1-Feb-2013 10:50 AM
Air New Zealand passenger numbers up 3% in Dec-2012, group wide yields up
Air New Zealand passenger numbers up 3.3% - traffic highlights for Dec-2012:
- Passenger numbers: 1.4 million, +3.3% year-on-year;
- Short-haul: 1.2 million, +3.9%;
- Domestic: 867,000, +4.1%;
- Tasman/Pacific: 323,000, +3.4%;
- Long-haul: 168,000, -0.8%;
- Asia/Japan/UK: 71,000, -2.5%;
- North America/UK: 96,000, +0.5%;
- Short-haul: 1.2 million, +3.9%;
- Passenger load factor: 86%, +1.6 ppts;
- Short-haul: 84.5%, -1.7 ppts;
- Domestic: 84.8%, +0.6 ppt;
- Tasman/Pacific: 84.4%, -2.7 ppts;
- Long-haul: 87.3%, +4.1 ppts;
- Asia/Japan/UK: 85.9%, +5.5 ppts;
- North America/UK: 88.2%, +2.9 ppts. [more - original PR]
- Short-haul: 84.5%, -1.7 ppts;
Air New Zealand: "Group-wide yields for the financial year to date were up 0.3% on the same period last year. Short Haul yields were down 2.2%, while Long Haul yields were up 3.8%. Removing the impact of foreign exchange, Group-wide yields were up 0.7%." Source: Company statement, 01-Feb-2013.