Air New Zealand passenger numbers up 9.2% in Oct-2010

Air New Zealand passenger numbers up 9.2% - traffic highlights in Oct-2010:

• Passenger numbers: 1.0 million, +9.2% year-on-year;
  • Short-haul: 894,000, +10.2%;
    • Domestic: 674,000, +11.4%;
    • Tasman/Pacific: 220,000, +6.8%;
  • Long-haul: 123,000, +2.5%;
    • Asia/Japan/UK: 49,000, stable;
    • North America/UK: 74,000, +4.2%;
• Passenger load factor: 82.9%, +2.9 ppts;
  • Short-haul: 85.9%, +6.3 ppts;
    • Domestic: 83.4%, +6.6 ppts;
    • Tasman/Pacific: 87.3%, +6.1 ppts;
  • Long-haul: 80.7%, +0.4 ppt;
    • Asia/Japan/UK: 81.5%, +3.2 ppts;
    • North America/UK: 80.3%, +1.4 ppts. [more]

Air New Zealand: "Group-wide yields for the financial year to date were up 4.3% on the same period last year. Compared to last October, year to date short-haul yields were down 1.4%, as the airline continued to lower fares which stimulated demand, and the respective long-haul yields were up by 10.9%. Removing the impact of foreign exchange, group-wide yields were up 7.4%," Source: Air New Zealand, 25-Nov-2010.