Qantas Traffic and Capacity Statistics - September 2008
2008-11-10 13:18:00+10:00
Qantas [ASX:QAN] has announced details of a Buy Back, Dividend or New Issue. The notice entitled 'Traffic and Capacity Statistics - September 2008' was published on Monday 10 November 2008. Qantas has issued similar announcements 96 times before, most recently about 0 minutes ago on Monday 27 October 2008. [Notice Type: Share Buyback, Special Dividend, Issue, or Capital Return]
2008-11-10 13:18:00+10:00
Qantas [ASX:QAN] has announced details of a Buy Back, Dividend or New Issue. The notice entitled 'Traffic and Capacity Statistics - September 2008' was published on Monday 10 November 2008. Qantas has issued similar announcements 96 times before, most recently about 0 minutes ago on Monday 27 October 2008. [Notice Type: Share Buyback, Special Dividend, Issue, or Capital Return]
Traffic and Capacity Statistics - September 2008
Monday 10 Nov 2008
QANTAS AIRWAYS LIMITED
ABN 16 009 661 901
PRELIMINARY MONTHLY TRAFFIC AND CAPACITY STATISTICS SEPTEMBER 2008
Summary of Traffic and Capacity Statistics
Month of September 2008 September Group (comprising Qantas Domestic, QantasLink, Jetstar and Qantas International) passenger numbers decreased by 0.2 per cent over the previous year. RPKs decreased by 2.9 per cent, and ASKs were down 0.3 per cent, resulting in a revenue seat factor of 79.8 per cent, which was 2.1 percentage points lower than the previous year.
Financial Year to Date September 2008 Group passenger numbers for the financial year to September 2008 decreased by 0.1 per cent from the previous year. RPKs decreased by 1.2 per cent, while ASKs increased by 1.2 per cent, resulting in a revenue seat factor of 79.9 per cent, which was 1.9 percentage points lower than the previous year. Total Domestic (Qantas, QantasLink and Jetstar domestic operations) yield excluding exchange for the financial year to August 2008 was 2.1 per cent lower when compared to the same period last year. Total International (Qantas and Jetstar international operations) yield excluding exchange increased by 6 per cent compared with the same period the prior year.
Recent Developments On 20 October, Qantas became the first airline to operate commercial A380 flights between Australia and the US West Coast, when its inaugural A380 service departed Melbourne for Los Angeles. Qantas said that the flight had saved thousands of kilograms of carbon emissions under a joint initiative with Airservices Australia and the Asia and South Pacific Initiative to Reduce Emissions group (ASPIRE). ASPIRE involves Airservices Australia, the United States Federal Aviation Administration and Airways New Zealand working with airlines on a series of demonstration flights to highlight the potential for reducing emissions on transPacific flights. Under the ASPIRE initiative, the Qantas flight used electrical power on the ground in Los Angeles rather than running its auxiliary power unit, and was given more fuel efficient flight paths using advanced traffic management techniques.
On 28 October, Qantas said it had entered into a Deed of Settlement with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and, subject to approval by the court of the agreement, would pay a fine of A$20 million for price fixing conduct in Australia, within its Freight Division. The settlement with the ACCC follows Qantas' settlement in the US in late 2007.
