January 28, 2019
NAV CANADA announced today its traffic figures for the month of December 2018 as measured in weighted charging units for enroute, terminal and oceanic air navigation services, in comparison to the prior fiscal year.
Air traffic in December 2018 increased by an average of 2.7 percent compared to the same month in 2017.
Fiscal 2019 year-to-date traffic has been 3.3 percent higher than in the prior fiscal year. NAV CANADA’s fiscal year runs from September 1 to August 31.
Weighted charging units represent a traffic measure that reflects the number of flights, aircraft size and distance flown in Canadian airspace.