Qantas Group Oct-2009 pax up 6.7%; Qantas international pax down 20.9%, intl yields down 24.2%

Qantas passenger numbers up 7% - traffic highlights in Oct-2009:

• Passenger numbers: 3.7 million, +6.7% year-on-year;
  • Qantas Domestic: 1.5 million, -0.9%;
  • QantasLink: 378,000, -1.9%;
  • Jetstar Domestic: 749,000, +3.6%;
  • Qantas International: 521,000, -20.9%;
  • Jetstar International: 339,000, +115.8%;
  • Jetstar Asia: 182,000, n/a,
• Load factor: 83.3%, +3.4 ppts;
  • Qantas Domestic: 85%, +2.7 ppts;
  • QantasLink: 72.1%, -1.8 ppt;
  • Jetstar Domestic: 85.9%, +1.9 ppt;
  • Qantas International: 84.6%, +5.4 ppts;
  • Jetstar International: 76.6%, +2.0 pps;
  • Jetstar Asia: 79.6%, n/a. [more]

Qantas: "Total Domestic (Qantas Domestic, QantasLink and Jetstar Domestic operations) yield excluding foreign exchange for the financial year to October 2009 was 10.2 percent lower when compared to the same period the prior year. Total International (Qantas International, Jetstar International and Jetstar Asia operations) yield excluding foreign exchange for the financial year to October 2009 decreased by 24.2 percent when compared to the same period the prior year," Source: Company statement, 01-Dec-2009.