Canadian airlinesNote 1 and the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020

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Release date: January 31, 2022
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More passengers were carried in each of the first two months of 2020 than in the last nine months of the year combined.


Table 1
Table summary
This table displays the results of Table 1 Passengers (x 1,000) (appearing as column headers).
Passengers (x 1,000)
January 2020 7,092
February 2020 6,946
March 2020 4,322
April to December 2020 6,387
Total 24,747

In April 2020, the passenger load factor (or ratio of passenger-kilometres to available seat-kilometres) fell to a historic low of 26.0% and remained below 50% for the rest of the year.


Table 2
Table summary
This table displays the results of Table 2 Load factor (%) (appearing as column headers).
Load factor (%)
Jan-20 82.0
Feb-20 82.7
Mar-20 64.6
Apr-20 26.0
May-20 34.1
Jun-20 45.9
Jul-20 41.5
Aug-20 48.8
Sep-20 44.0
Oct-20 40.1
Nov-20 40.1
Dec-20 47.4

Goods revenue represented 44.0% of total operating revenue in the second quarter of 2020. Previously, it consistently accounted for less than 10%.


Table 3
Table summary
This table displays the results of Table 3. The information is grouped by (appearing as row headers), Goods revenue/Total operating revenue, scheduled and charter services (%) (appearing as column headers).
Goods revenue/Total operating revenue, scheduled and charter services (%)
Q1 2016 5.2
Q2 2016 5.2
Q3 2016 4.5
Q4 2016 6.4
Q1 2017 5.4
Q2 2017 5.7
Q3 2017 4.9
Q4 2017 6.8
Q1 2018 5.8
Q2 2018 6.3
Q3 2018 5.4
Q4 2018 7.0
Q1 2019 5.6
Q2 2019 5.6
Q3 2019 4.7
Q4 2019 6.4
Q1 2020 6.2
Q2 2020 44.0
Q3 2020 29.5
Q4 2020 32.2

Source: Statistics Canada, Monthly Civil Aviation Survey, 2020, and Quarterly Civil Aviation Survey, 2016 Q1 to 2020 Q4.

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