Qantas Airways Group pax numbers up 3.1% in May-2012, yield up

Qantas Airways Group passenger numbers up 3.1% – traffic highlights for May-2012:

• Passenger numbers: 3.7 million, +3.1% year-on-year;
  • Qantas Domestic: 1.4 million, -1.8%;
  • Qantas International: 427,000, -7.4%;
  • Jetstar Domestic: 830,000, +9.0%;
  • Jetstar International: 359,000, +4.6%;
  • QantasLink: 441,000, +6.0%;
  • Jetstar Asia: 280,000, +28.6%;
• Passenger load factor: 76.5%, -0.2 ppt;
  • Qantas Domestic: 77%, -0.1 ppt;
  • Qantas International: 77.1%, -1.7 ppts;
  • Jetstar Domestic: 81.1%, +2.8 ppts;
  • Jetstar International: 71.9%, +0.7 ppt;
  • QantasLink: 64.6%, -0.9 ppt;
  • Jetstar Asia: 79.2%, +5.6 ppts. [more – original PR]

Qantas: “Total Domestic (Qantas Domestic, QantasLink and Jetstar Domestic networks) yield, excluding foreign exchange for the financial year to date (May 2012), was 4.0 per cent 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 financial year to date (May 2012), was 1.5 per cent higher when compared to the corresponding prior year period.” Source: Company statement, 02-Jul-2012.

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