{"id":126481,"date":"2022-05-12T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=126481"},"modified":"2022-05-12T22:07:59","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T22:07:59","slug":"copa-holdings-reported-financial-results-first-quarter-of-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2022\/05\/copa-holdings-reported-financial-results-first-quarter-of-2022.html","title":{"rendered":"Copa Holdings reported financial results first quarter of 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Copa Holdings, the parent company of Panama&#8217;s <strong>Copa Airlines<\/strong>, announced Wednesday its financial results for the first quarter of 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Holdings reported net income of US$19.8 million for the quarter, compared to net income of US$89.4 million in the first quarter of 2019. Excluding special items, the company would have reported net income of US$29.5 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/en\/2022\/04\/copa-airlines-increased-frequencies-to-cucuta.html\">Copa Airlines increased frequencies to C\u00facuta (Colombia).<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It also reported operating income of US$44.8 million for the quarter and an operating margin of 7.8%, compared to US$112.9 million in the first quarter of 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Total revenue for the first quarter of the year was US$571.6 million, reaching 85.0% of revenue for the same period in 2019. Passenger revenue was 83.4%, while cargo revenue was 40.6% higher than pre-pandemic levels. Revenue per available seat-mile (RASM) was 10.2 cents, down 3.0% from the first quarter of 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Operating cost per available seat-mile, excluding fuel (Ex-fuel CASM), decreased 1.6% in the quarter versus 1Q19 to 6.0 cents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Capacity for the first quarter of the year, measured in terms of available seat-miles (ASM), was 87.6% of capacity flown in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/en\/2022\/05\/copa-airlines-to-resume-flights-to-boston.html\">Copa Airlines to resume flights to Boston beginning in July.<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company closed the quarter with approximately $1.2 billion in cash, short- and long-term investments, representing 65% of trailing twelve-month revenue, and total debt, including lease liabilities, of $1.6 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Including two new Boeing 737 MAX 9s, three Boeing 737-700s currently in temporary storage and one Boeing 737-800 freighter, Copa Holdings ended the quarter with a consolidated fleet of 93 aircraft &#8211; 68 Boeing 737-800s, 16 Boeing 737 MAX 9s and 9 Boeing 737-700s &#8211; compared to 102 aircraft prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Copa Airlines had an on-time performance for the quarter of 91.3% and a flight completion factor of 99.3%, once again positioning the airline among the best in the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the quarter, the company also announced two new destinations starting in June 2022: Santa Marta in Colombia and Barcelona in Venezuela.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to the recovery in demand following the impact of the Covid-19 Omicron variant, and despite rising fuel prices, Copa Holdings reported a profitable quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"related-topics\">Related Topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-post-grid uagb-post-grid  uagb-post__image-position-top uagb-post__image-enabled uagb-block-d4fdc84b     uagb-post__items uagb-post__columns-2 is-grid uagb-post__columns-tablet-2 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