September load factors up 8.2 points for Porter Airlines

Porter Airlines, Canada’s third largest scheduled carrier, has shown significant improvement in its traffic statistics for September 2010. Figures show a year-over-year load factor improvement of 8.2 points to 55.8% from 47.6%. The airline also flew 56,000 more passengers in September compared to last year. The September load factor is based on 96.4 million Available Seat Miles (ASMs) and 53.8 million RPMs.  ASMs grew 53.5% per cent from 62.8 million and RPMs increased 79.9% from 29.9 million year-over-year. “Porter continues posting traffic figures with excellent gains across the board,” says Robert Deluce, president and CEO of Porter Airlines.  “We are