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Air New Zealand's domestic passenger numbers up 24.3% in July
September 1st 2021
Air New Zealand (Air NZ) flew 978,000 passengers on its domestic network in July, up 24.3% month-on-month from 787,000 in June. Read More » The July figure also was 11.8% above the pre-COVID-19 total of 875,000 domestic passengers carried in July 2019. Capacity, or available seat kilometres (ASK), was 4.5% lower for the reported period compared with the same month in 2019. The July 2021 domestic passenger load factor was 81.8%, against 78.3% in June 2021 and 81.9% in July 2019. Looking ahead, the figures for August were expected to be impacted by stay-at-home orders in response to a fresh outbreak of COVID-19 in Auckland. The New Zealand government placed the country under its strictest level of restrictions, Alert Level 4, on August 17. While areas outside Auckland have since moved to Alert Level 3, New Zealand's largest city will remain on Alert Level 4 until at least September 13. The Star Alliance member has been operating a limited domestic network since stay-at-home orders were introduced.