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QANTAS AIRWAYS LIMITED ABN 16 009 661 901 PRELIMINARY MONTHLY TRAFFIC AND CAPACITY STATISTICS SEPTEMBER 2008 2008/09 Qantas Domestic Passengers carried (‘000) Revenue Passenger Kilometres (m) Available Seat Kilometres (m) Revenue Seat Factor (%) QantasLink Passengers carried (‘000) Revenue Passenger Kilometres (m) Available Seat Kilometres (m) Revenue Seat Factor (%) Jetstar Domestic Passengers carried (‘000) Revenue Passenger Kilometres (m) Available Seat Kilometres (m) Revenue Seat Factor (%) Qantas International Passengers carried (‘000) Revenue Passenger Kilometres (m) Available Seat Kilometres (m) Revenue Seat Factor (%) Jetstar International Passengers carried (‘000) Revenue Passenger Kilometres (m) Available Seat Kilometres (m) Revenue Seat Factor (%) Total Group Operations Passengers carried (‘000) Revenue Passenger Kilometres (m) Available Seat Kilometres (m) Revenue Seat Factor (%) 3,206 8,278 10,372 79.8 3,211 8,522 10,405 81.9 (0.2)% (2.9)% (0.3)% (2.1) pts 9,778 25,658 32,103 79.9 9,787 25,962 31,732 81.8 (0.1)% (1.2)% 1.2% (1.9) pts 156 642 840 76.4 123 552 802 68.9 27.3% 16.2% 4.8% 7.5 pts 467 2,029 2,661 76.3 342 1,516 2,157 70.3 36.5% 33.9% 23.4% 6.0 pts 615 4,568 5,685 80.3 678 4,929 5,878 83.9 (9.3)% (7.3)% (3.3)% (3.6) pts 1,930 14,243 17,617 80.8 2,079 15,125 18,242 82.9 (7.2)% (5.8)% (3.4)% (2.1) pts 673 767 933 82.3 612 699 834 83.8 10.1% 9.9% 11.9% (1.5) pts 2,084 2,394 2,968 80.7 1,860 2,148 2,563 83.8 12.1% 11.5% 15.8% (3.1) pts 354 257 360 71.4 347 226 301 75.3 2.0% 13.6% 19.8% (3.9) pts 1,075 787 1,102 71.5 1,067 702 925 76.0 0.8% 12.1% 19.1% (4.5) pts 1,407 2,044 2,554 80.0 1,451 2,116 2,591 81.7 (3.0)% (3.4)% (1.4)% (1.7) pts 4,222 6,204 7,754 80.0 4,439 6,471 7,845 82.5 (4.9)% (4.1)% (1.2)% (2.5) pts Month 2007/08 Change Financial Year to Date 2008/09 2007/08 Change
Notes Any adjustments to preliminary statistics will be included in the year to date results next month. Where figures have been rounded, discrepancies may occur between the sum of the components of items and the total and in percentage changes which are derived from figures prior to rounding. The number of passengers carried is calculated on the basis of origin/destination (ie. one origin/destination journey represents one passenger regardless of the number of stage lengths undertaken). Key (m): RPKs: ASKs:
Millions The number of paying passengers carried multiplied by the number of kilometres flown The number of seats available for sale multiplied by the number of kilometres flown
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Monday 10 Nov 2008
QANTAS AIRWAYS LIMITED
ABN 16 009 661 901
PRELIMINARY MONTHLY TRAFFIC AND CAPACITY STATISTICS SEPTEMBER 2008
Summary of Traffic and Capacity Statistics
Month of September 2008 September Group (comprising Qantas Domestic, QantasLink, Jetstar and Qantas International) passenger numbers decreased by 0.2 per cent over the previous year. RPKs decreased by 2.9 per cent, and ASKs were down 0.3 per cent, resulting in a revenue seat factor of 79.8 per cent, which was 2.1 percentage points lower than the previous year.
Financial Year to Date September 2008 Group passenger numbers for the financial year to September 2008 decreased by 0.1 per cent from the previous year. RPKs decreased by 1.2 per cent, while ASKs increased by 1.2 per cent, resulting in a revenue seat factor of 79.9 per cent, which was 1.9 percentage points lower than the previous year. Total Domestic (Qantas, QantasLink and Jetstar domestic operations) yield excluding exchange for the financial year to August 2008 was 2.1 per cent lower when compared to the same period last year. Total International (Qantas and Jetstar international operations) yield excluding exchange increased by 6 per cent compared with the same period the prior year.
