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HIGHLIGHTS
(Dollars in millions except per share figures):
Finance 2000 1999 1998
Revenues 332.5 203.6 125.4
Earnings before income taxes 52.7 29.3 12.4
Net earnings 30.3 15.8 6.5
Net earnings per common share
Basic 0.72 0.42 0.19
Fully diluted 0.69 0.39 0.19
Operating Highlights 2000 1999 1998
Revenue passenger miles 1,453,245,522 902,945,131 639,157,206
Available seat miles 1,906,863,288 1,249,316,243 893,008,646
Load factor 76.2% 72.3% 71.6%
Yield per revenue passenger mile (cents) 22.9 22.5 19.6
Passenger revenue per available seat mile (cents) 17.4 16.3 14.1
Operating cost per available seat mile (cents) 14.6 13.9 12.6
Average stage length (miles) 419.2 383.0 378.0
WestJet Airlines Ltd. is Canada’s leading low-fare air carrier based in Calgary, Alberta.
In 2000, WestJet carried 3.4 million guests to the fifteen destinations of Victoria,
Vancouver, Abbotsford/Fraser Valley, Prince George, Kelowna, Calgary, Edmonton,
Grande Prairie, Saskatoon, Regina, Winnipeg, Thunder Bay, Hamilton, Ottawa and
Moncton. As of December 31, 2000, WestJet operated 22 Boeing 737-200 aircraft and
employed over 1500 people. WestJet is a publicly traded company on the Toronto Stock
Exchange under the symbol WJA.
The WestJet Airlines Annual General Meeting will be held on Thursday, May 3, 2001
at 2 p.m. (MST) at the WestJet Hangar, 21 Aerial Place NE, Calgary, Alberta.
EXPANDING HORIZONS
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