Statistics Canada reports that Canadian Level I air carriers flew 7.1 million passengers on scheduled and charter services in October, 2.2% more than in October 2024.

The number of passenger-kilometres rose 4.6% year over year to 19.6 billion in October 2025, while capacity increased 4.3% to 23.5 billion available seat-kilometres.

The passenger load factor (the ratio of passenger-kilometres to available seat-kilometres) was 83.3% in October, edging up from 83.1% in October 2024. Although small, this was the first year-over-year increase in load factor since December 2024.

Each passenger travelled an average of 2,743 kilometres in October 2025, up 2.3% from the same month a year earlier.

Level I carriers flew 183,000 hours (+4.6%) in October and generated $2.4 billion (+1.1%) in total operating revenue.

 

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