Spring Airlines pax numbers up 20% to 1.3m in Dec-2016, 14.2m pax in 2016

Spring Airlines reported (18-Jan-2017) the following traffic highlights:

• Dec-2016:
• • Passenger numbers: 1.3 million, +20.0% year-on-year;
  • • Domestic: 930,710, +27.7%;
    • International: 305,560, +2.3%;
    • Regional: 51,370, +11.8%;
  • Passenger load factor: 89.4%, stable;
  • • Domestic: 91.8%, -0.7 ppt;
    • International: 84.2%, -0.1 ppt;
    • Regional: 94.1%, +0.6 ppt;
  • Cargo volume: 4684 tonnes, +20.9%;
  • • Domestic: 4367 tonnes, +18.1%;
    • International: 190 tonnes, +53.1%;
    • Regional: 127 tonnes, +134.6%;
  • Cargo load factor: 46.7%, +6.5 ppts;
  • • Domestic: 66.6%, -0.4 ppt;
    • International: 7.0%, +3.7 ppts;
    • Regional: 34.6%, +22.3 ppts;
• 12 months ended Dec-2016:
• • Passenger numbers: 14.2 million, +9.6%;
  • • Domestic: 10.1million, +3.3%;
    • International: 3.6 million, +36.8%;
    • Regional: 584,900, -6.3%;
  • Passenger load factor: 91.7%, -1.2 ppts;
  • • Domestic: 94.0%, -0.8 ppt;
    • International: 87.2%, -0.9 ppt;
    • Regional: 94.1%, +1.6 ppts;
  • Cargo volume: 44,389 tonnes, -3.0%;
  • • Domestic: 41,883 tonnes, -3.6%;
    • International: 1667 tonnes, +33.6%;
    • Regional: 840 tonnes, -23.2%;
  • Cargo load factor: 38.8%, -3.9 ppts;
  • • Domestic: 59.2%, -0.7 ppt;
    • International: 4.7%, -0.2 ppt;
    • Regional: 17.5%, -2.6 ppts. [more - original PR]