PANAMA CITY, Dec. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Copa Holdings, S.A. (NYSE: CPA), today released preliminary passenger traffic statistics for November 2011:

For the month of November 2011, Copa Holdings' system-wide passenger traffic (RPM) increased 12.9%, while capacity increased 21.2%.  System load factor for November 2011 was 74.8%, a 5.5 percentage point decline when compared to November 2010.  

International passenger traffic grew 17.7%, while capacity increased 28.2%.  This resulted in a load factor of 74.4%, a 6.6 percentage point decrease when compared to November 2010.  For the month, International capacity represented 94.3% of total capacity.  

Domestic traffic, represented wholly by Colombian domestic service, decreased 30.3%, while capacity decreased 36.2%.  As a result, domestic load factor for the month increased 6.8 percentage points to 80.8%.  For the month, domestic capacity represented 5.7% of total capacity.  

Copa Holdings is a leading Latin American provider of passenger and cargo services.  The Company, through its operating subsidiaries, provides service to 59 destinations in 28 countries in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean with one of the youngest and most modern fleets in the industry, consisting of 73 aircraft: 47 Boeing 737NG aircraft and 26 EMBRAER-190s.

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