Air New Zealand passenger numbers up 9% - traffic highlights for May-2017:
- Passengers: 1.2 million, +8.7% year-on-year;
- Short-haul: 1.0 million, +9.4%;
- Domestic: 785,000, +9.8%;
- Tasman/Pacific: 243,000, +8.2%;
- Long-haul: 137,000, +4.0%;
- North America/UK: 85,000, +7.2%;
- Asia/Japan/Singapore: 52,000, -0.7%;
- Passenger load factor: 81.1%, +0.7ppt;
- Tasman/Pacific: 83.2%, +1.7ppts;
- North America/UK: 82.7%, +0.8ppt
- Short-haul: 82.2%, +0.8ppt;
- Domestic: 80.5%, -0.8ppt;
- Long-haul: 80.3%, +0.6ppt;
- Asia/Japan/Singapore: 76.2%, +0.1ppt. [more - original PR]
Air New Zealand: "For the financial year to date, Short Haul passenger revenue per ASK (RASK)* decreased 4.4% and Long Haul RASK* decreased 13.6%. Removing the impact of foreign exchange, Group-wide RASK* decreased 6.8%, and Group-wide yields for the financial year to date decreased 5.4% on the same period last year." Source: Company statement, 20-Jun-2017.