Airline increases December traffic by 9.1 per
cent year over year and flies a record 22.0 million guests in
2016
CALGARY, Jan. 10, 2017 /CNW/ - WestJet today
announced December 2016 traffic
results with a load factor of 80.8 per cent, an increase of 1.6
percentage points year over year. Revenue passenger miles (RPMs),
or traffic, increased 9.1 per cent year over year, and capacity,
measured in available seat miles (ASMs), grew 7.1 per cent over the
same period. In the fourth quarter of 2016, the airline flew a
record 5.4 million guests, a year-over-year increase of 11.0 per
cent or approximately 531,000 additional guests. For the full-year
of 2016, the airline flew a record 22.0 million guests, a
year-over-year increase of 8.2 per cent or approximately 1.7
million additional guests.
"We are very pleased with the double-digit traffic growth in
2016 as we achieved our second highest full-year load factor of
81.8 per cent and welcomed a record 22 million guests on board,"
said WestJet President and CEO Gregg
Saretsky. "I want to thank our over 12,000 WestJetters for
continuing to deliver our award winning brand of friendly caring
service during this busy holiday season."
December 2016
traffic results
|
December
2016
|
December
2015
|
Change
|
Load
factor
|
80.8%
|
79.2%
|
1.6 pts
|
ASMs
(billions)
|
2.598
|
2.426
|
7.1%
|
RPMs
(billions)
|
2.098
|
1.923
|
9.1%
|
|
Fourth quarter
2016
|
Fourth quarter
2015
|
Change
|
Load
factor
|
80.2%
|
78.4%
|
1.8 pts
|
ASMs
(billions)
|
7.253
|
6.525
|
11.2%
|
RPMs
(billions)
|
5.816
|
5.114
|
13.7%
|
|
Full-year
2016
|
Full-year
2015
|
Change
|
Load
factor
|
81.8%
|
80.0%
|
1.8 pts
|
ASMs
(billions)
|
29.298
|
26.902
|
8.9%
|
RPMs
(billions)
|
23.968
|
21.526
|
11.3%
|
About WestJet
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award-winning culture of care and recognized as one of the
country's top employers. We offer scheduled service to more than
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
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