Airline achieves its third highest February load
factor and flies a record 1.6 million guests
CALGARY, March 3, 2015 /PRNewswire/ - WestJet today
announced February 2015 traffic
results with a load factor of 84.3 per cent. Revenue passenger
miles (RPMs), or traffic, increased 3.3 per cent year over year,
and capacity, measured in available seat miles (ASMs), grew 3.7 per
cent over the same period. The airline flew 1.6 million guests in
February, a year-over-year increase of 2.8 per cent or
approximately 44,000 additional guests, and achieved an on-time
performance rate of 75.8 per cent in the month, a year-over-year
improvement of 6.7 percentage points.
"We are pleased with our continued traffic growth, achieving our
third highest ever February load factor as we celebrated WestJet's
19th birthday," said WestJet President and CEO
Gregg Saretsky. "My thanks go out to
our more than 10,000 WestJetters for continuing to deliver our
award winning brand of fun, friendly and caring guest
experience."
February 2015 traffic
results
|
February
2015
|
February
2014
|
Change
|
Load
factor
|
84.3%
|
84.6%
|
(0.3 pts)
|
ASMs
(billions)
|
2.114
|
2.038
|
3.7%
|
RPMs
(billions)
|
1.782
|
1.725
|
3.3%
|
|
Year-to-date
2015
|
Year-to-date
2014
|
Change
|
Load
factor
|
81.8%
|
82.7%
|
(0.9 pts)
|
ASMs
(billions)
|
4.446
|
4.249
|
4.6%
|
RPMs
(billions)
|
3.636
|
3.514
|
3.5%
|
In February, WestJet Encore launched new, non-stop service
between Edmonton, Alberta and
Kamloops, British Columbia. This
new service provides WestJet guests with easy access to the
business and leisure opportunities available in the Thompson
Country, as well as friendly, affordable non-stop access to the
broader WestJet network for guests in the Kamloops area. Also in February, WestJet
launched new, seasonal non-stop service between Calgary, Alberta and Loreto, Mexico, representing the airline's
eighth destination in Mexico.
About WestJet
2015/2014 Top 100 Canadian Brands (Brand
Finance)
2014 Value Airline of the Year (Air Transport World magazine)
2013 Gold Stevie Award Best Transportation Company (American
Business Awards) 2013 Chairman's Circle Award: WestJet Vacations
(CPSC)
2013 Canada's Most Preferred
Airline (Leger Marketing)
2013/2012 Canada's Most Attractive
Employer (Randstad)
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