12:36 PM EST - WestJet Airline Ltd. : reported a decline in traffic for the month of August, compared to the same period of the previous year. Traffic declined 4.7% on a capacity decline of 0.4% year over year. Load factor declined 3.9 points from the previous year. Traffic for the month was 1.328 billion revenue passenger miles or RPMs, a 4.7% decline from 1.394 billion RPMs last year. Capacity declined 0.4% to 1.571 billion available seat miles or ASMs from 1.577 billion ASMs in the previous year. Monthly load factor was down 3.9 points to 84.5% from 88.4% a year ago. WestJet Airline Ltd.
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