AirAsia Group pax numbers up 20% to 12.9m with 81% load factor in 3Q2015

AirAsia Group reported (09-Nov-2015) the following traffic highlights for the three months ended Sep-2015:

• AirAsia Group*:
• • Passenger numbers: 12.9 million, +20.0% year-on-year;
  • Seats: 15.9 million, +15.0%;
  • Load factor: 81%, +3.0 ppts;
  • Size of fleet at the month end^: 168;
• Malaysia AirAsia:
• • Passenger numbers: 6.3 million, +19.0%;
  • Seats: 7.7 million, +11.0%;
  • Load factor: 82%, +5.0 ppts;
  • Size of fleet at the month end^: 82;
• Thai AirAsia:
• • Passenger numbers: 3.6 million, +26.0%;
  • Seats: 4.4 million, +27.0%;
  • Load factor: 81%, -1.0 ppt;
  • Passenger traffic (RPKs): +23%;
  • Capacity (ASKs): +25%;
  • Size of fleet at the month end^: 44;
• Indonesia AirAsia:
• • Passenger numbers: 1.7 million, -9.0%;
  • Seats: 2.2 million, -4.0%;
  • Load factor: 75%, -4.0 ppts;
  • Size of fleet at the month end^: 28;
• Philippines AirAsia**:
• • Passenger numbers: 901,957, +46.0%;
  • Seats: 1.1 million, +14.0%;
  • Load factor: 84%, +19.0 ppts;
  • Size of fleet at the month end^: 15;
• AirAsia India:
• • Passenger numbers: 416,182, +225%;
  • Seats: 545,760, +221%;
  • Load factor: 76%, +1.0 ppt;
  • Size of fleet at the month end^: 5. [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.