Copa Holdings September traffic rises 17.1% year on year

Copa Holdings said on Oct. 8 that its preliminary passenger traffic figures for September 2026 showed higher capacity, stronger traffic and a better load factor than a year earlier.

For retail traders following airline operating updates, the key point is the direction of the monthly numbers: available seat miles, or ASMs, climbed to 3,041.0 million from 2,628.2 million, while revenue passenger miles, or RPMs, rose to 2,674.4 million from 2,283.1 million.

The company said its system load factor, which it defines as the percentage of aircraft seating capacity that is utilized, was 87.9% in September 2026, compared with 86.9% in the same month last year. Copa also said it is a leading Latin American provider of passenger and cargo services with operations in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean.