Copa Holdings Increases Profits 46%

Copa Holdings S.A., a holding company of Copa Airlines y Aero República, gained $51.9 in the fourth quarter of 2008, 46.1% more than the same period of 2007.

Friday, February 20, 2009

The operating revenue of the business, which lists in the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker CPA, were $84 million -an increase of 95.5% in comparison with $43 million obtained in the last quarter of 2007.

In a press release, the business also reported that, during the same period, it acquired 2 Embraer 190 airplanes and maintains a solid position with $408 millions in cash and short-term investments.

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The company "has remained one of the most profitable airline companies on the planet," management pointed out.

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