Air Canada Continues Growth in Latin America, Caribbean Traffic

By: - July 7th, 2015

By the Caribbean Journal staff

Air Canada’s strong growth growth in Latin America and Caribbean traffic continued last month.

The carrier reported 364 million revenue passenger miles in June in Latin America and the Caribbean, up from 337 million in June 2014.

That represented an 8 percent increase year over year.

The carrier also saw a 7.3 percent increase in capacity to the region, with a 0.5 percent increase in load factor to 82.5 percent.

For the year, Air Canada is reporting revenue passenger mile growth of 11.3 million to the Latin America and Caribbean region.

“Air Canada generated greater traffic in all markets,” said Calin Rovinescu, President and Chief Executive Officer of Air Canada.

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