Qantas pax up 6.6% in Sep-2009, international yield down 24% for year to Sep-2009

Qantas passenger numbers up 6.6% - traffic highlights in Sep-2009:

• Passenger numbers: 3.4 million, +6.6% year-on-year;
  • Qantas Domestic: 1.4 million, +1.4%;
  • QantasLink: 358,000, +1.1%;
  • Jetstar Domestic: 712,000, +5.7%;
  • Qantas International: 487,000, -20.8%;
  • Jetstar International: 328,000, +109.9%;
  • Jetstar Asia: 105, n/a;
• Load factor: 83.7%, +3.9 ppts;
  • Qantas Domestic: 83.6%, +3.6 ppts;
  • QantasLink: 70.7%, -0.7 ppt;
  • Jetstar Domestic: 84.4%, +2.1 ppts;
  • Qantas International: 86.0%, +5.7 ppts;
  • Jetstar International: 79.8%, +3.4 ppts;
  • Jetstar Asia: 72.5%, n/a. [more]

Qantas Group: "Total domestic (Qantas, QantasLink and Jetstar Doestic operations) yield excluding foreign exchange for the financial year to September 2009 was 12.0% lower when compared to the same period the prior year. Total international (Qantas and Jetstar International operations) yield excluding foreign exchange for the financial year to September 2009 decreased by 24.2% when compared to the same period the prior year," Company statement. Source: Qantas, 02-Nov-2009.