AirAsia Group pax numbers up 7% to 45.6m in 2014, load factor down 1 ppt to 78%

AirAsia Group reports (18-Feb-2015) the following traffic highlights for the 12 months ended Dec-2014:

• AirAsia Group*:
• • Passenger numbers: 45.6 million, +7% year-on-year;
  • Seats: 58.2 million, +8%;
  • Load factor: 78%, -1.0 ppts;
  • Size of fleet at month end^: 172;
• Malaysia AirAsia:
• • Passenger numbers: 22.1 million, +1%;
  • Seats: 28.1 million, +3%;
  • Load factor: 79%, -1.0 ppts;
  • Size of fleet at month end^: 81;
• Thai AirAsia:
• • Passenger numbers: 12.2 million, +16%;
  • Seats: 15.3 million, +21%;
  • Load factor: 80%;
  • Size of fleet at month end^: 40;
• Indonesia AirAsia:
• • Passenger numbers: 7.9 million, stable;
  • Seats: 10 million, -3%;
  • Load factor: 78%, +2.0 ppts;
  • Size of fleet at month end^: 30;
• Philippines AirAsia**:
• • Passenger numbers: 3.0 million, +36%;
  • Seats: 4.3 million, +23%;
  • Load factor: 70%, +7 ppts;
  • Size of fleet at month end^: 15;
• AirAsia India:
• • Passenger numbers: 345,298;
  • Seats: 430,560;
  • Load factor: 80%;
  • Size of fleet at month end^: 3. [more - original PR]

*Group refers to Malaysia AirAsia's, Thai AirAsia's, Indonesia AirAsia's, Philippines' AirAsia's and AirAsia India's operations.
**Airasia Zest is included in PAA's statistics.
^Number of aircraft including spares.