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;
• • 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;
• • 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.