Recent Developments On 20 October, Qantas became the first airline to operate commercial A380 flights between Australia and the US West Coast, when its inaugural A380 service departed Melbourne for Los Angeles. Qantas said that the flight had saved thousands of kilograms of carbon emissions under a joint initiative with Airservices Australia and the Asia and South Pacific Initiative to Reduce Emissions group (ASPIRE). ASPIRE involves Airservices Australia, the United States Federal Aviation Administration and Airways New Zealand working with airlines on a series of demonstration flights to highlight the potential for reducing emissions on transPacific flights. Under the ASPIRE initiative, the Qantas flight used electrical power on the ground in Los Angeles rather than running its auxiliary power unit, and was given more fuel efficient flight paths using advanced traffic management techniques.
On 28 October, Qantas said it had entered into a Deed of Settlement with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and, subject to approval by the court of the agreement, would pay a fine of A$20 million for price fixing conduct in Australia, within its Freight Division. The settlement with the ACCC follows Qantas' settlement in the US in late 2007.
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QANTAS AIRWAYS LIMITED ABN 16 009 661 901 PRELIMINARY MONTHLY TRAFFIC AND CAPACITY STATISTICS SEPTEMBER 2008 2008/09 Qantas Domestic Passengers carried (‘000) Revenue Passenger Kilometres (m) Available Seat Kilometres (m) Revenue Seat Factor (%) QantasLink Passengers carried (‘000) Revenue Passenger Kilometres (m) Available Seat Kilometres (m) Revenue Seat Factor (%) Jetstar Domestic Passengers carried (‘000) Revenue Passenger Kilometres (m) Available Seat Kilometres (m) Revenue Seat Factor (%) Qantas International Passengers carried (‘000) Revenue Passenger Kilometres (m) Available Seat Kilometres (m) Revenue Seat Factor (%) Jetstar International Passengers carried (‘000) Revenue Passenger Kilometres (m) Available Seat Kilometres (m) Revenue Seat Factor (%) Total Group Operations Passengers carried (‘000) Revenue Passenger Kilometres (m) Available Seat Kilometres (m) Revenue Seat Factor (%) 3,206 8,278 10,372 79.8 3,211 8,522 10,405 81.9 (0.2)% (2.9)% (0.3)% (2.1) pts 9,778 25,658 32,103 79.9 9,787 25,962 31,732 81.8 (0.1)% (1.2)% 1.2% (1.9) pts 156 642 840 76.4 123 552 802 68.9 27.3% 16.2% 4.8% 7.5 pts 467 2,029 2,661 76.3 342 1,516 2,157 70.3 36.5% 33.9% 23.4% 6.0 pts 615 4,568 5,685 80.3 678 4,929 5,878 83.9 (9.3)% (7.3)% (3.3)% (3.6) pts 1,930 14,243 17,617 80.8 2,079 15,125 18,242 82.9 (7.2)% (5.8)% (3.4)% (2.1) pts 673 767 933 82.3 612 699 834 83.8 10.1% 9.9% 11.9% (1.5) pts 2,084 2,394 2,968 80.7 1,860 2,148 2,563 83.8 12.1% 11.5% 15.8% (3.1) pts 354 257 360 71.4 347 226 301 75.3 2.0% 13.6% 19.8% (3.9) pts 1,075 787 1,102 71.5 1,067 702 925 76.0 0.8% 12.1% 19.1% (4.5) pts 1,407 2,044 2,554 80.0 1,451 2,116 2,591 81.7 (3.0)% (3.4)% (1.4)% (1.7) pts 4,222 6,204 7,754 80.0 4,439 6,471 7,845 82.5 (4.9)% (4.1)% (1.2)% (2.5) pts Month 2007/08 Change Financial Year to Date 2008/09 2007/08 Change
Notes Any adjustments to preliminary statistics will be included in the year to date results next month. Where figures have been rounded, discrepancies may occur between the sum of the components of items and the total and in percentage changes which are derived from figures prior to rounding. The number of passengers carried is calculated on the basis of origin/destination (ie. one origin/destination journey represents one passenger regardless of the number of stage lengths undertaken). Key (m): RPKs: ASKs:
Millions The number of paying passengers carried multiplied by the number of kilometres flown The number of seats available for sale multiplied by the number of kilometres flown
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