Air Canada reported 5.4% more traffic in May 2008 than in May 2007, capacity increased by 4.7% resulting in a load factor of 84.3% for the month compared to 83.8% in May 2007; an increase of 0.5 percentage points.
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Air Canada reports load factor of 84.3% for the month of May
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