AirAsia Group confirms 56.6m pax in 2016

AirAsia Group reported (26-Jan-2017) the following traffic highlights:

• 4Q2016:
• • AirAsia Group*:
  • • Passenger numbers: 14.5 million, +7% year-on-year;
    • Seats: 17.1 million, +5%;
    • Load factor: 85%, +2 ppts;
  • Malaysia AirAsia:
  • • Passenger numbers: 7.7 million, +2%;
    • Seats: 7.7 million, +2%;
    • Load factor: 87%, +2 ppts;
  • Thai AirAsia:
  • • Passenger numbers: 4.4 million, +8%;
    • Seats: 5.4 million, +10%;
    • Load factor: 82%, stable;
  • Indonesia AirAsia:
  • • Passenger numbers: 1.5 million, -7%;
    • Seats: 2.1 million, -10%;
    • Load factor: 83%, +3 ppts;
  • Philippines AirAsia**:
  • • Passenger numbers: 1.0 million, +19%;
    • Seats: 1.2 million, +13%;
    • Load factor: 85%, +4 ppts;
  • AirAsia India:
  • • Passenger numbers: 792,132, +56%;
    • Seats: 921,960, +52%;
    • Load factor: 86%, +2 ppts;
• 2016:
• • AirAsia Group:
  • • Passenger numbers: 56.6 million, +12% year-on-year;
    • Size of fleet at the month end^: 172;
  • Malaysia AirAsia:
  • • Passenger numbers: 26.4 million, +9%;
    • Size of fleet at the month end^: 77;
  • Thai AirAsia:
  • • Passenger numbers: 17.2 million, +16%;
    • Size of fleet at the month end^: 51;
  • Indonesia AirAsia:
  • • Passenger numbers: 6.5 million, stable;
    • Size of fleet at the month end^: 22;
  • Philippines AirAsia**:
  • • Passenger numbers: 4.0 million, +11%;
    • Size of fleet at the month end^: 14;
  • AirAsia India:
  • • Passenger numbers: 2.5 million, +68%;
    • Size of fleet at the month end^: 8. [more - original PR]

*Group refers to Malaysia AirAsia's, Thai AirAsia's, Indonesia AirAsia's, Philippines' AirAsia's and AirAsia India's operations.
**Airasia Zest is included in PAA's statistics.
^Number of aircraft including spares.