Air Canada is saying that their load factor for combined services for the month of June has increased from 82.2% up to 82.8%.  They also say that have increased their capacity for both Air Canada and their Jazz services combined by 2.7%.  Their main carrier transported an increased amount of revenue passenger miles by 2.8% last month, compared to June of last year.  They also increased their capacity by 3.3% which led their load factor to be 83%, compared to 83.4% last year, which is a 0.3% decrease.  Jazz on the other hand, the company that Air Canada makes its regional capacity purchases from, transported a lesser amount of revenue passenger miles by 7.9% last month in comparison to to the same time period of last year, and their capacity was decreased 3.6%, giving them a 73.2% load factor, which is 3.4% less than last year.

Montie Brewer, the president and CEO of Air Canada, said that they reported a continued growth for traffic during June, increasing by 1.9% in combination with Jazz.  The maintained growth since last year was a result of the strong demand they continue to see in the domestic and international markets in Canada.  It has also been reported that Air Canada has cut its services for Vancouver to Beijing and Shanghai in half, reducing from 14 flights per week to only 7 as they strive to battle the record high price of fuel.  The flight route for Vancouver and Beijing will be further reduced to 3 times per week, and the route for Vancouver and Shanghai will only have 4 flights a week, starting October 26.  The airline also announced that they will be cutting its capacity 7%, and 2,000 people will lose their jobs too.

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