Airline increases traffic by 7.8 per cent year
over year, flies a record 1.7 million guests for the month of
January
CALGARY, Feb. 4, 2016 /PRNewswire/ - WestJet today
announced January 2016 traffic
results with a load factor of 80.1 per cent. Revenue passenger
miles (RPMs), or traffic, increased 7.8 per cent year over year,
and capacity, measured in available seat miles (ASMs), grew 7.0 per
cent over the same period. The airline flew a record 1.7 million
guests in January, a year-over-year increase of 7.4 per cent or
approximately 119,000 additional guests.
"We are pleased with our strong January traffic growth to start
off 2016," said WestJet President and CEO Gregg Saretsky. "I want to thank our more than
11,000 WestJetters for their ongoing commitment to delivering our
brand of caring friendly service."
January 2016 traffic
results
|
January
2016
|
January
2015
|
Change
|
Load
factor
|
80.1%
|
79.5%
|
0.6 pts
|
ASMs
(billions)
|
2.495
|
2.332
|
7.0%
|
RPMs
(billions)
|
1.998
|
1.854
|
7.8%
|
In January, WestJet announced its 2016 summer schedule,
including additions to its Toronto
hub and enhanced schedules for business travellers. WestJet's 2016
summer schedule includes new non-stop service from Toronto to Nashville and Los
Angeles as well as Calgary
to Thunder Bay. Other additions to
WestJet's Toronto hub include
increased service to Orlando,
Tampa, Fort Lauderdale and Myrtle Beach. Routes with enhanced schedules
for business travellers include Toronto to Ottawa, Montreal and Fredericton as well as between Ottawa and Halifax.
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:
2015/2011/2008-2005 Canada's 10
Most-Admired Corporate Cultures (Waterstone Human
Capital)
2015/2014/2013/2012 Canada's Most
Attractive Employer (Randstad)
2015/2014/2013/2012 Top three brands in Canada (Canadian Business magazine)
2015 Best Employers in Canada
(Aon Hewitt)
2015/2014/2013 WestJet RBC World Elite MasterCard ranked #1 in
Canada (MoneySense
magazine)
2015/2014/2013 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)
2014/2013/2012/2011 Highest equity score: airline, vacation package
supplier brands (Harris/Decima EquiTrend Study)
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