24-Apr-2013 11:10 AM
Air New Zealand passenger numbers up 5% in Mar-2013, Group-wide yields up
Air New Zealand passenger numbers up 5.2% - traffic highlights for Mar-2013:
- Passenger numbers: 1.4 million, +5.2% year-on-year;
- Short-haul: 1.2 million, +6.3%;
- Domestic: 918,000, +6.1%;
- Tasman/Pacific: 301,000, +6.8%;
- Long-haul: 143,000, -3.0%;
- Asia/Japan/UK: 57,000, -12.2%;
- North America/UK: 86,000, +4.2%;
- Passenger load factor: 85.8%, +3.4 ppts;
- Short-haul: 84.6%, +1.4 ppts;
- Domestic: 85.2%, +1.2 ppts;
- Tasman/Pacific: 84.3%, +1.6 ppts;
- Long-haul: 86.8%, +5.1 ppts;
- Asia/Japan/UK: 82.1%, +4.0 ppts;
- North America/UK: 89.9%, +5.2 ppts. [more - original PR]
Air New Zealand: "Group-wide yields for the financial year to date were up 1.7% on the same period last year. Short Haul yields were down 1.5%, while Long Haul yields were up 5.5%. Removing the impact of foreign exchange, Group-wide yields were up 2.7%." Source: Company statement, 24-Apr-2013.