AirAsia Group pax numbers up 3% to 11.9m with 77% load factor in 1Q2015

AirAsia Group reports (18-May-2015) the following traffic highlights for the three months ended Mar-2015:

• AirAsia Group*:
• • Passenger numbers: 11.9 million, +3.0% year-on-year;
  • Seats: 15.4 million, +5.0%;
  • Load factor: 77%, -1.0 ppt;
  • Size of fleet at the month end^: 171;
• Malaysia AirAsia:
• • Passenger numbers: 5.5 million, +3.0%;
  • Seats: 7.3 million, +10.0%;
  • Load factor: 75%, -6.0 ppts;
  • Size of fleet at the month end^: 82;
• Thai AirAsia:
• • Passenger numbers: 3.7 million, +19.0%;
  • Seats: 4.5 million, +15.0%;
  • Load factor: 83%, +3.0 ppts;
  • Passenger traffic (RPKs): +21%;
  • Capacity (ASKs): +16%;
  • Size of fleet at the month end^: 42;
• Indonesia AirAsia:
• • Passenger numbers: 1.6 million, -26.0%;
  • Seats: 2.2 million, -19.0%;
  • Load factor: 70%, -6.0 ppts;
  • Size of fleet at the month end^: 29;
• Philippines AirAsia**:
• • Passenger numbers: 843,250, -6.0%;
  • Seats: 1.1 million, -19.0%;
  • Load factor: 77%, +11.0 ppts;
  • Size of fleet at the month end^: 15;
• AirAsia India:
• • Passenger numbers: 237,557;
  • Seats: 300,240;
  • Load factor: 79%;
  • Size of fleet at the 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.