4-May-2011 11:49 AM
Qantas passenger numbers up 4.8% in Mar-2011
Qantas Airways reports (03-May-2011) the following traffic highlights in Mar-2011:
- Passenger numbers: 3.7 million, +4.8% year-on-year;
- Qantas Domestic: 1.4 million, +0.4%;
- Qantas International: 485,000, -1.8%;
- Jetstar Domestic: 795,000, +14%;
- Jetstar International: 356,000, +5.5%;
- QantasLink: 425,000, +9.7%;
- Jetstar Asia: 226,000, +9.5%;
- Passenger load factor: 76.5%, -3.0 ppts;
- Qantas Domestic: 78.4%, -2.7 ppts;
- Qantas International: 77.1%, -2.7 ppts;
- Jetstar Domestic: 78%, -1.3 ppts;
- Jetstar International: 71.3%, -7.5 ppts;
- QantasLink: 67%, +1.6 ppts;
- Jetstar Asia: 78.9%, -2.7 ppts. [more]
Qantas: "Total Domestic (Qantas, QantasLink and Jetstar Domestic operations) yield excluding foreign exchange for the financial year to March 2011 was 0.7% higher when compared to the corresponding prior year period. Total International (Qantas and Jetstar International operations) yield excluding foreign exchange for the financial year to March 2011 was 9.3% higher when compared to the corresponding prior year period. Domestic and international yields and loads have been impacted by a number of significant weather events, natural disasters and the disruptions to the A380 fleet." Source: Company statement, 03-May-2011.