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| Go Travel Direct launches its online sales in Quebec |
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| Hugh Boyle and Sonia Benezra | After Ottawa and Halifax, Go Travel Direct opens new offices in Montreal, sales directly to the public online or at their new Montreal location, and guarantees lower prices than all competitors. In fact, this season, Go Travel Direct expects to send 50,000 Quebecers south for less from Pierre-Elliot-Trudeau Airport to destinations in Mexico, Dominican Republic, Cuba and Las Vegas.
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| WestJet Airlines reports August passenger traffic up almost 22 per cent |
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 In another sign of a travel industry rebound, discounter WestJet Airlines says its passenger traffic rose almost 22 per cent in August. Revenue passenger miles (RPMs), a key measure in the industry, rose to 652.1 million from 535.4 million. And year-to-date, RPMs increased 30.3 per cent to 4,039 million from the same period in 2003.
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| Air Canada reports record passenger load in August: 83.2 per cent |
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Air Canada, which is planning to emerge from court protection from creditors later this  month, said Tuesday its fleet was flying fuller than ever in August. The system wide load factor, an industry measurement of how much of an airline's fleet capacity is being used, rose to 83.2 per cent in August – the highest on record for any month for Air Canada.
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| Jetsgo discount airline reports record high load numbers in August |
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Discount airline Jetsgo flew more passengers with fewer empty seats in its planes in August, compared with  a year ago. The Montreal-based airline said its revenue passenger miles – the number of paid-for seats multiplied by the distance they flew – reached 302 million in August, up from 189.1 million a year ago. Its available seat miles, a measure of capacity, was 351.3 million, up from 224.9 million in August 2003.
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| FLash | Airbus to deliver more planes this year than last after passing Boeing
Airbus expects to deliver more commercial jets this year than the 305 it delivered in 2003, when it overtook Boeing Co., a senior executive said. "We haven't finalized the delivery schedule through the end of the year," said Philippe Camus, co-chairman of Airbus's parent company. "In any case, it will be above last year's 305 deliveries." |
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