WestJet reports record March traffic

CALGARY, April 5 /PRNewswire/ - WestJet today announced March traffic results with a load factor of 84.8 percent. Revenue passenger miles (RPMs), or traffic, set a record and also increased 13.3 percent year over year. Capacity, measured in available seat miles (ASMs), grew 12.1 percent resulting in a load factor improvement of one point over the same period last year.

"Thus far, we are pleased with the strength of consumer demand and the market's ability to absorb fare increases as we navigate through a period of elevated fuel costs," said WestJet President and CEO Gregg Saretsky.

Traffic has kept pace with significant capacity additions on transborder and international routes. WestJet Vacations is having a strong winter season and continues to support WestJet's scheduled service expansion to southern sun destinations.

"Our flight attendants were recently voted Canada's best in a poll conducted by the online travel website FlightNetwork.com," commented Gregg Saretsky. "It is their high level of caring and friendliness, attributes shared by all WestJetters, that is the foundation to our success."

SOURCE WestJet