Airline increases traffic by 13.9 per cent and
achieves second-highest July load factor
CALGARY, Aug. 10, 2016 /CNW/ - WestJet today
announced July 2016 traffic results
with a load factor of 85.2 per cent an increase of 2.4 percentage
points year over year. Revenue passenger miles (RPMs), or traffic,
increased 13.9 per cent year over year, and capacity, measured in
available seat miles (ASMs), grew 10.7 per cent over the same
period. The airline flew a record 2.0 million guests in July, a
year-over-year increase of 6.6 per cent or approximately 126,000
additional guests.
"We are very pleased with our continued double-digit traffic
growth as we achieved our second-highest July load factor and flew
a record 2.0 million guests for the month of July," said WestJet
President and CEO Gregg Saretsky. "I
want to thank our almost 12,000 WestJetters for their commitment to
providing a remarkable guest experience through the busy summer
travel season."
July 2016 traffic
results
|
July
2016
|
July
2015
|
Change
|
Load
factor
|
85.2%
|
82.8%
|
2.4
pts
|
ASMs
(billions)
|
2.627
|
2.374
|
10.7%
|
RPMs
(billions)
|
2.239
|
1.966
|
13.9%
|
|
Year-to-date
2016
|
Year-to-date
2015
|
Change
|
Load
factor
|
82.0%
|
80.3%
|
1.7
pts
|
ASMs
(billions)
|
17.037
|
15.847
|
7.5%
|
RPMs
(billions)
|
13.976
|
12.731
|
9.8%
|
In July, WestJet announced its 2016-2017 winter schedule that
included new flights to its growing domestic and international
networks. The winter schedule includes new non-stop weekly service
between Regina and Orlando,
Florida, and new flights from Toronto to a number of Canadian and
international destinations including Vancouver, Ottawa, Moncton, Myrtle
Beach, Aruba, Kingston (Jamaica), San
Jose and Liberia
(Costa Rica), Port of Spain and St. Martin.
Beginning October 29, 2016,
WestJet will become the only Canadian airline to provide non-stop
service to Belize, connecting
Toronto with Belize City twice weekly, including connecting
service from Western and Atlantic Canada.
About WestJet
We are proud to be Canada's highest-rated airline for customer
service, powered by an award-winning culture of care and recognized
as one of the country's top employers. We offer scheduled service
to 100 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 150
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 ΜΆ even on seat sales. For more information
about everything WestJet, please visit westjet.com.
Recent recognition includes:
2015/2011/2010/2008/2007/2006/2005 Canada's Most Admired Corporate Culture
(Waterstone Human Capital)
2015 Best Employers in Canada
(Aon Hewitt)
2015/2014/2013 WestJet RBC World Elite MasterCard ranked #1 in
Canada (MoneySense magazine)
2014/2013 WestJet RBC World Elite MasterCard ranked #1 in the
Canada's Choice ranking
(RewardsCanada.ca)
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)
2014/2013/2012/2011 Highest equity score: airline, vacation package
supplier brands (Harris/Decima EquiTrend Study)
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