Virgin Australia Holdings pax numbers down 2% in Jun-2013, load factor up 1 ppt to 77%

Virgin Australia Holdings passenger numbers down 1.9% - traffic highlights for Jun-2013:

• Passenger numbers: 1.5 million, -1.9% year-on-year;
• • Domestic: 1.3 million, -2.2%;
  • International: 213,020, -0.2%;
• Load factor: 77.1%, +1.0 ppts;
• • Domestic: 74.4%, -3.2 ppts;
  • International: 79.8%, +0.2 ppt. [more - original PR]

Virgin Australia: "Domestic operations - Yields increased compared to the prior corresponding period, which represents consistent yield growth for the fourth quarter of the 2013 financial year." Source: Company statement, 02-Aug-2013.