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Article: WestJet Announces Record April Load Factor Capacity and revenue indicators remain strong as airline's momentum continues
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- CCNMatthews Newswire
- Article date:
- May 3, 2007
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CALGARY, ALBERTA--(CCNMatthews - May 3, 2007) - WestJet (TSX:WJA)
today announced its April load factor of 82.8 per cent, exceeding
last year's April load factor of 78.5 per cent and setting a new high
for the month. April's results include a 16 per cent increase in
available seat miles and a 23 per cent increase in revenue passenger
miles.
Sean Durfy, WestJet President commented, "Beyond the considerable
year-over-year improvement in domestic load factor, our U.S. and
Caribbean transborder deployment strategy delivered strong load
factors in April. We are continually optimizing our fleet deployment,
benefiting from our previous experience. This has enabled WestJet to
significantly ...