Virgin Australia Holdings pax numbers up 8.9% in May-2012, domestic yield growth strong

Virgin Australia Holdings passenger numbers up 8.9% - traffic highlights for May-2012:

• Passenger numbers: 1.6 million, +8.9% year-on-year;
  • Domestic: 1.4 million, +10.3%;
  • International: 192,434, -0.3%;
• Load factor: 76.1%, -1.4 ppts;
  • Domestic: 76.1%, -2.8 ppts;
  • International: 76%, -0.9 ppt;
• Capacity (ASKs): +7.3%;
  • Domestic: +15.2%;
  • International: -3.6%. [more - original PR]

Virgin Australia: "Domestic yield growth continues to be strong, in line with trends for the second half of FY12 and delivered positive RASK growth in May." Source: Company statement, 04-Jul-2012.