Air New Zealand passenger numbers down 1.4% in Apr-2010

Air New Zealand passenger numbers down 1.4% - traffic highlights in Apr-2010:

• Passenger numbers: 958,000, -1.4% year-on-year;
  • Short-haul: 848,000, stable;
    • Domestic: 645,000, +2.9%;
    • Tasman/Pacific: 203,000, -8.1%;
  • Long-haul: 110,000, -10.6%;
    • Asia/Japan/UK: 45,000, -16.7%;
    • North America/UK: 65,000, -5.8%;
• Passenger load factor: 79.4%, -2.3 ppts;
  • Short-haul: 80.5%, -0.9 ppt;
    • Domestic: 80.0%;, +1.4 ppts;
    • Tasman/Pacific: 80.9%, -2.0 ppts;
  • Long-haul: 78.6%, -3.3 ppts;
    • Asia/Japan/UK: 77.1%, -8.3 ppts;
    • North America/UK: 79.6%, +0.2 ppt. [more]

Air New Zealand: "Group-wide yields for the financial year to date were down 8.5% on the same period last year. Year to date Short Haul yields were down 6.6% and the respective Long Haul yields were down by 12.5%. Removing the impact of oreign exchange, Group-wide yields were down 6.7%," Source: Company statement, 20-May-2010.