MONTREAL — For the month of February, Air Canada reported a system load factor of 78.4% on a consolidated basis with Jazz, versus 79.6% in February 2009, a decrease of 1.2 percentage points.
CALGARY — WestJet saw loads slip ever so slightly in February to 82.5% from 82.6% the previous year with revenue passenger miles (RPMs) increasing 9.0% year over year, and capacity, measured in available seat miles (ASMs), up 9.3% over the same period.
TORONTO — Due to extremely high demand, Emirates airline will be discontinuing its Out-Of-This-World fare promotion for Canadian travel agents effective April 30.
ATLANTA – GDS provider Travelport, operator of the Galileo and Worldspan platforms, said it is simplifying the process of determining the most commissionable packages by enabling agents to sort both by lowest base price and all-in total price that includes fees, charges and taxes through Galileo Vacations, an online vacation package search and booking tool for Canadian travel agents.
