Airline reports record October traffic
CALGARY,
Nov. 3, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -
November 3, 2015. WestJet today
announced October 2015 traffic
results with a load factor of 77.1 per cent. Revenue passenger
miles (RPMs), or traffic, increased 0.3 per cent year over year,
and capacity, measured in available seat miles (ASMs), grew 0.7 per
cent over the same period. The airline flew 1.6 million guests in
October, approximately flat with the prior year.
"We are pleased to report record traffic for the
month of October," said WestJet President and CEO Gregg Saretsky. "I want to thank all of our
11,000 WestJetters for their continued dedication and hard work as
we transition from our shoulder period into our busy winter
season."
October 2015
traffic results
|
October 2015 |
October 2014 |
Change |
Load factor |
77.1% |
77.4% |
(0.3 pts) |
ASMs (billions) |
2.049 |
2.035 |
0.7% |
RPMs (billions) |
1.580 |
1.576 |
0.3% |
|
Year-to-date 2015 |
Year-to-date 2014 |
Change |
Load factor |
80.2% |
81.6% |
(1.4 pts) |
ASMs (billions) |
22.426 |
21.241 |
5.6% |
RPMs (billions) |
17.992 |
17.323 |
3.9% |
WestJet will hold its quarterly analysts'
conference call today, November 3,
2015, at 8 a.m. MT
(10 a.m. ET). President and CEO
Gregg Saretsky and Executive
Vice-President of Finance and CFO Harry
Taylor will discuss WestJet's third quarter 2015 results and
answer questions from financial analysts and members of the media.
The conference call will be available in Toronto by calling 416-915-3239, in
Vancouver by calling 604-638-5340
and across Canada and the United States through the toll-free
telephone number 1-800-319-4610. The call can also be heard live
through an Internet webcast accessible via the Media and Investor
Relations section of westjet.com.
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
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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
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2014 Brands of the Year (Strategy magazine)
2014 Canada's Most Preferred Airline (Ipsos)
2014 Value Airline of the Year (Air Transport World magazine)
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Attractive Employer (Randstad)
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