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Air Canada reports highest system load factor for any month ever in July

- System passenger load factor at 83.6% - highest ever - Domestic passenger load factor at 83.4% - highest ever for July - Sixteenth consecutive month of record load factors

/noticias.info/ MONTREAL, Aug. 4 - Air Canada reported a system load factor
of 83.6 per cent in July 2005, the highest on record for any month ever. The mainline carrier flew 6.8 per cent more revenue passenger miles (RPMs) in July 2005 than in July 2004, according to preliminary traffic figures.
Overall, capacity increased by 2.8 per cent, resulting in a load factor of
83.6 per cent, compared to 80.4 per cent in July 2004; an increase of
3.2 percentage points. In the domestic market, capacity decreased by
1.9 per cent and traffic increased by 4.6 per cent resulting in a domestic
load factor of 83.4 per cent - a 5.2 percentage point increase year over year.
Jazz, ACE's regional subsidiary, flew 54.4 per cent more revenue
passenger miles in July 2005 than in July 2004, according to preliminary
traffic figures. Capacity increased by 39.7 per cent, resulting in a load
factor of 73.7 per cent, compared to 66.7 per cent in July 2004; an increase of 7.0 percentage points.
North American traffic, on a combined basis for Air Canada and ACE's
regional carrier, Jazz, rose 8.5 per cent.
"In July we maintained our momentum of record breaking load factor
performance with an all time high monthly load factor of 83.6 percent," said
Montie Brewer, President and Chief Executive Officer. "This achievement
reflects in great part our ability to better match capacity to demand. Our
performance in the Canadian market remains particularly strong - an indication of a healthy market and growing consumer preference to Air Canada's product offering. I am incredibly proud of Air Canada's employees who once again handled record customer volumes during the month. It is thanks to their ongoing efforts to earn the loyalty of our customers that Air Canada was ranked as the Best Airline in North America in a recent independent international survey of over 12 million travelers."

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