Air New Zealand pax up 3% to 1.2m with 93% load factor in Apr-2016, group-wide yields down

Air New Zealand passenger numbers up 3.3% - traffic highlights for Apr-2016:

• Passenger numbers: 1.2 million, +3.3% year-on-year;
• • Short-haul: 1.1 million, +2.6%;
  • Domestic: 795,000, +4.0%;
  • Tasman/Pacific: 262,000, -1.6%;
  • Long-haul: 147,000, +8.7%;
  • Asia: 61,000, +2.5%;
  • North America/UK: 86,000, +13.5%;
• Passenger load factor: 82.6%, -2.9 ppts;
• • Short-haul: 81.9%, -3.5 ppts;
  • Domestic: 82.9%, -3.0 ppts;
  • Tasman/Pacific: 81.4%, -3.7 ppts;
  • Long-haul: 83.1%, -2.5 ppts;
  • Asia: 84.4%, -3.3 ppts;
  • North America/UK: 82.3%, -1.9 ppts. [more - original PR]

Air New Zealand: "Group-wide yields for the financial year to date were down 1.5% on the same period last year. Short Haul yields were down 1.8%, while Long Haul yields were up 2.0%. Removing the impact of foreign exchange, Group-wide yields were down 5.5%." Source: Company statement, 20-May-2016.