Malaysia Airlines pax and load factors weaker in Dec-2011, 13.3 million pax in FY2011

Malaysia Airlines reports (21-Feb-2012) the following traffic highlights in Dec-2011:

• Dec-2011:
  • Passenger numbers: 1.2 million, -4.6% year-on-year;
    • Domestic: 459,000, 0.0%;
    • International: 735,000, -7.2%;
  • Passenger load factor: 74.4%, -5.4 ppts;
    • Domestic: 79.1%, -1.1 ppts;
    • International: 73.8%, -5.9 ppts.
• FY2011:
  • Passenger numbers: 13.3 million, +1.4%;
    • Domestic: 4.6 million, -3.7%;
    • International: 8.7 million, +4.3%;
  • Passenger load factor: 75.0%, +1.3 ppts;
    • Domestic: 67.0%, -2.4 ppts;
    • International: 75.9%, -1.2 ppts. [more - original PR]