Air New Zealand passenger numbers up 2% in May-2012, yields stronger

Air New Zealand passenger numbers up 2.0% - traffic highlights for May-2012:

• Passenger numbers: 910,000, +2.0% year-on-year;
  • Short-haul: 807,000, +1.7%;
  • Domestic: 611,000, +0.4%;
  • Tasman/Pacific: 195,000, +5.9%;
  • Long-haul: 103,000, +4.8%;
  • Asia/Japan/UK: 41,000, +10.8%;
  • North America/UK: 62,000, +1.1%;
• Passenger load factor: 79.7%, +1.2 ppts;
  • Short-haul: 80.8%, +1.8 ppts;
  • Domestic: 78.9%, -0.1 ppt;
  • Tasman/Pacific: 81.9%, +3.0 ppts;
  • Long-haul: 78.9%, +0.8 ppt;
  • Asia/Japan/UK: 73.3%, +0.1 ppt;
  • North America/UK: 82.9%, +1.7 ppts. [more - original PR]

Air New Zealand: "Group-wide yields for the financial year to date were up 3.2% on the same period last year. Compared to May-2011, year to date Short Haul yields were up 1.1%. Long Haul yields were up by 3.7%. Removing the impact of foreign exchange, Group-wide yields were up 5.0%." Source: Company statement, 20-Jun-2012.