WestJet reports December load factor of 80.9 per cent

WestJet today announced December 2014 traffic results with a load factor of 80.9 per cent. Revenue passenger miles (RPMs), or traffic, increased 5.1 per cent year over year, and capacity, measured in available seat miles (ASMs), grew 6.1 per cent over the same period. In the month of December, WestJet achieved an on-time performance rate of 77.5 per cent, an improvement of 29.1 percentage points. The airline flew a record 19.7 million guests in the full-year 2014, a year-over-year increase of 6.3 per cent or approximately 1.2 million additional guests.