27-Apr-2017 10:13 AM
Air New Zealand pax up 5% to 1.6m with 82% load factor in Mar-2017
Air New Zealand passenger numbers up 5% - traffic highlights for Mar-2017:
- Passenger numbers: 1.6 million, +5.2% year-on-year;
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- Short haul: 1.4 million, +6.0%;
- Domestic: 1.1 million, +8.3%;
- Tasman/Pacific: 332,000, -1.0%;
- Long haul: 190,000, -0.7%;
- North America/UK: 112,000, -0.7%;
- Asia/Japan/Singapore: 78,000, -0.9%;
- Passenger load factor: 81.9%, -2.6ppts;
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- North America/UK: 84.0%, -1.4ppts;
- Domestic: 83.9%, +1.8ppts;
- Short haul: 82.3%, -1.8ppts;
- Long haul: 81.6%, -3.2ppts;
- Tasman/Pacific: 81.3%, -4.0ppts;
- Asia/Japan/Singapore: 77.8%, -6.1ppts. [more - original PR]
Air New Zealand: "For the financial year to date, Short Haul passenger revenue per ASK (RASK)* decreased 5.9% and Long Haul RASK* decreased 14.9%. Removing the impact of foreign exchange, Group-wide RASK* decreased 8.6%, and Group-wide yields for the financial year to date decreased 6.6% on the same period last year." Source: Company statement, 27-Apr-2017.