1-Sep-2009 11:01 AM
Qantas Jul-2009 pax up 4.6%, yields down heavily
Qantas passenger numbers up 4.6% - traffic highlights in Jul-2009:
- Passenger numbers: 3.5 million, +4.6% year-on-year;
- Qantas domestic: 1.4 million, +0.1%;
- QantasLink: 367,000, +1.2%;
- Jetstar domestic: 734,000, +1.1%;
- Qantas international: 520,000, -24.2%;
- Jetstar international: 303,000, +96.7%;
- Jetstar Asia: 157,000, n/a;
- Load factor: 82.9%, +0.7 ppt;
- Qantas domestic: 83.5%, +1.4 ppt;
- QantasLink: 71.4%, -1.5 ppt;
- Jetstar domestic: 81.6%, +1.4 ppt;
- Qantas international: 85.6%, +1.3 ppt;
- Jetstar international: 75.2%, -0.1 ppt;
- Jetstar Asia: 76.0%, n/a. [more]
Qantas: "Total domestic (Qantas, QantasLink and Jetstar domestic operations) yield excluding foreign exchange for the financial year to Jul-2009 was 12.3% lower when compared to the same period the prior year. Total international (Qantas and Jetstar international operations) yield excluding foreign exchange for the financial year to Jul-2009 decreased 21.4% compared to the same period the prior year," Company statement. Source: Qantas, 01-Sep-2009.