Air New Zealand pax up 2% to 1.3m with 82% load factor in Feb-2017

Air New Zealand passenger numbers up 2% - traffic highlights for Feb-2017:

• Passenger numbers: 1.3 million, +2.4% year-on-year;
• • Short-haul: 1.1 million, +2.2%;
  • Domestic: 849,000, +4.1%;
  • Tasman/Pacific: 254,000, -3.4%;
  • Long-haul: 165,000, +3.1%;
  • North America/UK: 93,000, -0.9%;
  • Asia/Japan/Singapore: 72,000, +8.8%;
• Passenger load factor: 81.6%, -2.6ppts;
• • North America/UK: 83.3%, +0.3ppt
  • Domestic: 83.2%, -0.5ppt;
  • Long-haul: 82.8%, -2.1ppts;
  • Asia/Japan/Singapore: 82.0%, -6.1ppts;
  • Short-haul: 80.0%, -3.3ppts;
  • Tasman/Pacific: 78.1%, -4.9ppts. [more - original PR]

Air New Zealand: "For the financial year to date, Short Haul passenger revenue per ASK (RASK)* decreased 6.6% and Long Haul RASK* decreased 14.6%. Removing the impact of foreign exchange, Group-wide RASK* decreased 9.0%, and Group-wide yields for the financial year to date decreased 7.3% on the same period last year." Source: Company statement, 21-Mar-2017.