Airline increases traffic by 6.8 per cent and
flies a record number of guests
CALGARY, Aug 10, 2017 /CNW/ - WestJet today announced
July 2017 traffic results with a load
factor of 85.6 per cent, an increase of 0.4 percentage points year
over year. Revenue passenger miles (RPMs), or traffic, increased
6.8 per cent year over year, and capacity, measured in available
seat miles (ASMs), grew 6.4 per cent over the same period. The
airline flew a record 2.2 million guests in July, a year-over-year
increase of 9.1 per cent or approximately 185,000 additional
guests.
"We are very pleased with our continued strong traffic growth as
we achieved a record July load factor, flew a record 2.2 million
guests and set an all-time single day high by flying 76,985 guests
on July 27th," said
WestJet President and CEO Gregg
Saretsky. "I want to thank our almost 13,000 WestJetters for
their dedication to providing a remarkable guest experience through
this busy summer travel season."
July 2017 traffic
results
|
July 2017
|
July 2016
|
Change
|
Load
factor
|
85.6%
|
85.2%
|
0.4 pts
|
ASMs
(billions)
|
2.794
|
2.627
|
6.4%
|
RPMs
(billions)
|
2.392
|
2.239
|
6.8%
|
|
Year-to-date
2017
|
Year-to-date
2016
|
Change
|
Load
factor
|
83.3%
|
82.0%
|
1.3 pts
|
ASMs
(billions)
|
18.057
|
17.037
|
6.0%
|
RPMs
(billions)
|
15.045
|
13.976
|
7.6%
|
In July, WestJet announced its 2017-2018 winter schedule that
includes:
- New non-stop weekly service from Calgary to Belize City, Belize and new non-stop weekly service from
Edmonton and Vancouver to Huatulco, Mexico.
- Additional flights from Toronto to a number of sun destinations
including Antigua, Cancun, Fort
Lauderdale, Liberia,
Orlando, Nassau, Puerto
Plata, Punta Cana and
Montego Bay.
- Additional flights from Toronto to a number of Canadian destinations
including Winnipeg and
Kelowna.
- Additional flights from Calgary to a number of sun destinations
including Cancun, Cabo San Lucas, Los
Angeles, Phoenix,
Palm Springs and Puerto Vallarta.
- Additional flights from Calgary to a number of domestic destinations
including Kitchener, Fort
McMurray, Grande Prairie,
Kelowna and Brandon.
- Additional flights from Vancouver to a number of domestic and
international destinations including Cancun, Puerto
Vallarta, Fort St. John,
Calgary, Edmonton and Fort
McMurray.
This winter WestJet will operate an average of 700 daily flights
to 93 destinations including 37 in Canada, 22 in the
United States, 33 in Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America and one in Europe.
About WestJet
We are proud to be Canada's most trusted airline and one of very
few airlines globally that does not commercially overbook. Together
with our regional airline, WestJet Encore, we offer scheduled
service to more than 100 destinations in North America, Central America, the Caribbean and Europe and to more than 175 destinations in
over 20 countries through our airline partnerships. WestJet
Vacations offers affordable, flexible vacations to more than 60
destinations and the choice of more than 800 hotels, resorts,
condos and villas. Members of the WestJet Rewards program
earn WestJet dollars on flights, vacation packages and more.
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.
WestJet is publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX)
under the symbol WJA. For more information about everything
WestJet, please visit westjet.com.
Recent recognition includes:
2017/2016
Canada's Most Trusted Airline
(Gustavson School of Business at the University of Victoria)
2017 Best Airline in Canada and
Travellers' Choice Winner Mid-Sized and Low Cost Airlines –
North America (TripAdvisor
Travelers' Choice awards for Airlines)
2016 Canada's most reputable
company for Corporate Social Responsibility (Reputation
Institute)
2016/2015/2014/2013/2012 Ranked top three for Canadian Brands
(Canadian Business Magazine)
2016/2015/2014/2013 WestJet RBC World Elite MasterCard ranked #1 in
Canada (MoneySense magazine)
2015/2011/2010/2008/2007/2006/2005 Canada's Most Admired Corporate Culture
(Waterstone Human Capital)
2015 Best Employers in Canada
(Aon Hewitt)
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