WestJet reports July load factor of 79.7%
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WestJet announced Jul-08 traffic statistics with a load factor of 79.7%, capacity measured in available seat miles of 1.558 billion and revenue passenger miles of 1.242 billion.
Sean Durfy, WestJet President and CEO said, "Given our substantial growth in capacity, we are pleased with our strong load factor," "As Canada'sfavourite airline, we continue to pick up more domestic capacity share monthover month and now have 37 per cent of the domestic capacity. This July we hadmore than 100,000 additional guests flying with us than we did a year ago; this is in large part due to our great guest experience and high-value business model.
"The recent introduction of pre-reserved seat selection as a new service has already proven to be successful. We are confident in our ability to offer guests enhanced services without compromising our value-inclusive fares. We are proud that our business model allows us to continue to offer our guests two free checked bags, free call centre bookings, free snacks and free seat selection when checking in on the web within 24 hours of their flight."
Sean Durfy continued, "Third quarter RASM is tracking to comparable year-over-year levels. I am very proud of the efforts of our WestJetters for embracing the challenges we have faced in the first half of the year while continuing to deliver on our great guest experience."
(c) Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation. Date posted: 11-Aug-08
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