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MONTHLY: AIR: Air NZ Investor Update (Op Stats) - July 2015
CONTENTS
- July market conditions
- Company news
- Operating statistics table (see attachment)
JULY MARKET CONDITIONS
Air New Zealand carried 1,355,000 passengers during the month of July, 5.1%
more than the same period last year. Revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs) were
9.2% higher on a capacity (ASKs) increase of 10.1%. Group load factors were
down 0.7 percentage points to 83.5%.
Short Haul passenger numbers were up 3.6%, while in the Domestic market
demand (RPKs) and capacity (ASKs) increased by 5.4% and 5.9%, respectively.
Domestic load factor was 78.6%, down 0.4 percentage points.
Tasman/Pacific demand (RPKs) increased 1.8% while capacity (ASKs) increased
by 3.3%. Load factor on Tasman/Pacific decreased 1.2 percentage points to
80.3%.
Long Haul passenger numbers increased 17.1% when compared to July last year,
with demand (RPKs) up 15.3% and capacity (ASKs) up 16.3%. Load factor on Long
Haul routes was 87.0%, down 0.7 percentage points.
On North American/UK routes, demand (RPKs) increased 3.8% with capacity
(ASKs) increasing 6.6%. Load factor was down 2.3 percentage points to 88.8%.
On Asia/Japan/Singapore routes, demand (RPKs) increased 43.1%, with capacity
(ASKs) increasing by 37.1% due to the new Auckland-Singapore route and larger
B787-9 aircraft operating on the Auckland-Shanghai route. Load factor
increased 3.5 percentage points to 83.9%.
Group-wide yields for the financial year to date were up 0.3% on the same
period last year. Short Haul yields were up 1.3% while Long Haul yields were
up 2.2%. Removing the impact of foreign exchange, Group-wide yields were down
1.9%.
COMPANY NEWS
2015 Annual Results
Air New Zealand's 2015 annual results will be announced on Wednesday 26
August 2015.
An investor analyst call and webcast will be held with Christopher Luxon
(CEO) and Rob McDonald (Chief Financial Officer) at 10:30am.
Please refer to our website for a link to the webcast:
http://www.airnewzealand.co.nz/latest-annual-and-interim-reports
Alternatively, analysts can dial in to the conference call using the
following details:
New Zealand: 0800 452 905
Australia: 1800 801 825
United States: 1855 298 3404
Attendee Passcode: 5071153
2015 Annual Shareholder Meeting
Air New Zealand's Annual Shareholder Meeting will be held in the Viaduct
Events Centre. 161 Halsey Street, Auckland on Wednesday 7 October 2015 at
2.00pm.
Nominations for the position of director may be made on or before 5pm
Thursday 20 August 2015. Nominations must be made in writing by a security
holder entitled to attend and vote at the Meeting, and should be directed to
the Company Secretary at Air New Zealand, Private Bag 92007, Auckland 1142
See attachment for operating statistics tables.
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