Passenger Volumes On The Up

Passenger Volumes On The Up

·       International passenger volumes continued to grow in January 2007, up 2.3% over the same month in the previous year.

·       International departures increased 3.4%, while arrivals were up 1.3%.
·       There was solid growth in New Zealand arrivals, up 4.8%.
·       Visitors from the UK were also up 5.1%.
·       This was offset by small declines in arrivals from Australia (down 0.8%) and the USA (down 0.1%).
·       There was continued strong growth from some of the emerging markets, in particular China up 12.9%.
·       This was offset by a decline in Japanese arrivals of 18.9%.
·       For the financial year to date, total international passengers (excluding transits and transfers) are up 1.0% over the same period last year.

·       Domestic passengers were up 2.2% in January 2007.
·       International aircraft movements and domestic aircraft movements decreased by 1.4% and 4.4%, respectively.
·       The decline in domestic aircraft movements was primarily due to the cessation of services by Origin Pacific.

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