Air New Zealand pax up 9% to 1.2m with 84% load factor in Feb-2016, group-wide yields down

Air New Zealand passenger numbers up 9.0% - traffic highlights for Feb-2016:

• Passenger numbers: 1.2 million, +9.0% year-on-year;
• • Short-haul: 1.1 million, +8.4%;
  • Domestic: 816,000, +11.2%;
  • Tasman/Pacific: 263,000, +0.7%;
  • Long-haul: 161,000, +12.8%;
  • Asia: 67,000, +8.7%;
  • North America/UK: 94,000, +15.9%;
• Passenger load factor: 84.2%, +0.3 ppt;
• • Short-haul: 83.3%, -1.5 ppts;
  • Domestic: 83.7%, +1.7 ppts;
  • Tasman/Pacific: 83.0%, -3.3 ppts;
  • Long-haul: 84.9%, +1.7 ppts;
  • Asia: 88.1%, +3.1 ppts;
  • North America/UK: 83.0%, -0.9 ppt. [more - original PR]

Air New Zealand: "Group-wide yields for the financial year to date were down 0.7% on the same period last year. Short Haul yields were down 0.2%, while Long Haul yields were up 2.1%. Removing the impact of foreign exchange, Group-wide yields were down 4.7%." Source: Company statement, 16-Mar-2016.