Sydney - Tuesday - October 21: (RWE Australian Business News) -...

Sydney - Tuesday - October 21: (RWE Australian Business News) -
Virgin Blue Holdings Ltd (ASX:VBA) passenger numbers for September rose
12.6pc over the previous year, to 1.466m.
Virgin Blue traffic, measured by Revenue Passenger Kilometres
(RPKs) increased 8.9pc while capacity, measured by Available Seat
Kilometres (ASKs) rose 14.8pc over the same period.
Revenue load factor was down 4.3 points to 79.4pc.
On-time performance was 79pc, compared with 80pc.
For the three months to September, passenger numbers rose 16.1pc
from the previous year, to 4.523m.
RPKs increased 11.4pc and ASKs 15.5pc over the same period.
Revenue load factor decreased 2.9 points to 80.2pc and on-time
performance was 78pc, compared with 80pc.