Air New Zealand pax up 6% to 1.7m in Sep-2018, short haul pax up 7%

Air New Zealand reported (30-Oct-2018) traffic highlights for Sep-2018:

• Passengers: 1.7 million, +6.0% year-on-year;
  • Short haul: 1.5 million, +6.6%;
    • Domestic: 1.1 million, +6.2%;
    • Tasman/Pacific: 382,000, +7.5%;
  • Long haul: 198,000, +2.3%;
    • North America/UK: 122,000, +3.4%;
    • Asia/Japan/Singapore: 77,000, +0.6%;
• Passenger load factor: 84.0%, +1.5ppts;
  • Short haul: 83.4%, +1.8ppts;
    • Domestic: 83.8%, +3.9ppts;
    • Tasman/Pacific: 83.2%, +0.6ppt;
  • Long haul: 84.4%, +1.2ppts;
    • North America/UK: 86.8%, +0.1ppt;
    • Asia/Japan/Singapore: 80.4%, +2.7ppts;
• Year-to-date RASK: +3.2%;
  • Short haul: +1.1%;
  • Long haul: +4.4%. [more - original PR]