26-Jun-2013 11:08 AM
Air New Zealand pax numbers up 6% in May-2013, group-wide yields up
Air New Zealand passenger numbers up 5.6% - traffic highlights for May-2013:
- Passenger numbers: 960,000, +5.6% year-on-year;
- Short-haul: 859,000, +6.0%;
- Domestic: 657,000, +7.5%;
- Tasman/Pacific: 202,000, +1.5%;
- Long-haul: 102,000, +2.0%;
- Asia/Japan/UK: 33,000, -19%;
- North America/UK: 68,000, +16.7%;
- Passenger load factor: 81.7%, +2.0 ppts;
- Short-haul: 83.1%, +2.1 ppts;
- Domestic: 83.9%, +5.0 ppts;
- Tasman/Pacific: 82.6%, +0.4 ppt;
- Long-haul: 80.5%, +1.8 ppts;
- Asia/Japan/UK: 76.2%, +2.9 ppts;
- North America/UK: 82.6%, -0.1 ppt. [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 1.6%, while Long Haul yields were up 5.2%. Removing the impact of foreign exchange, Group-wide yields were up 2.6%." Source: Company statement, 25-Jun-2013.