Company Watch - WestJet Airlines.Aug 13, 2007 WestJet WestJet Airlines Ltd. (TSX: WJA) is a Canadian low-cost carrier based in Calgary, Alberta, that flies to most major cities in Canada and 11 cities in the United States. 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 Available seat miles (ASM) is a measure of an airline flight's passenger carrying capacity. It is equal to the number of seats available multiplied by the number of miles flown. This measures an airlines capacity for transporting passengers. grew 16 percent to 1.27 billion from July 2006. Revenue passenger miles Revenue passenger miles (RPMs) is a measure of a passenger traffic for an airline flight, bus, or train calculated by multiplying the total number of revenue-paying passengers aboard the vehicle by the distance traveled measured in 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 Year-to-date (YTD) The period beginning at the start of the calendar year up to the current 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 Editorial eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For Air Transport & Travel Business Experts contact our Director of Content Aram Gesar eMail: bizintel@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; our Newsletters: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#news To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com AirGuideFlightTracker is a new service that keeps travelers informed on flight and airport status via the Web. For more go to http://www.airguideonline.com/airline_tracker.htm Copyright [c] 2007 Pyramid pyramid, structure pyramid. The true pyramid exists only in Egypt, though the term has also been applied to similar structures in other countries. Egyptian pyramids are square in plan and their triangular sides, which directly face the points of the Media Group / Air Travel Media. All rights reserved. |
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