Copa Holdings, S.A. (NYSE: CPA), today released preliminary passenger traffic statistics for August 2017:

For the month of August 2017, Copa Holdings' system-wide passenger traffic (RPMs) increased 16.0% year over year, while capacity (ASMs) increased 14.2%. As a result, system load factor for the month was 85.1%, a 1.4 percentage point increase when compared to August 2016.