PRESS
RELEASE
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CONTACT:
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Joseph
Putaturo – Panamá
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Director-Investor
Relations
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(507)
304-2677
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Copa
Holdings
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December
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Change
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Full
Year
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Change
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(Consolidated)
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2009
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2008
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(%)
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2009
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2008
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(%)
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ASM (mm) (1)
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873.2 | 848.4 | 2.9 | % | 9,910.7 | 8,844.6 | 12.1 | % | ||||||||||||||||
RPM (mm) (2)
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671.3 | 629.6 | 6.6 | % | 7,396.6 | 6,716.8 | 10.1 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Load Factor (3)
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76.9 | % | 74.2 | % |
2.7
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p.p. | 74.6 | % | 75.9 | % |
-1.3
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p.p. | ||||||||||||
Copa
Airlines Segment
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ASM (mm) (1)
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726.3 | 705 | 3.0 | % | 8,319.0 | 7,341.9 | 13.3 | % | ||||||||||||||||
RPM (mm) (2)
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561.4 | 530.1 | 5.9 | % | 6,322.6 | 5,788.9 | 9.2 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Load
Factor (3)
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77.3 | % | 75.2 | % |
2.1
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p.p. | 76.0 | % | 78.8 | % |
-2.8
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p.p. | ||||||||||||
Aero
Republica Segment
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ASM (mm) (l)
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147 | 143.4 | 2.5 | % | 1,591.7 | 1,502.7 | 5.9 | % | ||||||||||||||||
RPM (mm) (2)
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109.9 | 99.5 | 10.5 | % | 1,074.0 | 927.9 | 15.7 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Load
Factor (3)
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74.8 | % | 69.4 | % |
5.4
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p.p. | 67.5 | % | 61.7 | % |
5.7
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p.p. |
1.
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Available
seat miles - represents the aircraft seating capacitymultiplied
by the number of miles the seats are
flown
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2.
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Revenue
passenger miles - represents the numbers of miles flown byrevenue
passengers
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3.
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Load
factor - represents the percentage of aircraft seating
capacitythat
is actually utilized
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Copa Holdings, S.A. | ||
(Registrant) | ||
Date:
01/11/2010
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By:
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/s/ Victor
Vial
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Name:
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Victor
Vial
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Title:
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CFO
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