AIR
23/10/2014 15:26
MONTHLY
REL: 1526 HRS Air New Zealand Limited (NS)
MONTHLY: AIR: Air New Zealand Investor Update (Op Stats) - September 2014
- September market conditions
- Company news
- Fuel hedge disclosure
- Operating statistics table (see attached document)
September market conditions
Air New Zealand carried 1,330,000 passengers during the month of September,
2.6% more than the same period last year. Revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs)
were 1.2% higher on a capacity (ASKs) increase of 1%. Group load factor was
84.3 %, up 0.2 of a percentage point.
Short Haul passenger numbers were up 3.1%, with demand (RPKs) increasing in
the Domestic market by 4.4%, while capacity increased by 4.1%. Domestic load
factor was 79.7%, an increase of 0.2 of a percentage point.
Tasman/Pacific demand (RPKs) increased 3.5% while capacity (ASKs) increased
by 2.6%. Load factor on Tasman/Pacific increased 0.8 of a percentage point to
82.8%.
Long Haul passenger numbers decreased 1.5% when compared to September last
year, with demand (RPKs) down 1% and capacity (ASKs) down 0.9 percentage
points. Load factor was 86.8%, down 0.1 of a percentage point.
On North American/UK routes, demand (RPKs) decreased 3.2% with capacity
(ASKs) decreasing 0.8%. Load factor was down 2.2 percentage points to 89.4%.
Demand (RPKs) increased 4.1% on Asia/Japan routes, with capacity (ASKs)
decreasing by 1.2%. Load factor increased 4.1 percentage points to 81.5%.
Group-wide yields for the financial year to date were up 1.4% on the same
period last year. Short Haul yields were up 1.8%, while Long Haul yields were
down slightly by 0.1%. Removing the impact of foreign exchange, Group-wide
yields were up 3.9%.
Company news
Air New Zealand flies high after double win at World Travel Awards
Air New Zealand has been named Australasia's Leading Airline at the 2014
World Travel Awards for the sixth year in a row.
The airline was also awarded Australasia's Leading Airport Lounge for the Air
New Zealand Lounge at Christchurch International Airport for the second year
in a row.
The annual awards, voted by travel and tourism professionals across the
globe, recognise the airline's continuing excellence over the past 12 months.
Air New Zealand General Manager Customer Experience Carrie Hurihanganui says
the awards reflect the airline's commitment to ensure a seamless customer
journey.
"We've placed strong emphasis on enhancing the customer experience at every
touch point in the customer journey. It's fantastic to have this work
recognised by these awards which are testament to the efforts of our staff
who work incredibly hard to deliver our unique Kiwi service every day," says
Ms Hurihanganui.
Fuel hedge disclosure
As a result of the recent fuel price volatility Air New Zealand has made some
changes to the structure of its fuel hedges and have brought forward our
quarterly fuel hedge disclosure to this month.
End CA:00256761 For:AIR Type:MONTHLY Time:2014-10-23 15:26:32
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