> >Air Canada Reports December Traffic > > > > > > MONTREAL, Jan. 7 /CNW/ - Air Canada flew 2.5 per cent less revenue >passenger miles (RPMs) in December 2001 than in December 2000, according to >preliminary traffic figures. Capacity declined by 10.1 per cent, resulting in >a load factor of 72.1 per cent, compared to 66.5 per cent in December 2000, an >improvement of 5.6 percentage points. > "We are beginning to see recovery in all markets," said Rob Peterson, >Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. "Combined with the >aggressive capacity reduction, the improving traffic generated much higher >load factors in all services except the U.S. transborder." > << > _________________________________________________________________________ > AIR CANADA MAINLINE > _________________________________________________________________________ > DECEMBER YEAR-TO-DATE > 2001 2000 Change 2001 2000 Change > _________________________________________________________________________ > Traffic > (RPMs millions) 3,145 3,225 -2.5% 41,651 42,553 -2.1% > _________________________________________________________________________ > Capacity > (ASMs millions) 4,360 4,850 -10.1% 57,105 59,198 -3.5% > _________________________________________________________________________ > Load Factor 72.1% 66.5% +5.6 pts 72.9% 71.9% +1.0 pts > _________________________________________________________________________ > Canada RPMs 1,028 1,004 +2.4% 13,181 13,575 -2.9% > _________________________________________________________________ > ASMs 1,380 1,431 -3.6% 17,643 18,554 -4.9% > _________________________________________________________________ > Load > Factor 74.5% 70.2% +4.3 pts 74.7% 73.2% +1.5 pts > _________________________________________________________________________ > International RPMs 2,117 2,221 -4.7% 28,470 28,978 -1.8% > ___________________________________________________________ > + ASMs 2,980 3,419 -12.8% 39,462 40,644 -2.9% > ___________________________________________________________ > Charter Load > Factor 71.0% 65.0% +6.0 pts 72.1% 71.3% +0.8 pts > _________________________________________________________________________ > >> > > > The owner of Roger's Trinbago Site: Roj (Roger James) *************************************************** Trinbago site: http://www.tntisland.com ICQ: ICQ # 15836110 ICQ Pager: mailto:15836110@pager.icq.com escape email #!1 mailto:ejames@escape.ca yahoo email #2: mailto:triniroj@yahoo.com Yahoo Pager: triniroj Caribbean Brass & Soca Connection Group on Yahoo: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/caribsocabrass Caribbean Brass & Soca Connection Club Website http://www.tntisland.com/caribbeansocabrassconnection/ ******************************************************* Steel Expressions Orch http://www.escape.ca/~ejames/se/ email #1: mailto:steelexpressions@yahoo.com email #2: mailto:steelexpressions@home.com ******************************************************* The Trinbago Site of the Week: (Traffik) http://www.cariwaksoca.com/trafik.htm (Caribbean Traffik Jam) courtesy of Roj Trinbago Website & TnT Web Directory Roj's Trinbago Website: http://www.tntisland.com TnT Web Directory: http://search.co.tt *********************************************************