 percentage point decrease when compared to October 2014.