Company Watch - WestJet Airlines

Airguide Online, August 13, 2007

Aug 13, 2007

WestJet Airlines said on Tuesday its planes were more crowded in July, the seventh straight month of gains, as passenger loads climbed even as capacity increased. WestJet said its load factor rose to 82.6 percent last month, an increase of 1.1 percentage points from July 2006. The airline's capacity measured in available seat miles grew 16 percent to 1.27 billion from July 2006. Revenue passenger miles climbed 17 percent to 1.05 billion. Aug 8, 2007

WestJet's bigger competitor, Air Canada, said on Monday its load factor fell last month to 82.5 percent, a drop of 1.1 percentage points from July 2006. Year-to-date, WestJet's load factor rose 2.4 percentage points to 81.3 percent, as a 21 percent gain in revenue passenger miles to 6.67 billion for the first seven months of the year outstripped a 17 percent rise to 8.21 billion in available seat miles. Aug 8, 2007

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