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 May, 2017

  

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

ParqueLefevre

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.)

 

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Enclosure: Press Release - COPA HOLDINGS ANNOUNCES MONTHLY TRAFFIC STATISTICS FOR APRIL 2017

 

 

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: 5/19/2017
	By:	/s/ José Montero
		Name: José Montero Title: CFO

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

Copa Holdings Announces Monthly Traffic Statistics for April 2017

 

PANAMA CITY, Panama, May 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Copa Holdings, S.A. (NYSE: CPA), today released preliminary passenger traffic statistics for April 2017:

 

Operating Data	Apr 2017	Apr 2016	% Change  (YOY)	YTD  2017	YTD  2016	% Change  (YOY)
Copa Holdings  (Consolidated)
ASM (mm) (1)	1,865.0	1,754.1	6.3%	7,671.3	7,320.0	4.8%
RPM (mm) (2)	1,554.8	1,334.7	16.5%	6,286.5	5,641.4	11.4%
Load Factor (3)	83.4%	76.1%	7.3p.p.	81.9%	77.1%	4.9p.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 April 2017, Copa Holdings' system-wide passenger traffic (RPMs) increased 16.5% year over year, while capacity (ASMs) increased 6.3%. As a result, system load factor for April 2017 was 83.4%, a 7.3 percentage point increase when compared to April 2016.

 

Copa Holdings is a leading Latin American provider of passenger and cargo services. The Company, through its operating subsidiaries, provides service to 74 destinations in 31 countries in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean with one of the youngest and most modern fleets in the industry, consisting of 101 aircraft: 80 Boeing 737NG aircraft and 21 EMBRAER-190s. For more information visit www.copa.com.

 

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CONTACT:

Raúl Pascual – Panamá Director – Investor Relations (507) 304-2774