Malaysian Airline System pax up 15% but cargo traffic down 6% in Dec-2012, 13.4 million pax in 2012

Malaysian Airline System reports (04-Feb-2013) the following traffic highlights:

• Dec-2012:
  • Passenger numbers: 1.4 million, +15.3% year-on-year;
    • Domestic: 532,000, +15.8%;
    • International: 845,000, +15%;
  • Passenger load factor: 81.4%, +7 ppts;
    • Domestic: 82.8%, +3.7 ppts;
    • International: 81.2%, +7.4 ppts;
  • Cargo traffic (FTKs): -5.5%;
    • Belly: -11.7%;
    • Freighter: +7.3%;
  • Cargo load factor: 70.5%, -3 ppts;
    • Belly: 71.3%, -3.4 ppts;
    • Freighter: 69.2%, -1.9 ppts;
• 12 months ended Dec-2012:
  • Passenger numbers: 13.4 million, +0.7%;
    • Domestic: 5.1 million, +10.7%;
    • International: 8.3 million, -4.6%;
  • Passenger load factor: 74.7%, -0.3 ppt;
    • Domestic: 72.9%, +5.9 ppts;
    • International: 75%, -0.9 ppt;
  • Cargo traffic (FTKs): -8.9%;
    • Belly: -7.2%;
    • Freighter: -11.5%;
  • Cargo load factor: 70.1%, +0.9 ppt;
    • Belly: 71.1%, +1.9 ppts;
    • Freighter: 68.4%, -0.8 ppt. [more - original PR]