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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
 
FORM 6-K
 
Report of Foreign Issuer
 
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
Report on Form 6-K dated for the month of October, 2011
 
 
Copa Holdings, S.A.
(Translation of Registrant's Name Into English)
 
 
Boulevard Costa del Este, Avenida Principal y Avenida de la Rotonda
Urbanización Costa del Este
Complejo Business Park, Torre Norte
Parque Lefevre
Panama City, Panama
 (Address of principal executive offices)
 
 
(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)
 
Form 20-F x     Form 40-F o
 
(Indicate by check whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.)
 
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Enclosure:  Press Release:  COPA HOLDINGS’ CONSOLIDATED TRAFFIC FOR SEPTEMBER GROWS 26.4%

 
 
 
 
 
SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
Copa Holdings, S.A.
(Registrant)
  
       
Date: 10/10/2011
By:
/s/ Victor Vial  
  Name:   Victor Vial  
  Title: CFO  
       
 
 
 
 
 

Copa Holdings' Consolidated Traffic for September Grows 26.4%

PANAMA CITY, Oct. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Copa Holdings, S.A. (NYSE: CPA), today released preliminary passenger traffic statistics for September 2011:

Copa Holdings  (Total System)

September

September

Change

2011

2010

(%)

ASM (mm) (1)

1,130.2

926.1

22.0%

RPM (mm) (2)

825.0

652.4

26.4%

Load Factor (3)

73.0%

70.5%

2.5p.p.

International Service  




ASM (mm) (1)

1,066.5

830.2

28.5%

RPM (mm) (2)

777.1

582.8

33.3%

Load Factor (3)

72.9%

70.2%

2.7p.p.

Domestic Service




ASM (mm) (1)

63.6

95.9

-33.6%

RPM (mm) (2)

47.9

69.6

-31.2%

Load Factor (3)

75.3%

72.6%

2.6p.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 September 2011, Copa Holdings' system-wide passenger traffic (RPM) increased 26.4%, while capacity increased 22.0%. System load factor for September 2011 was 73.0%, a 2.5 percentage point increase when compared to September 2010.

International passenger traffic grew 33.3%, while capacity increased 28.5%. This resulted in a load factor of 72.9%, a 2.7 percentage point increase when compared to September 2010. For the month, International capacity represented 94.4% of total capacity.

Domestic traffic, represented wholly by Colombian domestic service, decreased 31.2%, while capacity decreased 33.6%. As a result, domestic load factor for the month increased 2.6 percentage points to 75.3%. For the month, domestic capacity represented 5.6% 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 55 destinations in 27 countries in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean with one of the youngest and most modern fleets in the industry, consisting of 71 aircraft: 45 Boeing 737NG aircraft and 26 EMBRAER-190s. For more information visit www.copaair.com.

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