AirAsia X records highest overall load factor growth
20.05.12
KUCHING: AirAsia X Sdn Bhd (AirAsia X) continued its growth in the fourth quarter of 2011, carrying 0.64 million passengers, an increase of 7.3 per cent over the same quarter in 2010, with the same aircraft fleet of nine airbus A330s and two airbus A340s.
According to a press release, AirAsia X’s total passengers carried was up to 2.5 million in 2011, which was 31.5 per cent from 1.9 million passengers in 2010. In terms of passenger traffic, AirAsia X grew by 12.3 per cent to 3.6 billion revenue-passenger kms (RPKs) for quarter four in 2011 and finishing the full year at 14.1 billion RPKs, a 36.2 per cent growth from 2010.
The total capacity for quarter four in 2011 grew by 12.2 per cent to 4.4 billion available-seat-kms (ASKs), resulting in a load factor of 82 per cent and 17.6 billion ASKs for 2011, a 30 per cent year-on-year growth.
Azran Osman Rani, chief executive officer of AirAsia X commented, “AirAsia X was able to achieve positive load factor growth and average fare growth at the same time, on all of its routes that it has operated for at least a full year.
Source: The Borneo Post