WestJet reports strong traffic growth for December, but month's yield slips

CALGARY - WestJet Airlines Ltd. (TSX:WJA) says its December load factor was 81.7 per cent, the second-highest on record for the month but a slight decline from a year earlier when it was two-tenths of a point higher. WestJet's passenger traffic was up 7.2 per cent last month compared with December 2012 while capacity was up 7.4 per cent.