Air New Zealand pax up 4% to 1.2m with 83% load factor in Jan-2017

Air New Zealand passenger numbers up 4% - traffic highlights for Jan-2017:

• Passenger numbers: 1.2 million, +3.9% year-on-year;
• • Short-haul: 1.0 million, +3.9%;
  • Domestic: 708,000, +5.5%;
  • Tasman/Pacific: 295,000, +0.4%;
  • Long-haul: 179,000, +3.4%;
  • Asia/Japan/Singapore: 74,000, +10.6%;
  • North America/UK: 105,000, -1.1%;
• Passenger load factor: 82.6%, -2.6 ppts;
• • Short-haul: 78.8%, -3.6 ppts;
  • Domestic: 79.2%, -2.1 ppts;
  • Tasman/Pacific: 78.7%, -4.1 ppts;
  • Long-haul: 85.4%, -1.9 ppts;
  • Asia/Japan/Singapore: 83.0%, -5.8 ppts;
  • North America/UK: 86.9%, +0.4 ppt. [more - original PR]

Air New Zealand: "For the financial year to date, Short Haul passenger revenue per ASK (RASK)* decreased 6.4% while Long Haul RASK* decreased 14.1%. Removing the impact of foreign exchange, Group-wide RASK* decreased 8.9%, and Group-wide yields for the financial year to date decreased 7.3% on the same period last year." Source: Company statement, 17-Feb-2017.