Qantas Airways announces Aug-2011 traffic - yields up

Qantas Airways announced (29-Sep-2011) the following traffic highlights in Aug-2011:

• Passenger numbers: 3,918,000, +6.7%;
  • Qantas:
    
    • Domestic: 1,478,000, +0.1%;
    • International: 476,000, -0.4%;
  • Jetstar:
    • Domestic: 886,000, +19.4%;
    • International: 390,000, +13.4%;
  • QantasLink: 445,000, +9.1%;
  • Jetstar Asia: 242,000, +7.6%;
• Revenue passenger kilometres: 9,281,000,000, +5%;
  • Qantas:
    • Domestic: 2,155,000,000, +0.7%;
    • International: 4,149,000,000, -0.1%;
  • Jetstar:
    
    • Domestic: 1,093,000,000, +26.2%;
    • International: 1,104,000,000, +4.2%;
  • QantasLink: 300,000,000, +6%;
  • Jetstar Asia: 480,000,000, +42%;
• Available seat kilometres: 11,827,000,000, +6.4%;
  • Qantas:
    
    • Domestic: 2,736,000,000, +2%;
    • International: 5,330,000,000, +2.6%;
  • Jetstar:
    
    • Domestic: 1,298,000,000, +22%;
    • International: 1,399,000,000, +3.9%;
  • QantasLink: 425,000,000, +6.8%;
  • Jetstar Asia: 638,000,000, +48.7%;
• Passenger load factor: 78.5%, -1.1 ppts;
  • Qantas:
    
    • Domestic: 78.8%, -1 ppts;
    • International: 77.8%, -2.2 ppts;
  • Jetstar:
    
    • Domestic: 84.2%, +2.8 ppts;
    • International: 78.9%, +0.2 ppts;
  • QantasLink: 70.6%, -0.5 ppts;
  • Jetstar Asia: 75.3%, -3.6 ppts.

Qantas: "Total Domestic (Qantas Domestic, QantasLink and Jetstar Domestic networks) yield excluding foreign exchange for the financial year to date August 2011 was 7.6 percent higher when compared to the corresponding prior year period. Total International (Qantas International, Jetstar International and Jetstar Asia networks) yield excluding foreign exchange for the month of August 2011 was 5.6 percent higher when compared to the corresponding prior year period", Media Statement, 29-Sep-2011.