Malaysian Airline System pax up 19% and cargo traffic up 7% in Mar-2013, 3.6 million pax in 1Q2013

Malaysian Airline System reports (26-Apr-2013) the following traffic highlights:

• Mar-2013:
  • Passenger numbers: 1.3 million, +19% year-on-year;
    • Domestic: 462,000, +9.7%;
    • International: 847,000, +24.8%;
  • Passenger load factor: 78.9%, +3.9 ppts;
    • Domestic: 70.4%, +1.0 ppts;
    • International: 79.9%, +4.2 ppts;
  • Cargo traffic (FTKs): +6.6%;
    • Belly: -1.4%;
    • Freighter:+20.8%;
  • Cargo load factor: 71.2%, -1.4 ppts;
    • Belly: 72.8%, -2.7 ppts;
    • Freighter: 69%, +1.0 ppts;
• 3 months ended Mar-2013:
  • Passenger numbers: 3.6 million, +16%;
    • Domestic: 1.3 million, +12.2%;
    • International: 2.3 million, +18.3%;
  • Passenger load factor: 76.6%, +3.6 ppts;
    • Domestic: 68.5%, +0.9 ppt;
    • International: 77.6%, +3.9 ppts;
  • Cargo traffic (FTKs): +9.8%;
    • Belly: +0.3%;
    • Freighter: +29.5%;
  • Cargo load factor: 68.9%, +2.0 ppts;
    • Belly: 69.4%, +2.2 ppts;
    • Freighter: 68.2%, +2.1 ppts. [more - original PR]