23-Aug-2016 8:52 AM
Air New Zealand pax up 7% to 1.4m with 83% load factor in Jul-2016, group-wide yields down
Air New Zealand passenger numbers up 6.5% - traffic highlights for Jul-2016:
- Passenger numbers: 1.4 million, +6.5% year-on-year;
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- Short-haul: 1.2 million, +6.0%;
- Domestic: 852,000, +7.7%;
- Tasman/Pacific: 331,000, +2.0%;
- Long-haul: 173,000, +9.8%;
- Asia: 68,000, +9.5%;
- North America/UK: 105,000, +10.0%;
- Passenger load factor: 82.5%, -1.0 ppt;
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- Short-haul: 79.4%, -0.4 ppt;
- Domestic: 79.9%, +1.3 ppts;
- Tasman/Pacific: 79.2%, -1.1 ppts;
- Long-haul: 85.2%, -1.8 ppts;
- Asia: 82.7%, -1.2 ppts;
- North America/UK: 86.6%, -2.2 ppts. [more - original PR]
Air New Zealand: "Short Haul passenger revenue per ASK (RASK)* decreased 6.0% while Long Haul RASK* decreased 11.9%. Removing the impact of foreign exchange, Group-wide RASK* decreased 10.3%, and group-wide yields for the month decreased 9.2% on the same period last year." Source: Company statement, 22-Aug-2016.