MONTREAL — For the month of December 2013, ********** reported a record system load factor of 82.7%, versus 82.1% in December 2013, an increase of 0.6 percentage points.

System traffic increased 4.8% on a system-wide capacity increase of 4.0%. For the full year 2013, load factor was a record 82.8%, versus 82.7%, an increase of 0.1 percentage points.

********** reports traffic results on a system-wide basis, including ********** rouge, which began operations on July 1, 2013, and regional airlines from which ********** purchases capacity.

According to Calin Rovinescu, President and Chief Executive Officer, “led by an increase in traffic in the U.S. transborder market of 6.4%, ********** generated greater traffic for the month of December in all markets the ******* serves with system wide growth of 4.8% on a capacity increase of 4.0%. These strong results, for both the month and full year, underscore the effectiveness of **********’s disciplined capacity management and our award winning product”.