Virgin Australia Holdings pax numbers up 2% in Oct-2013, domestic yield positive

Virgin Australia Holdings passenger numbers up 2.4% - traffic highlights for Oct -2013:

• Passenger numbers: 1.8 million, +2.4% year-on-year;
• • Domestic: 1.6 million, +3.2%;
  • International: 226,399, -2.7%;
• Load factor: 79.7%, +0.1 ppt;
• • Domestic: 80.5%, +1.2 ppts;
  • International: 78.2%, -1.6 ppts. [more - original PR]

Virgin Australia: "Domestic operations - Yield for October Financial Year 2014 to date was positive compared to the prior corresponding period. Virgin Australia's international statistics for Oct-2013 were impacted by the cancellation of flights into and out of Denpasar Airport due to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit in early Oct-2013," Source: Company statement, 02-Dec-2013.