Airline increases traffic by 8.0 per cent year
over year and achieves its second highest November load factor
CALGARY, Dec. 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ - WestJet today
announced November 2014 traffic
results with a load factor of 80.5 per cent, an increase of 0.8
percentage points year over year. Revenue passenger miles (RPMs),
or traffic, increased 8.0 per cent year over year, and capacity,
measured in available seat miles (ASMs), grew 6.9 per cent over the
same period. The airline flew a record 1.5 million guests in
November, a year-over-year increase of 7.5 per cent or
approximately 108,000 additional guests.
"We continue to be very pleased with our strong traffic growth
as we achieved our second highest load factor in November, even as
WestJet Encore, which operates at lower load factors similar to
most regional airlines, continued to expand," said WestJet
President and CEO Gregg Saretsky. "I
want to thank our more than 10,000 WestJetters for their continued
efforts in providing our guests with a safe and remarkable travel
experience through the busy upcoming holiday season."
November 2014 traffic
results
|
November
2014
|
November
2013
|
Change
|
Load
factor
|
80.5%
|
79.7%
|
0.8 pts
|
ASMs
(billions)
|
2.056
|
1.923
|
6.9%
|
RPMs
(billions)
|
1.656
|
1.533
|
8.0%
|
|
Year-to-date
2014
|
Year-to-date
2013
|
Change
|
Load
factor
|
81.5%
|
81.7%
|
(0.2 pts)
|
ASMs
(billions)
|
23.298
|
21.816
|
6.8%
|
RPMs
(billions)
|
18.979
|
17.831
|
6.4%
|
In November, WestJet announced that it had earned a place on the
list of Canada's top 50 employers
based on the Aon Hewitt's 16th annual Best Employers in
Canada study for 2015.
About WestJet
We are proud to be
Canada's most-preferred airline,
powered by an award-winning culture of care and recognized as one
of the country's top employers. We offer scheduled service to more
than 90 destinations in North
America, Central America,
the Caribbean and Europe. Through our regional airline, WestJet
Encore, and with partnerships with airlines representing every
major region of the world, we offer our guests more than 120
destinations in more than 20 countries. Leveraging WestJet's
extensive network, flight schedule and remarkable guest experience,
WestJet Vacations delivers affordable, flexible travel experiences
with a variety of accommodation options for every guest. Members of
our WestJet Rewards program earn WestJet dollars on flights,
vacation packages and more. Our members use WestJet dollars towards
the purchase of WestJet flights and vacations packages on any day,
at any time, to any WestJet destination with no blackout periods –
even on seat sales. For more information about everything WestJet,
please visit westjet.com.
Recent recognition includes:
2015 Best Employers in Canada
(Aon Hewitt)
2014 Canada's Passion
Capitalist (Knightsbridge, Richardson GMP)
2014 Interbrand Canada's Best Canadian Brands (Rank #20)
2014 Brands of the Year (Strategy magazine)
2014 Canada's Most Preferred
Airline (Ipsos)
2014 Value Airline of the Year (Air Transport World magazine)
2014/2013/2012 Canada's Most
Attractive Employer (Randstad)
2014/2013 WestJet RBC MasterCard ranked #1 in Canada (Money Sense magazine and
RewardsCanada.ca)
2013 Highest equity score: airline, vacation package supplier
brands (Harris/Decima EquiTrend Study)
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