CALGARY, Aug. 8, 2018 /CNW/ – Today WestJet announced July 2018 traffic results with a load factor of 85.2 per cent, a decrease of 0.4 percentage points year over year. Revenue passenger miles (RPMs), or traffic, increased 8.2 per cent year over year, while capacity, measured in available seat miles (ASMs), grew 8.7 per cent over the same period. WestJet welcomed an additional 144,000 guests in July, a year-over-year increase of 6.5 per cent.
“In July, we continued to expand our reach while attracting 2.4 million guests to WestJet’s award-winning brand of caring and friendly service.” Ed Sims, WestJet President and CEO. ” I want to thank all of our guests for their continued loyalty as yesterday, August 7th, we flew an estimated company record 80,219 guests across our network.”
July 2018 traffic results
| July 2018 | July 2017 | Change | |
| Load factor | 85.2% | 85.6% | -0.4 pts |
| ASMs (billions) | 3.037 | 2.794 | 8.7% |
| RPMs (billions) | 2.588 | 2.392 | 8.2% |
| Year to Date 2018 | Year to Date 2017 | Change | |
| Load factor | 84.5% | 83.3% | 1.2 pts |
| ASMs (billions) | 18.987 | 18.057 | 5.2% |
| RPMs (billions) | 16.044 | 15.045 | 6.6% |