Air New Zealand passenger numbers stable in Jun-2012, yields up

Air New Zealand passenger numbers up 0.2% – traffic highlights for Jun-2012:

• Passenger numbers: 1.1 million, +0.2% year-on-year;
  • Short-haul: 980,000, -1.2%;
    • Domestic: 724,000, -1.7%;
    • Tasman/Pacific: 256,000, +0.2%;
  • Long-haul: 144,000, +10.9%;
    • Asia/Japan/UK: 57,000, +14%;
    • North America/UK: 87,000, +8.9%;
• Passenger load factor: 83.6%, -0.7 ppt;
  • Short-haul: 81.6%, -2.2 ppts;
    • Domestic: 78.9%, -1.8 ppts;
    • Tasman/Pacific: 83.1%, -2.4 ppts;
  • Long-haul: 85.1%, +0.5 ppt;
    • Asia/Japan/UK: 78.2%, -0.4 ppt;
    • North America/UK: 90%, +1.4 ppts. [more – original PR]

Air New Zealand: “Group-wide yields for the financial year to date were up 3% on the same period last year. Compared to Jun-2011, year to date Short Haul yields were up 1%. Long Haul yields were up by 4%. Removing the impact of foreign exchange, Group-wide yields were up 4.7%.” Source: Company statement, 27-Jul-2012.

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