Traffic Data October 2012
The Company carried 172 thousand passengers on international flights in October. The number of passengers was up by 18% as compared to October last year. The capacity increase compared to October 2011 was 21%. The passenger load factor was 80.6% compared to 81.4% last year. The number of passengers on the Trans-Atlantic market increased the most or by 37%. The increase on the tourist market to Iceland was 16%. The number of international passengers in January - October was 1.77 million, already exceeding the 2011 full year record of 1.75 million passengers.
Passengers on regional and Greenland flights were 29 thousand in October, which was a 1% decrease from October last year. The load factor was 76.6%, increasing by 9.3 percentage points compared to October 2011. Sold block hours in charter flights decreased by 2% in October. The decrease is due to one less aircraft being deployed in charter cargo flights than last year. Cargo transport increased by 14% as compared to October last year. The number of available room nights was up by 24% from previous year. The room utilization was 67.6%, 4.3 percentage points higher than in October 2011.
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INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS |
OCT 12 |
CHG (%) |
YTD 12 |
CHG (%) |
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Number of Passengers |
172,015 |
18% |
1,769,887 |
15% |
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Load Factor |
80.6% |
-0.8 ppt |
81.6% |
1.8 ppt |
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Available Seat KM (ASK´000) |
623,679 |
21% |
6,195,498 |
14% |
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REGIONAL AND GREENLAND FLIGHS |
OCT 12 |
CHG (%) |
YTD 12 |
CHG (%) |
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Number of Passengers |
28,971 |
-1% |
295,132 |
0% |
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Load Factor |
76.6% |
9.3 ppt |
69.1% |
0.0 ppt |
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Available Seat KM (ASK´000) |
12,315 |
-12% |
156,091 |
0% |
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CAPACITY |
OCT 12 |
CHG (%) |
YTD 12 |
CHG (%) |
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Fleet Utilization |
100.0% |
0.0 ppt |
93.1% |
0.0 ppt |
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Sold Block Hours |
2,551 |
-2% |
26,560 |
-9% |
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CARGO |
OCT 12 |
CHG (%) |
YTD 12 |
CHG (%) |
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Available Tonne KM (ATK´000) |
16,094 |
12% |
154,885 |
7% |
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Freight Tonne KM (FTK´000) |
8,266 |
14% |
74,476 |
18% |
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HOTELS |
OCT 12 |
CHG (%) |
YTD 12 |
CHG (%) |
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Available Hotel Room Nights |
22,940 |
24% |
249,094 |
15% |
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Sold Hotel Room Nights |
15,512 |
33% |
185,824 |
21% |
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Utilization of Hotel Rooms |
67.6% |
4.3 ppt |
74.6% |
3.7 ppt |
For further detailed information please contact:
Bogi Nils Bogason, CFO, Icelandair Group tel: + 354 665-8801
Íris Hulda Þórisdóttir, Director Investor Relations, Icelandair Group tel: + 354 840-7010
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