> >Air Canada Reports April Traffic > > > > > > MONTREAL, May 9 /CNW/ - Air Canada flew 2.0 per cent more revenue >passenger miles (RPMs) in April 2002 than in April 2001, according to >preliminary traffic figures. Capacity increased by 1.7 per cent, resulting in >a load factor of 74.6 per cent, compared to 74.3 per cent in April 2001; an >improvement of 0.3 percentage points. > The April domestic load factor of 76.2 per cent rose 0.2 percentage >points from that of March despite the heavy Easter travel period occuring in >late March this year versus April in 2001. In anticipation of strong summer >traffic, domestic capacity was added, particularly on the transcon routes to >and from Alberta and British Columbia. Some softening in the U.S. transborder >traffic reflected the seasonal decline in demand to the U.S. sun destinations >of Florida, Hawaii and Las Vegas. > "It is particularly gratifying to note the 14.3 per cent growth in >transpacific traffic," said Rob Peterson, Executive Vice President and Chief >Financial Officer. "After seven months of steep declines, the Asian market has >rebounded strongly, particularly with group travel from Japan as well as much >higher demand on the China and Hong Kong routes." > > This discussion contains certain forward-looking statements, which >involve a number of risks and uncertainties. As a result of many factors >including acts or potential acts of terrorism, government regulations and >government mandated restrictions on operations and pricing, fuel prices, >industry restructuring, labour negotiations, the economic environment in >general including foreign exchange and interest rates, the airline competitive >and pricing environment, industry capacity decisions and new entrants as well >as external events, actual results could differ from expected results and the >differences could be material. > > << > _________________________________________________________________________ > AIR CANADA MAINLINE > _________________________________________________________________________ > APRIL YEAR-TO-DATE > ___________________________________________________ > 2002 2001 Change 2002 2001 Change > _________________________________________________________________________ > > Traffic > (RPMs millions) 3,398 3,330 +2.0% 13,251 13,094 +1.2% > _________________________________________________________________________ > Capacity > (ASMs millions) 4,556 4,481 +1.7% 17,526 18,172 -3.6% > _________________________________________________________________________ > Load Factor 74.6% 74.3% +0.3 pts 75.6% 72.1% +3.5 pts > _________________________________________________________________________ > > _________________________________________________________________________ > RPMs 1,052 1,018 +3.3% 4,003 3,918 +2.2% > ________________________________________________________________ > Canada ASMs 1,380 1,287 +7.2% 5,258 5,259 0.0% > ________________________________________________________________ > Load Factor 76.2% 79.1% -2.9 pts 76.1% 74.5% +1.6 pts > _________________________________________________________________________ > > _________________________________________________________________________ > U.S. RPMs 637 690 -7.7% 2,808 2,885 -2.7% > ________________________________________________________________ > Trans- ASMs 1,016 1,012 +0.4% 4,222 4,225 -0.1% > ________________________________________________________________ > border Load Factor 62.7% 68.2% -5.5 pts 66.5% 68.3% -1.8 pts > _________________________________________________________________________ > > _________________________________________________________________________ > RPMs 844 887 -4.8% 3,086 3,168 -2.6% > ________________________________________________________________ > Atlantic ASMs 1,054 1,166 -9.6% 3,804 4,321 -12.0% > ________________________________________________________________ > Load Factor 80.1% 76.1% +4.0 pts 81.1% 73.3% +7.8 pts > _________________________________________________________________________ > > _________________________________________________________________________ > RPMs 641 561 +14.3% 2,248 2,318 -3.0% > ________________________________________________________________ > Pacific ASMs 777 754 +3.1% 2,713 3,230 -16.0% > ________________________________________________________________ > Load Factor 82.5% 74.4% +8.1 pts 82.9% 71.8% +11.1 pts > _________________________________________________________________________ > > _________________________________________________________________________ > Other RPMs 224 174 +28.7% 1,106 805 +37.4% > ________________________________________________________________ > & ASMs 329 262 +25.6% 1,529 1,137 +34.5% > ________________________________________________________________ > Charter Load Factor 68.1% 66.4% +1.7 pts 72.3% 70.8% +1.5 pts > _________________________________________________________________________ > >> The owner of Roger's Trinbago Site: Roj (Roger James) *************************************************** escape email mailto:ejames@escape.ca Trinbago site: http://www.tntisland.com CBSC Website http://www.tntisland.com/caribbeansocabrassconnection/ The Trinbago Site of the Week: (Coco Reef) http://www.cocoreef.com/ (Coco Reef Resort & Spa) courtesy of Roj Trinbago Website & TnT Web Directory Roj's Trinbago Website: http://www.tntisland.com TnT Web Directory: http://search.co.tt *********************************************************