25-Feb-2013 11:00 AM
Air New Zealand passenger numbers up 3% in Jan-2013, group-wide yields up
Air New Zealand passenger numbers up 3.1% - traffic highlights for Jan-2013:
- Passenger numbers: 1.0 million, +3.1% year-on-year;
- Short-haul: 869,000, +4.2%;
- Domestic: 601,000, +3.2%;
- Tasman/Pacific: 268,000, +6.5%;
- Long-haul: 141,000, -3.3%;
- Asia/Japan/UK: 57,000, -7.4%;
- North America/UK: 84,000, -0.2%;
- Passenger load factor: 87.2%, +0.9 ppt;
- Short-haul: 85.7%, -0.3 ppt;
- Domestic: 83.6%, -0.2 ppt;
- Tasman/Pacific: 86.6%, -0.4 ppt;
- Long-haul: 88.3%, +1.8 ppts;
- Asia/Japan/UK: 83.5%, +0.7 ppt;
- North America/UK: 91.5%, +2.3 ppts. [more - original PR]
Air New Zealand: "Group-wide yields for the financial year to date were up 1.3% on the same period last year. Short-haul yields were down 1.7%, while long haul yields were up 5.0%. Removing the impact of foreign exchange, Group-wide yields were up 1.9%." Source: Company statement, 22-Feb-2013.