Air New Zealand pax numbers up 3% with 82% load factor in May-2014, group-wide yields up

Air New Zealand passenger numbers up 3.1% - traffic highlights for May-2014:

• Passenger numbers: 990,000, +3.1% year-on-year;
• • Short-haul: 884,000, +2.9%;
  • Domestic: 672,000, +2.3%;
  • Tasman/Pacific: 212,000, +4.9%;
  • Long-haul: 106,000, +4.4%;
  • Asia/Japan/UK: 36,000, +8.1%;
  • North America/UK: 70,000, +2.6%;
• Passenger load factor: 82.2%, +0.5 ppt;
• • Short-haul: 81.7%, -1.4 ppts;
  • Domestic: 79.8%, -4.1 ppts;
  • Tasman/Pacific: 82.9%, +0.3 ppt;
  • Long-haul: 82.6%, +2.1 ppts;
  • Asia/Japan/UK: 79.1%, +2.9 ppts;
  • North America/UK: 84.3%, +1.7 ppts. [more - original PR]

Air New Zealand: "Group-wide yields for the financial year to date were up 1.0% on the same period last year. Short Haul yields were up 0.3%, while Long Haul yields were up 0.7%. Removing the impact of foreign exchange, Group-wide yields were up 3.3%," Source: Company statement, 26-Jun-2014.