MONTREAL — ********** reported a record system load factor of 80.0% in January compared to 79.4% in January 2013, an increase of 0.6 percentage points on a system-wide capacity increase of 3.0%.

On this additional capacity, system traffic for January increased 3.7%. ********** 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, “********** generated greater traffic for the month of January in all markets the ******* serves led by increases in traffic in Latin American, Caribbean and U.S. transborder markets. I would like to thank our employees for their hard work taking care of customers while transporting them safely to their destinations despite the challenges of severe winter weather during the month at our Canadian hubs”.