Cargojet Handles Record Volumes to meet Prime Week Demand
Mississauga, ON, July 22nd, 2019 – Cargojet Inc. (the "Company" or "Cargojet") (TSX: CJT) announced today that it handled record volumes and added capacity to meet e-Commerce demand for overnight delivery last week.
"The continuing and tremendous growth of on-line shopping by Canadians is contributing to increased demand for Cargojet’s time sensitive overnight air cargo services", said Ajay Virmani, President and Chief Executive Officer. "Our major customers experienced significant volume growth this past week and Cargojet's overnight air cargo network is continuing to enable e-Commerce delivery across Canada, by leveraging our existing aircraft fleet with additional daytime and overnight flights and capacity to meet this demand." "Cargojet handled in excess of 1,000,000 pounds more than an average week and operated 23 additional flights for prime week with 100% on-time reliability," added Virmani.
Cargojet is Canada's leading provider of time sensitive overnight air cargo services and carries over 1,300,000 pounds of cargo each business night. Cargojet operates its network across North America each business night, utilizing a fleet of all-cargo aircraft. For more information, please visit: www.cargojet.com.
For further information, please contact:
Pauline Dhillon
Executive Vice President Marketing, Government & Public Relations
Tel: (905) 501 7373
pdhillon@cargojet.com