Ann: MONTHLY: AIR: Air New Zealand Investor Update (Op Stats) - November 2015

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MONTHLY: AIR: Air New Zealand Investor Update (Op Stats) - November 2015

Contents
o November market conditions
o Company news
o Operating statistics table

November market conditions
Air New Zealand carried 1,185,000 passengers during the month of November,
8.7% more than the same period last year. Revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs)
were 12.4% higher on a capacity (ASKs) increase of 9.5%. Group load factors
were up 2.3 percentage points to 85.1%.

Short Haul passenger numbers were up 7.6%.  In the Domestic market demand
(RPKs) and capacity (ASKs) increased by 10.3% and 8.3%, respectively.
Domestic load factor was 82.8%, up 1.4 percentage points.

Tasman/Pacific demand (RPKs) increased 5.2% while capacity (ASKs) increased
by 3.3%. Load factor on Tasman/Pacific increased 1.6 percentage points to
87.1%.

Long Haul passenger numbers increased 18.2% when compared to November last
year, with demand (RPKs) up 17.4% and capacity (ASKs) up 13.4%. Load factor
on Long Haul routes was 84.7%, up 2.9 percentage points.

On North American/UK routes, demand (RPKs) increased 4.3% with capacity
(ASKs) increasing 5.0%. Load factor was down 0.5 percentage points to 82.3%.

On Asia/Japan/Singapore routes, demand (RPKs) increased 42.5%, with capacity
(ASKs) increasing by 28.8% due to the new Auckland-Singapore route and larger
B787-9 aircraft operating on the Auckland-Shanghai route. Load factor
increased 8.5 percentage points to 88.3%.

Group-wide yields for the financial year to date were down 1.2% on the same
period last year. Short Haul yields were down 0.2% while Long Haul yields
were up 1.1%. Removing the impact of foreign exchange, Group-wide yields were
down 4.4%.

Company news

First Air New Zealand and Air China alliance flight arrives in Auckland

On December 10th, Air China and Air New Zealand celebrated the inaugural
flight of their alliance service between Beijing and Auckland, with flight
CA783 touching down in Auckland.  Under the alliance, Air China will operate
a daily direct A330-200 service between Auckland and Beijing and Air New
Zealand will continue to operate daily B787-9 Dreamliner services between
Auckland and Shanghai.

Together the two national carriers will boost capacity between Auckland and
Mainland China by more than 25 percent year round.

Air New Zealand introduces world first biometric bag drop

Air New Zealand has introduced new self-service bag drops featuring
world-first biometric technology for customers departing from Auckland
International Airport. The new self-service bag drop complements the
airline's existing online check-in option and the self-service kiosks in the
terminal, enabling customers to take total control of their check-in
experience.

Featuring technology similar to that used by SmartGate passport control
facilities, customers scan their passports and boarding passes to have their
identities verified by a biometric camera before being invited to place their
bags on the scale to be weighed before they are sent through to the airline's
baggage handling system.

Five new automatic self-service bag drops are now available for use by
customers checking in at Auckland International Airport with a further eight
planned to be installed in early 2016.

Air New Zealand touches down in Buenos Aires

On December 2nd, Air New Zealand's inaugural flight to Argentina landed at
Ministro Pistarini International Airport in Ezeiza, Buenos Aires.
The inaugural flight marks Air New Zealand's first scheduled service linking
New Zealand and South America. The airline will fly between Auckland and
Buenos Aires three times a week using its Boeing 777-200 aircraft offering
award winning interior products including lie flat Business Premier beds and
comfortable new Premium Economy seats. The new service also introduces Air
New Zealand's unique Economy Skycouch(TM) to the South American market for
the first time.
Additionally, Air New Zealand signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with
the National Institute of Tourism Promotion (Inprotur) in Buenos Aires,
Argentina to promote tourism and trade activities.  The two organisations
will promote inbound marketing campaigns to Argentina from New Zealand and
Australia and provide support for international media programmes.

Air New Zealand named Airline of the Year third year running

Air New Zealand has again received the title of Airline of the Year by world
leading airline safety and product rating review website AirlineRatings.com
for the third consecutive year.
The website's editorial team praised Air New Zealand for its products,
environmental commitment, innovation and internal culture which it says has
resulted in exceptional performance in the market and in operational safety.
The airline has also been awarded the Best Premium Economy and Best Economy
titles.

Air New Zealand's Airband(TM) a world first

Air New Zealand has introduced a world first for children flying
unaccompanied, giving parents and guardians the opportunity to follow the
steps in their journey.

Children travelling alone on Air New Zealand services will now receive an
Airband(TM) at check-in as part of the service.  The wristband is embedded
with a chip which is scanned at key stages of the journey to trigger text
notifications to up to five nominated contacts.  Air New Zealand is the only
carrier in New Zealand offering a service for children travelling alone.
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