MONTREAL — The start of the Easter long weekend included a 100,000+ passenger day for **********, the highest single-day passenger count for the carrier since early in the ********.

Says Kevin O’Connor, Vice President of **********’s Systems Operations Control, which manages the *******’s daily operation: “We were very pleased to have had 100,701 customers board our planes on April 15, 2022, as travellers steadily return. Clearly there is a pent-up demand for travel that is matched only by our enthusiasm to welcome back our customers.”

O’Connor adds: “It is also significant that we passed this milestone smoothly, indicating ********** has recovered operationally from ********’s effects and is prepared to safely and conveniently transport customers during the busy summer ahead.”

The last time ********** carried more than 100,000 customers in one day was March 13, 2020.

During the ********, passenger loads fell as low as 2,175 on April 23, 2020, as global air traffic ground to a virtual halt.

In 2019, prior to the ********, ********** carried on average nearly 150,000 people daily and its single-day, passenger-load record was 187,000 customers on August 16, 2019.