Air New Zealand pax numbers up 2% in Apr-2013, group-wide yields up

Air New Zealand passenger numbers up 2.2% - traffic highlights for Apr-2013:

• Passenger numbers: 1.0 million, +2.2% year-on-year;
  • Short-haul: 944,000, +3.2%;
  • Domestic: 699,000, +2.7%;
  • Tasman/Pacific: 245,000, +4.7%;
  • Long-haul: 102,000, -6.5%;
  • Asia/Japan/UK: 35,000, -26.1%;
  • North America/UK: 67,000, +8.7%;
• Passenger load factor: 82.1%, -0.9 ppt;
  • Short-haul: 83.9%, +0.2 ppt;
  • Domestic: 85%, +1.7 ppts;
  • Tasman/Pacific: 83.3%, -0.6 ppt;
  • Long-haul: 80.3%, -2.0 ppts;
  • Asia/Japan/UK: 79.4%, -1.8 ppts;
  • North America/UK: 80.7%, -2.4 ppts. [more - original PR]

Air New Zealand: "Group-wide yields for the financial year to date were up 1.6% on the same period last year. Short Haul yields were down 1.7%, while Long Haul yields were up 5.5%. Removing the impact of foreign exchange, Group-wide yields were up 2.6%." Source: Company statement, 20-May-2013.