AirAsia Group pax numbers up 25% to 42.6m in 2013, load factor stable at 79%

AirAsia Group reports (10-Feb-2014) the following traffic highlights for the 12 months ended Dec-2013:

• AirAsia Group*:
• • Passenger numbers: 42.6 million, +25% year-on-year;
  • Seats: 54 million, +26%;
  • Load factor: 79%, stable;
  • Size of fleet at month end^: 154;
• Malaysia AirAsia:
• • Passenger numbers: 21.9 million, +11%;
  • Seats: 27.3 million, +10%;
  • Load factor: 80%, stable;
  • Size of fleet at month end^: 72;
• Thai AirAsia:
• • Passenger numbers: 10.5 million, +26%;
  • Seats: 12.6 million, +25%;
  • Load factor: 83%, +1.0 ppts;
  • Size of fleet at month end^: 35;
• Indonesia AirAsia:
• • Passenger numbers: 7.9 million, +34%;
  • Seats: 10.3 million, +36%;
  • Load factor: 76%, -1.0 ppts;
  • Size of fleet at month end^: 30;
• Philippines AirAsia**:
• • Passenger numbers: 2.2 million, +615%;
  • Seats: 3.5 million, +540%;
  • Load factor: 63%, +7 ppts;
  • Size of fleet at month end^:17. [more - original PR]

*Group refers to Malaysia AirAsia's, Thai AirAsia's, Indonesia AirAsia's, Philippines' AirAsia.
**Airasia Zest's statistics (May-2013 to Dec-2013) is included in PAA's statistics.
^Number of aircraft including spares.