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BUSINESS DIGEST: MARCH STATISTICS Airline Codes RPK Growth by Carrier Passenger Load Factor Growth by Carrier BI Royal Brunei Airlines MH Malaysia Airlines BR EVA Air NH All Nippon Airways 25% 15 CI China Airlines OZ Asiana Airlines 20% CX GA JL Cathay Pacific Garuda Japan Airlines PR QF SQ Philippine Airlines Qantas Airways Singapore Airlines 15% 10% 10 5 KE Korean Airlines TG Thai Airways Int’l 5% KA Dragonair VN Vietnam Airlines 0% 0 Percentage (Mar 07 vs Mar 06) Percentage Points Change (Mar 07 vs Mar 06) -5% Percentage (Apr 06-Mar 07 vs Apr 05-Mar 06) Percentage Points Change (Apr 06-Mar 07 vs Apr 05-Mar 06) -10% BI BR CI CX/KA GA JL KE MH NH OZ PR SQ TG VN -5 BI BR CI CX/KA GA JL KE MH NH OZ PR SQ TG VN Vietnam leads RPK charge Compiled and presented by KRIS LIM of the Research and Statistics Department of the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines Secretariat March inter national p a s senge r t r a f f ic for Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (A A PA) c a r r i e r s continued to be strong, with passenger numbers and revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs) growing by 6.2% and 7.1% respectively. The passenger load factor, at 75.2%, was 1.2 points higher compared with the same month last year. The majority of AAPA carriers saw the rate of passenger traffic growth strengthen in March. Carriers posting double-digit RPK growth were Vietnam Airlines (22.7%), Asiana Airlines (22.6%), Korean Air (17.1%), Thai Airways International (15.8%) and Philippine Airlines (13.7%). In addition to buoyant traffic, passenger load factors for most of the carriers also improved on slower capacity injection. Asiana Airlines’ passenger load factor gained 8.7 percentage points, to 77.5% in March. The carrier with the highest load factors for the month was Singapore Airlines (82.4%), followed by Philippine Airlines (81.1%), EVA Air (80.9%), Thai Airways RPK and ASK (In Percentage) RPK and ASK (In Billions) RPK, ASK and PLF Growth Rates (Apr 06 to Mar 07) 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 -2 -4 A M RPK, ASK and PLF (Apr 06 to Mar 07) RPK ASK PLF J J A 2006 S O F 2007 RPK ASK PLF 0 M 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 -2 PLF (In Percentage Points) -4 A M J J A S O N D J F M 2006 vs. 2005 2007 vs. 2006 N D J 80 60 40 20 PLF (In Percentage) International (80.9%) and China Airlines (80.2%). CARGO AAPA international cargo traffic recorded only 0.4% growth in freight tonne kilometres (FTK) in March. The FTK growth rate for the same month was the lowest since May 2006. An increase of 3.7% in freight capacity resulted in a 2.2 percentage point decline in cargo load factor to 67.3%. T he m ajor it y of A A PA ca r r ie r s recorded declines in FTKs in March. The region’s large freight operators that posted declines included China Airlines (8%), EVA Air (7.2%), Singapore Airlines (5.7%) and Cathay Pacific Airways (1%). A number of carriers, on the other hand, were able to register FTK growth: All Nippon Airways (16.9%), Thai Airways International (13.6%), Korean Air (9.5%), Asiana Airlines (4.6%), Malaysia Airlines (4.2%) and Japan Airlines (1.1%). Most carriers experienced declines in cargo load factors in the month under review, with only a handful of carriers registering cargo load factors in excess of 70%: Asiana Airlines (83.4%), Korean Air (76.4%) and EVA Air (76%). 40 ORIENT AVIATION JULY/AUGUST 2007
FTK Growth by Carrier Freight Load Factor Growth by Carrier PAX Growth by Carrier 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% -5% -10% -15% -20% -25% BI BR CI CX/KA GA JL KE MH NH OZ PR SQ TG VN 20 15 10 5 0 -5 -10 BI BR CI CX/KA GA JL KE MH NH OZ PR SQ TG VN 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% -5% BI BR CI CX/KA GA JL KE MH NH OZ PR SQ TG VN INTERNATIONAL PASSENGER TRAFFIC: JANUARY-MARCH 2007 The first quarter saw AAPA carriers record a total of 35.3 million international passengers, a year-on-year increase of 4.8%. In RPK terms, traffic was up 4.7% on a capacity increase of 2.5%, which resulted in a 1.6 percentage point improvement in passenger load factor to 76.4%. CARGO: JANUARY-MARCH AAPA cargo traffic growth continued to grow at a modest pace in the first quarter of the year. In FTK terms, cargo traffic was up only 2%, while capacity grew 4.6%, which resulted in a 1.6 percentage point deterioration in cargo load to 64.7%. coupled with a 3.3% increase in capacity, dragged cargo load factors down 1.7 points to 65.8%. The first four months saw AAPA international passenger numbers reach 46.9 million, an increase of 4.3% on the same period last year. Air cargo demand, however, has been disappointing, with FTK growth of less than 2% in the period. Email: krislim@aapa.org.my Cathay Pacific and Dragonair are analysed as one carrier FTK, FATK and Freight Load Factor (Apr 06 to Mar 07) Cargo is only growing modestly FTK, FATK FLF Growth Rates (Apr 06 to Mar 07) APRIL (PRELIMINARY) AAPA member airlines carried 11.6 million international passengers in April, a year-on-year increase of 2.9%. International passenger traffic in RPK terms grew 2.6% on a marginal capacity increase of 0.7%, which resulted in a 1.4 percentage point improvement in passenger load factor to 75.9%. International freight traffic remained sluggish in April, registering an increase of only 0.7%. Weak demand, FTK and FATK (In Billions) F FTK FATK FLF M A M J J A 2006 S O N D 80 60 40 20 0 J F M 2007 FLF (In Percentage) FTK and FATK (In Percentage) 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 -2 -4 A M 16 14 FTK FATK 12 FLF 10 8 6 4 2 0 -2 -4 J J A S O N D J F M 2006 vs. 2005 2007 vs. 2006 FLF (In Percentage Points) JULY/AUGUST 2007 ORIENT AVIATION 41
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