Published on : Saturday, January 9, 2016
For the month of December, Air Canada reported a system-wide capacity increase of 7.3 per cent and a load factor of 81.6 per cent. On this additional capacity, traffic increased 6.0 per cent. Air Canada reports traffic results on a system-wide basis, including regional airlines from which Air Canada purchases capacity and Air Canada rouge®.
“I am pleased to report our highest ever load factor for the full year 2015,” said Calin Rovinescu, President and Chief Executive Officer. “In December, Air Canada generated greater traffic in all markets served and surpassed previous records for passengers boarded on two occasions during the month, with over 134,000 customers served on December 30th and over 131,000 on December 18th. These strong results underscore the effectiveness of our commercial strategy that contributed to Air Canada serving more than 41 million customers in 2015, an all-time record for the airline. I would like to wish our customers a Happy New Year and thank them for choosing Air Canada as their preferred carrier, and our employees for taking care of them throughout the year.”
December | Q4 | Full Year | ||||||||
2015 | 2014 | Change | 2015 | 2014 | Change | 2015 | 2014 | Change | ||
Traffic (RPMs mln) | 5,288 | 4,988 | +6.0% | 15,302 | 14,090 | +8.6% | 67,545 | 61,616 | +9.6% | |
Capacity (ASMs mln) | 6,482 | 6,039 | +7.3% | 18,869 | 17,403 | +8.4% | 80,871 | 73,889 | +9.4% | |
Load Factor | 81.6% | 82.6% | -1.0 pts | 81.1% | 81.0% | +0.1 pts | 83.5% | 83.4% | +0.1 pts | |
Canada | RPMs | 1,439 | 1,413 | +1.8% | 4,291 | 4,191 | +2.4% | 18,228 | 17,662 | +3.2% |
ASMs | 1,772 | 1,703 | +4.1% | 5,222 | 5,023 | +4.0% | 21,961 | 21,225 | +3.5% | |
LF | 81.2% | 83.0% | -1.8 pts | 82.2% | 83.4% | -1.2 pts | 83.0% | 83.2% | -0.2 pts | |
US Transborder |
RPMs | 1,017 | 953 | +6.7% | 2,768 | 2,479 | +11.7% | 11,754 | 10,261 | +14.6% |
ASMs | 1,327 | 1,216 | +9.1% | 3,493 | 3,122 | +11.9% | 14,300 | 12,518 | +14.2% | |
LF | 76.6% | 78.4% | -1.8 pts | 79.2% | 79.4% | -0.2 pts | 82.2% | 82.0% | +0.2 pts | |
Atlantic | RPMs | 1,204 | 1,067 | +12.8% | 3,719 | 3,256 | +14.2% | 18,312 | 16,173 | +13.2% |
ASMs | 1,485 | 1,259 | +18.0% | 4,755 | 4,124 | +15.3% | 22,092 | 19,637 | +12.5% | |
LF | 81.1% | 84.7% | -3.6 pts | 78.2% | 79.0% | -0.8 pts | 82.9% | 82.4% | +0.5 pts | |
Pacific | RPMs | 1,057 | 1,034 | +2.2% | 3,202 | 2,967 | +7.9% | 13,537 | 12,376 | +9.4% |
ASMs | 1,216 | 1,231 | -1.2% | 3,773 | 3,649 | +3.4% | 15,712 | 14,397 | +9.1% | |
LF | 86.9% | 84.0% | +2.9 pts | 84.9% | 81.3% | +3.6 pts | 86.2% | 86.0% | +0.2 pts | |
Latin America & Caribbean |
RPMs | 571 | 521 | +9.6% | 1,322 | 1,197 | +10.4% | 5,714 | 5,144 | +11.1% |
ASMs | 682 | 630 | +8.3% | 1,626 | 1,485 | +9.5% | 6,806 | 6,112 | +11.4% | |
LF | 83.7% | 82.7% | +1.0 pts | 81.3% | 80.6% | +0.7 pts | 84.0% | 84.2% | -0.2 pts |
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