December 10, 2025
Canadian airlines flew 7.2 million passengers in September
Statistics Canada reports that Canadian Level I air carriers flew 7.2 million passengers on scheduled and charter services in September, 2.3% more than in September 2024. This was the first notable year-over-year increase since January 2025.
The number of passenger-kilometres rose 3.3% year over year to 20.6 billion in September, while capacity increased 3.9% to 25.0 billion available seat-kilometres. As a result, the passenger load factor (the ratio of passenger-kilometres to available seat-kilometres) was 82.4% in September, slightly below the 82.9% observed in September 2024.
Each passenger travelled an average of 2,858 kilometres in September 2025, up 1.0% from the same month a year earlier.
Level I carriers flew 190,000 hours (+3.8%) in September and generated $2.7 billion (+7.5%) in total operating revenue.