Air New Zealand pax up 7% to 1.2m with 83% load factor in Oct-2016

Air New Zealand passenger numbers up 7.1% - traffic highlights for Oct-2016:

• Passenger numbers: 1.2 million, +7.1% year-on-year;
• • Short-haul: 1.1 million, +6.9%;
  • Domestic: 797,000, +8.6%;
  • Tasman/Pacific: 282,000, +2.1%;
  • Long-haul: 147,000, +9.2%;
  • Asia/Japan/Singapore: 60,000, +2.5%;
  • North America/UK: 87,000, +14.3%;
• Passenger load factor: 82.5%, -1.2 ppts;
• • Short-haul: 83.0%, -0.9 ppt;
  • Domestic: 80.1%, +2.4 ppts;
  • Tasman/Pacific: 84.6%, -2.7 ppts;
  • Long-haul: 82.2%, -1.3 ppts;
  • Asia/Japan/Singapore: 80.9%, -4.8 ppts;
  • North America/UK: 83.0%, +0.9 ppt. [more - original PR]

Air New Zealand: "For the financial year to date, Short Haul passenger revenue per ASK (RASK)* decreased 5.9% while Long Haul RASK* decreased 13.2%. Removing the impact of foreign exchange, Group-wide RASK* decreased 9.5%, and Group-wide yields for the financial year to date decreased 8.3% on the same period last year." Source: Company statement, 23-Nov-2016.