Your #1 choice to: Lisbon, Porto & Faro in June, versus 84.2% in June 2011, an increase of 1.4 percentage points. System traffic increased 1.5% on a system-wide capacity decrease of 0.1%. Air Canada reports traffic results on a system-wide basis, including regional airlines from which Air Canada purchases capacity. “Traffic grew 1.5% during the month, led by the Atlantic and transborder markets. This record load factor result for the month also demonstrates the effectiveness of our strategy to manage capacity to ensure high efficiency,” said Calin Rovinescu, President and Chief Executive Officer. 4 <strong>Travelweek</strong> July 12, 2012 Car Rentals Exclusive to Accord Tours $ 139 NET - from p/ week WestJet reports strong June traffic results CALGARY — WestJet posted a June load factor of 79% with traffic up 6.7% year over year while capacity grew 2.3% over the same period. The airline achieved a second quarter record load factor of 81.6% and flew nearly 4.27 million guests in the quarter; an increase of 326,000 guests year over year. “The strong June traffic results and the record second quarter load factor are evidence <strong>that</strong> guests are continuing to choose WestJet in record numbers. Advance bookings for July and August remain strong, and I thank WestJetters for their commitment to providing a remarkable guest experience throughout the busy summer travel season, especially in light of some very challenging summer storm conditions in the past several weeks,” said WestJet President and CEO Gregg Saretsky. Porter load factor hits record 62% in June TORONTO — Porter Airlines registered a 62% load factor in June. Passenger numbers, ASMs (Available Seat Miles) and RPMs (Revenue Passenger Miles) all set new records for the month. Nearly 212,000 passengers travelled in June, 4.2% more than last year. Figures for the month show 126.5 million ASMs and 78.4 million RPMs. ASMs grew 8.5% from 116.6 million and RPMs increased 4.1% from 75.3 million last year. “Numbers for June, although slightly less than in 2011, met our expectations, especially considering the fact <strong>that</strong> a strike at one of our & Ont. Reg# 1649491 1908-777 Bay St, Toronto, Ontario ��������������������������������������� ���������������������������������������� ��������������������� Editor Patrick Dineen, Ext. 32, pdineen@travelweek.ca Managing Editor Kathryn Folliott, Ext. 28, kfolliott@travelweek.ca Associate Editor Cindy Sosroutomo, Ext. 30, cindys@travelweek.ca Contributor Chris Kinasz, chris.kinasz@travelweek.ca Art Director Sarit Mizrahi, smizrahi@travelweek.ca Graphic Designer Lani Thorpe, Ext. 25, lthorpe@travelweek.ca Web Designer Antonio Carito, Ext. 34, acarito@travelweek.ca Account Manager Sue Winiecki, Ext. 27, swiniecki@travelweek.ca Account Manager Annie Cicvaric, Ext. 31, acicvaric@travelweek.ca Circulation Denys Cruz, dcruz@travelweek.ca Special Projects Michael McCreesh, Ext. 39, mmccreesh@travelweek.ca Accounting Marie Mercado, Ext. 21, travelweek@travelweek.ca Group Publisher Gerald Kinasz, gkinasz@abrahamkinasz.com Hippo Express Glen Harwood, Ext. 33, gharwood@travelweek.ca Printed by Web Offset Pickering, ON L1W 3J9 Subscription Rates (per year): Canada: $85 Canadian + $4.25 GST per year United States & International: $100 US per year Contents copyrighted 2012 by Concepts Travel Media Ltd. Reproduction in whole or in part by any means without expressed written permission of the publisher is prohibited. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Periodical Fund of the Department of Canadian Heritage. 282 Richmond Street East, Suite 100 Toronto, Ontario Canada M5A 1P4 Tel. (416) 365-1500 Fax (416) 365-1504 www.travelweek.ca www.hippoexpress.com
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