Air Canada reports busy long May weekend

Air Canada carried 540,000 passengers between May 19 and 22, a level of traffic the flag carrier said represented  “strong operational performance” to kick off summer. “I am very pleased by the performance of our airline during the first long weekend of the summer. We carried heavy loads, with 540,000 customers and our mainline aircraft 95% full on Friday, yet we achieved a flight completion ratio of 98.7% and a solid on-time performance that reached 90 per cent Sunday morning,” said Kevin O’Connor, senior vice president, global airports and operational control. “Although system-wide weather was favourable, we did face several