AirAsia Group pax numbers up 12% to 13.5m with 83% load factor in 4Q2015

AirAsia Group reported (16-Feb-2016) the following traffic highlights for the three months ended Dec-2015:

• AirAsia Group*:
• • Passenger numbers: 13.5 million, +12% year-on-year;
  • Seats: 16.3 million, +6%;
  • Load factor: 83%, +5 ppts;
  • Size of fleet at the month end^: 170;
• Malaysia AirAsia:
• • Passenger numbers: 6.5 million, +10%;
  • Seats: 7.6 million, +1%;
  • Load factor: 85%, +7 ppts;
  • Size of fleet at the month end^: 80;
• Thai AirAsia:
• • Passenger numbers: 4.0 million, +17%;
  • Seats: 4.9 million, +12%;
  • Load factor: 82%, +3 ppts;
  • Passenger traffic (RPKs): +11%;
  • Capacity (ASKs): +10%;
  • Size of fleet at the month end^: 45;
• Indonesia AirAsia:
• • Passenger numbers: 1.7 million, -14%;
  • Seats: 2.4 million, -14%;
  • Load factor: 80%, stable;
  • Size of fleet at the month end^: 25;
• Philippines AirAsia**:
• • Passenger numbers: 871,225, +47%;
  • Seats: 1.1 81%, +9 ppts;
  • Size of fleet at the month end^: 14;
• AirAsia India:
• • Passenger numbers: 508,407, +134%;
  • Seats: 607,680, +133%;
  • Load factor: 84%, +1 ppt;
  • Size of fleet at the month end^: 6. [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.