AirAsia Group pax numbers up 27% to 10.6m in 3Q2013, load factor down 2 ppts to 76%

AirAsia Group reports (08-Nov-2013) the following traffic highlights for the 3 months ended Sep-2013:

• AirAsia Group*:
• • Passenger numbers: 10.6 million, +27% year-on-year;
  • Seats: 13.9 million, +29%;
  • Load factor: 76%, -2.0 ppts;
  • Size of fleet at month end^: 137;
• Malaysia AirAsia:
• • Passenger numbers: 5.3 million, +11%;
  • Seats: 6.9 million, +11%;
  • Load factor: 77%, stable;
  • Size of fleet at month end^: 66;
• Thai AirAsia:
• • Passenger numbers: 2.6 million, +30%;
  • Seats: 3.1 million, +27%;
  • Load factor: 83%, +1.0 ppts;
  • Size of fleet at month end^: 31;
• Indonesia AirAsia:
• • Passenger numbers: 2.1 million, +36%;
  • Seats: 2.7 million, +41%;
  • Load factor: 75%, -3.0 ppts;
  • Size of fleet at month end^: 26;
• Philippines AirAsia**:
• • Passenger numbers: 730,005, +525%;
  • Seats: 1.2 million, +483%;
  • Load factor: 59%, +4.0 ppts.
  • Size of fleet at month end^: 14. [more - original PR]

*Group refers to Malaysia AirAsia's, Thai AirAsia's, Indonesia AirAsia's, Philippines' AirAsia.
**Zest Air is included in PAA's numbers.
^Number of aircraft including spares.