Two Japanese Airlines International Passengers Loads in April Down 30%, Disrupted by Icelandic Volcano Ash Clouds
Japan Airlines (JL) and All Nippon Airways (NH) unveiled the respective international passenger numbers carried during the month of April. Both airlines posted an approximately 30 percent decline in traffic year-on-year on the European routes due to disruption to the flight operations from ash emitted by the Icelandic volcano. Apparently, JAL saw further traffic decline since an approximately 20 percent decrease in capacity was implemented by the ongoing review of its business plan.
The number of international passenger loads flown on Japan Airlines in the month of April declined by 13.4 percent to 771,779 compared to the same month a year earlier, partly reflecting the capacity reduction carried out. Its seat capacity, in ASK (available seat kilometers) terms, was reduced significantly by 20.6 percent and its traffic, in RPK (revenue passenger kilometers) terms, decreased by smaller 14.2 percent, thus registering an average seat load factor of 70.2 percent, up by 5.2 percentage points.
| JAL International Passenger Route Traffic Data (April, 2010) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Routes | Pax | y.o.y. (%) | PRK (000’s) | y.o.y. (%) | ASK (000’s) | y.o.y. (%) | L/F (%) |
| North America | 164,515 | 91.9% | 12,288,202 | 91.1% | 1,729,326 | 90.9% | 71.0% |
| Europe | 58,429 | 68.9% | 547,758 | 68.3% | 758,880 | 63.3% | 72.2% |
| S.E.Asia | 267,177 | 91.6% | 939,260 | 90.9% | 1,355,839 | 79.4% | 69.3% |
| Oceania | 17,707 | 91.8% | 133,978 | 90.5% | 229,755 | 97.3% | 58.3% |
| Guam | 28,988 | 70.8% | 73,356 | 71.1% | 111,225 | 77.0% | 66.0% |
| Korea | 97,759 | 72.1% | 111,234 | 77.9% | 144,644 | 68.2% | 76.9% |
| China | 137,204 | 98.1% | 258,794 | 98.6% | 361,935 | 71.6% | 71.5% |
| Total | 771,779 | 86.6% | 14,352,582 | 85.8% | 4,691,624 | 79.4% | 70.2% |
RPK: Revenue Passenger Kilometers
ASK: Available Seat Kilometers
L/F: Load Factor = RPK/ASK
Meanwhile, the number of international passengers carried by All Nippon Airways rose by 12.8 percent to 350,753, showing a positive growth, following the previous month, driven by the vibrant traffic observed in North America, China and Southeast Asia routes. While the airline implemented a 2.4 percent reduction in ASK, it posted a 2.5 percent increase in RPK, bringing its average seat load factor in the month of April to 73.9 percent, up by 3.5 percentage points.
| ANA International Passenger Route Traffic Data (April, 2010) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Routes | Pax | y.o.y. (%) | PRK (000’s) | y.o.y. (%) | ASK (000’s) | y.o.y. (%) | L/F (%) |
| North America | 63,858 | 107.9% | 575,198 | 107.4% | 813,416 | 103.7% | 70.8% |
| Europe | 28,898 | 71.2% | 276,483 | 71.2% | 394,846 | 81.9% | 70.0% |
| Asia/Africa | 257,997 | 122.2% | 650,940 | 120.0% | 826,651 | 101.1% | 78.7% |
| Total | 350,753 | 112.8% | 1,502,621 | 102.5% | 2,034,913 | 91.3% | 73.9% |
RPK: Revenue Passenger Kilometers
ASK: Available Seat Kilometers
L/F: Load Factor = RPK/ASK
Source: Travel Vision
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