Air New Zealand Jul-2009 pax down 8.4%

Air New Zealand passenger numbers down 8.4% - traffic highlights in Jul-2009:

• Passenger numbers: 1.1 million, -8.4% year-on-year;
  • Short-haul: 960,000, -6.9%;
    • Domestic: 700,000, -5.2%;
    • Tasman/Pacific: 260,000, -11.4%;
  • Long-haul: 150,000, -16.9%;
    • Asia/Japan/UK: 57,000, -24.2%;
    • North America/UK: 93,000, -11.4%;
• Passenger load factor: 80.1%, -3.2 ppts;
  • Short-haul: 78.0%, +0.7 ppt;
    • Domestic: 76.3%, -1.8 ppt;
    • Tasman/Pacific: 78.9%, +2.0 ppts;
  • Long-haul: 81.6%, -6.1 ppts;
    • Asia/Japan/UK: 77.1%, -6.8 ppts;
    • North America/UK: 84.5%, -6.0 ppts;
• Yield: -11.3%;
  • Short-haul: -13.1%;
  • Long-haul: -11.9%. [more]

Air New Zealand: "Group-wide yields for July were down 11.3% on the same month last year. Short Haul and Long Haul yields were down by 13.1% and 11.9% respectively. Removing the impact of foreign exchange, Group-wide yields were down 15.1%. Yields were higher last year partially due to fuel price related increases, which have reduced as fuel price has decreased," Company statement. Source: Air New Zealand, 21-Aug-2009.