Airline carries 10.88m passengers in Q2
KUALA LUMPUR: AirAsia Group Bhd carried 13 per cent more passengers year-on-year to 10.88 million in the second quarter ended June 30 this year, fuelled by added capacity.
It posted a load factor of 86 per cent and a 17 per cent increase in seat capacity during the quarter.
“Despite the significant increase in capacity, load factor was only down marginally by three percentage points compared to the same period last year,” it said in a statement.
AirAsia Group’s total fleet size grew to 124 aircraft, comprising 88 in Malaysia (AirAsia Bhd), 15 in Indonesia (PT AirAsia Indonesia Tbk) and 21 in the Philippines (Philippines AirAsia Inc).
Its Malaysian operation launched one new route from here during the period.
The Philippines started three new routes — two from Cebu and one from Manila.
“Malaysia increased frequencies on 10 routes — eight from here, one from Langkawi and one from Johor Baru. The Philippines increased frequencies of one route from Cebu,” it said.
Indonesia recorded a capacity increase of one per cent year-onyear to 1.42 million.
However, due to Indonesia’s low travel season typically in the second quarter, passengers carried were slightly lower by four per cent year-on-year at 1.16 million.
As such, load factor for the quarter was recorded at 81 per cent, or four percentage points lower year-on-year.