Air Canada reports June traffic
MONTREAL, July 6 /CNW Telbec/ - For the month of June, Air Canada today
reported a load factor of 80.9 per cent on a consolidated basis with Jazz,
versus 82.2 per cent in June 2008, a decrease of 1.3 percentage points. System
traffic decreased 9.1 per cent on a capacity reduction of 7.6 per cent system
wide.
Air Canada mainline reported a load factor of 82.2 per cent in June 2009
compared to 83.1 per cent in June 2008; a decrease of 0.9 percentage points.
The mainline carrier flew 9.4 per cent fewer revenue passenger miles (RPMs) in
June 2009 than in June 2008 on a capacity decrease of 8.5 per cent.
Jazz, from which Air Canada purchases regional capacity, reported a load
factor of 68.2 per cent, a decrease of 5.0 percentage points from 73.2 per
cent in June 2008. Capacity increased by 1.5 per cent from June 2008 and the
carrier flew 5.4 per cent fewer RPMs than in the previous June.
"For the month of June, Air Canada recorded a load factor of 80.9 per
cent on a consolidated basis with Jazz," said Calin Rovinescu, President and
Chief Executive Officer. "Our disciplined approach to capacity management
continues to produce relatively stable load factors across our network,
despite the on-going negative impact of a weak economy on the industry
overall. We will continue to ensure assets are efficiently deployed as we
pursue new strategic revenue generation opportunities. Over the past weeks, we
have introduced a number of non-stop services including Montreal-Geneva,
Montreal-Rome, Montreal-Martinique and Calgary-Portland. I commend our
employees who exceeded, once again for the fifth consecutive month, both
Customer Satisfaction and On-Time Performance objectives for the month,
achieving on-time arrivals performance of 85 per cent, a seven percentage
point improvement over the same month a year ago."
Consistent with the Corporation's financial reporting, traffic results
will be reported on a consolidated basis only effective with next month's July
traffic results.
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Canada's expectations as of the date of this news release and are subject to
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AIR CANADA MAINLINE
(Includes Jetz & Tier 3)
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June Year-To-Date
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2009 2008 Change 2009 2008 Change
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Traffic
(RPMs millions) 3,836 4,234 -9.4% 21,038 23,126 -9.0%
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Capacity
(ASMs millions) 4,665 5,097 -8.5% 25,883 28,156 -8.1%
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Load Factor 82.2% 83.1% -0.9 pts 81.3% 82.1% -0.8 pts
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RPMs 1,169 1,261 -7.3% 6,014 6,399 -6.0%
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Canada ASMs 1,466 1,571 -6.7% 7,450 7,808 -4.6%
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Load
Factor 79.7% 80.3% -0.6 pts 80.7% 82.0% -1.3 pts
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RPMs 422 492 -14.2% 3,223 3,739 -13.8%
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Trans- ASMs 547 636 -14.0% 4,060 4,721 -14.0%
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Load
Factor 77.1% 77.4% -0.3 pts 79.4% 79.2% +0.2 pts
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RPMs 1,265 1,275 -0.8% 5,482 5,856 -6.4%
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Atlantic ASMs 1,429 1,459 -2.1% 6,699 7,012 -4.5%
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Load
Factor 88.5% 87.4% +1.1 pts 81.8% 83.5% -1.7 pts
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RPMs 652 823 -20.8% 3,393 4,134 -17.9%
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Pacific ASMs 814 952 -14.5% 3,965 4,898 -19.0%
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Load
Factor 80.1% 86.4% -6.3 pts 85.6% 84.4% +1.2 pts
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RPMs 328 383 -14.4% 2,926 2,998 -2.4%
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America ASMs 409 479 -14.6% 3,709 3,717 -0.2%
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Load
Factor 80.2% 80.0% +0.2 pts 78.9% 80.7% -1.8 pts
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AIR CANADA'S REGIONAL CAPACITY PROVIDER
(Jazz)
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June Year-To-Date
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2009 2008 Change 2009 2008 Change
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Traffic
(RPMs millions) 330 349 -5.4% 1,808 2,089 -13.5%
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Capacity
(ASMs millions) 484 477 +1.5% 2,674 2,832 -5.6%
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Load Factor 68.2% 73.2% -5.0 pts 67.6% 73.8% -6.2 pts
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RPMs 238 248 -4.0% 1,275 1,548 -17.6%
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Canada ASMs 323 325 -0.6% 1,739 2,018 -13.8%
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Load
Factor 73.7% 76.3% -2.6 pts 73.3% 76.7% -3.4 pts
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RPMs 92 101 -8.9% 533 541 -1.5%
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Trans- ASMs 161 152 +5.9% 935 814 +14.9%
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Load
Factor 57.1% 66.4% -9.3 pts 57.0% 66.5% -9.5 pts
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CONSOLIDATED
(Air Canada Mainline and Jazz)
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June Year-To-Date
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2009 2008 Change 2009 2008 Change
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Traffic
(RPMs millions) 4,166 4,583 -9.1% 22,846 25,215 -9.4%
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Capacity
(ASMs millions) 5,149 5,574 -7.6% 28,557 30,988 -7.8%
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Load Factor 80.9% 82.2% -1.3 pts 80.0% 81.4% -1.4 pts
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RPMs 1,407 1,509 -6.8% 7,289 7,947 -8.3%
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Canada ASMs 1,789 1,896 -5.6% 9,189 9,826 -6.5%
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Load
Factor 78.6% 79.6% -1.0 pts 79.3% 80.9% -1.6 pts
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RPMs 514 593 -13.3% 3,756 4,280 -12.2%
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Trans- ASMs 708 788 -10.2% 4,995 5,535 -9.8%
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Load
Factor 72.6% 75.3% -2.7 pts 75.2% 77.3% -2.1 pts
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RPMs 2,245 2,481 -9.5% 11,801 12,988 -9.1%
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tional ASMs 2,652 2,890 -8.2% 14,373 15,627 -8.0%
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Load
Factor 84.7% 85.8% -1.1 pts 82.1% 83.1% -1.0 pts
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