03:12 PM EST - WestJet Airlines Ltd. : announced August 2014 traffic results with an all-time record load factor of 89.3%, an increase of 1.4 percentage points year over year. Revenue passenger miles, or traffic, increased 7.4% year over year, and capacity, measured in available seat miles, grew 5.7% over the same period. The airline flew a record 1.9 million guests in August, a year-over-year increase of 7% or approximately 126,000 additional guests, and achieved an on-time performance rate of 77.6% in the month, an improvement of 4.4 percentage points year over year. WestJet Airlines Ltd.
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