PANAMA CITY, April 10, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Copa Holdings, S.A. (NYSE: CPA), and its Copa Airlines and Aero Republica operating subsidiaries, today released preliminary passenger traffic statistics for March 2008:

                                      March     March     Change
    Copa Holdings (Consolidated)      2008      2007       (%)
    ASM (mm) (1)                      701.5     636.2      10.3%
    RPM (mm) (2)                      535.1     478.0      12.0%
    Load Factor (3)                   76.3%     75.1%      1.1 p.p.

    Copa Airlines
    ASM (mm) (1)                      581.5     503.5      15.5%
    RPM (mm) (2)                      466.4     411.9      13.2%
    Load Factor (3)                   80.2%     81.8%     -1.6 p.p.

    Aero Republica
    ASM (mm) (1)                      120.1     132.6     -9.4%
    RPM (mm) (2)                      68.8      66.0       4.1%
    Load Factor (3)                   57.2%     49.8%      7.4 p.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 March 2008, Copa Holdings' system-wide passenger traffic (RPM) increased 12.0%, while capacity (ASM) increased 10.3%. System load factor for March 2008 was 76.3%, a 1.1 percentage point increase when compared to March 2007.

Copa Airlines passenger traffic (RPM) for March 2008 increased 13.2%, while capacity (ASM) increased 15.5%. This resulted in a load factor of 80.2%, a 1.6 percentage point decrease when compared to March 2007.

Aero Republica passenger traffic (RPM) for March 2008 increased 4.1%, while capacity (ASM) decreased 9.4%. Aero Republica's load factor for the month was 57.2%, a 7.4 percentage point increase when compared to March 2007. Capacity reduction came as a result of Aero Republica's ongoing transition to smaller gauge EMBRAER-190 aircraft.

Copa Holdings, through its Copa Airlines and Aero Republica operating subsidiaries, is a leading Latin American provider of passenger and cargo service. Copa Airlines currently offers approximately 126 daily scheduled flights to 41 destinations in 22 countries in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. In addition, Copa Airlines provides passengers with access to flights to more than 120 other international destinations through code share agreements with Continental Airlines and other airlines. Aero Republica, the second-largest domestic carrier in Colombia, provides service to 12 cities in Colombia as well as international connectivity with Copa Airlines' Hub of the Americas through flights from Bogota, Bucaramanga, Cali, Cartagena and Medellin.

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SOURCE Copa Holdings, S.A.

http://www.copaair.com

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