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My pleasure.

 

OT: Irni, where have you been these many months?

 

[OT] It's been a while, yes :) In short, I've moved to new place, lacking speedy (and uninterrupted!) internet connections, got more responsibilities at work, got intimidated with the intelligent posts in MW when I did get online, got more work, built new team, and so on..[/OT]

 

Re the stats, do they ever made any information public on total number of workforce, say airports with the most staff? It'd be interesting to gauge how efficient they run the busiest airports against number of staff.

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Re the stats, do they ever made any information public on total number of workforce, say airports with the most staff? It'd be interesting to gauge how efficient they run the busiest airports against number of staff.

Yes they do. I recalled reading a MAHB report where there are a few pages dedicated for analysis such as revenue/no. of employees and such.

 

MAR,

appreciate all the reports.

With the workloads and other stuffs, you still manage to find times to entertain us.

THANK YOU

Thanks, but I regard this thread as more of a personal study notes and a one-stop data center. Plus it really does not consume much time - get the material, read it for a minute or 2, write down the comments/notes for another minute or 2 and you are done. It is my utmost gratefulness that my spies are ever so willing to supply me with the data, which makes the compiling works so much easier.

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MAHB kicked off the 2011's statistics with the traffic statistics for KLIA in January 2011 as per their announcement to Bursa Malaysia: http://malaysiaairports.listedcompany.com/newsroom/Airport160311.pdf

 

KLIA continues its amazing growth by recording a growth of 14.7% (vs 14.8% for the whole year of 2010) based on the same corresponding period last year. KLIA recorded:

 

JANUARY 2011

 

Total monthly passengers' traffic = 2,984,074 (847,098 Domestic + 2,136,976 International)

Total passengers' traffic YTD 2011 until 31 January 2011 = 2,984,074 (847,098 Domestic + 2,136,976 International)

 

Great news indeed!

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The airlines (both MH and AK) on the other hand, have yet to release any operational statistics for the month of January and February 2011 and it is already 22 March today. What happened? Q1 2011 accounting period will be over in 9 days!

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Following MAHB's announcement of the January 2011 traffics, Maybank Investment Bank released this analyst report today: http://research.maybank-ib.com/download.php?did=616&mid=194

 

Some interesting pointers from the report:

 

- Momentum still strong. MAHB’s Jan 2011 traffic statistics reveals a strong 13.3% YoY passenger growth. This is above the region and world’s averages, and also above its own 2011 guidance of 8%. This is impressive performance given there were no long holidays in January New Year fell on a weekend). Cargo grew marginally by 3.3% YoY stemming from domestic traffic.

 

- More international bias. The total number of international passengers at all airports made up 50.3% of total passengers, +1.3ppt increase YoY. This is positive for MAHB as international passengers command higher passenger service charge (PSC).

 

- Unwavering KLIA. KLIA continues to surprise positively by delivering an impressive growth of 14.7% YoY passenger growth. This growth rate is significantly ahead of its regional peers. In 2010, KLIA was the fourth fastest growing “big” airport at 14.8% YoY and it appears that it is able to maintain the momentum. We restate our view that KLIA is now very appealing to international airlines and is a “must have” destination – given its size and global ranking (32nd largest airport).

 

- Mixed-bag against industry. MAHB’s passenger traffic growth of 13.3% significantly outpaced the Asia Pacific average growth of 9.3% and world average growth of 5.4%. However, its cargo movement of 3.3% growth YoY pales in comparison to Asia Pacific average of 43.3% and world average of 24.7%.

 

- Impact on local airlines? We are confident that AirAsia, MAS and Firefly will record good growth in Jan and Feb 2011 respectively, given the data and bullish statements by the management. However, we believe MAS Kargo is likely to perform poorly as manifested by the below-industry performance at MAHB airports.

 

- Near-term blips. We think the growth momentum will be slightly affected by the civil unrest at the MENA region and the impact of natural disasters in Japan. MENA and Japan each contribute 3% of global passenger traffic, and we now have 6% of global capacity under pressure. Thus far, we notice most airlines are taking the appropriate action by immediately reducing capacity and reducing fleet utilisation hours. We think that this is the best trade-off given the demand destruction and higher fuel price on the stated regions.

Some notes:

 

- As mentioned before, KLIA's traffic is outstanding even comparing to Asia Pacific and World average growths.

 

- The analyst raised concerned about the rather poor cargo throughput in KLIA. Although recorded a growth, the % is below the regional and world averages. I think in order to increase this area, KLIA should market itself more as a preferred airport for cargo handling. If Port of Tanjung Pelepas can caused massive havocs to the Port of Singapore, I guess nothing is impossible for KLIA. I also believe that luring one of the world's leading forwarder to establish a regional hub in KUL will help realising this ambition.

 

- The report quoted the growth rate of 4 other rival airports to compare with KLIA's growth in January 2011, as follows:

 

KLIA 14.7%

Suvarnabhumi 7.2%

Changi 11.9%

Hong Kong 10%

Dubai 9.8%

 

It would be a little bit better if the growth for Soekarno-Hatta could be included in the report as well.

 

- The analyst mentioned that they are confident with the passenger numbers of MH, AK and FY and that they have the data. I wish these data will be made public ASAP.

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Don't want to be one that only looks at the negatives, but why is the cargo growth incredibly low compared to others?

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- The analyst raised concerned about the rather poor cargo throughput in KLIA. Although recorded a growth, the % is below the regional and world averages. I think in order to increase this area, KLIA should market itself more as a preferred airport for cargo handling. If Port of Tanjung Pelepas can caused massive havocs to the Port of Singapore, I guess nothing is impossible for KLIA. I also believe that luring one of the world's leading forwarder to establish a regional hub in KUL will help realising this ambition.

 

I believe steps are being taken to increase the capacity of cargo handled. MASkargo is already embarking on the expansion of their facilities to be able to handle up to 1 million tonnes of cargo annually. And lets not forget that when LCCT 2 is online, the current LCCT will be converted to become a cargo warehouse as well.

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the main reason is the perceived 'leakiness' and porous security at the advanced cargo centre. It has been broken into numerous times with millions of ringgits of losses.

security is very lax compared to singapore and that is why most courier companies and freight forwarders prefer using changi for that reason.

 

much safer from their point of view.

And interestingly, a large chunk of container traffic at PSA and aircargo in changi are actually from Malaysia!

 

if MAHB want to rival changi as a hub, they MUST improve security, reduce bureaucracy and win over the hearts of the major exporters.

Edited by Izanee

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This news article gives a little details about the passengers traffic at PEN, which is currently undergoing massive reconstruction works. PEN's passengers traffic soars a whopping 25% to 4.1 million passengers in 2010, snatching back its status as Malaysia's 3rd busiest airport from KCH. With an astonishing number like that, PEN could potentially overtake BKI too in a few years time. BKI handled 4.9 million passengers in 2009.

 

Penang airport records highest arrivals growth

By Marina Emmanuel Published: 2011/03/26

http://www.btimes.com.my/Current_News/BTIMES/articles/mabx25/Article/

 

The Penang International Airport emerged tops in terms of arrivals growth last year among the country's five international airports.

 

It recorded a 25 per cent growth in 2010, as the airport located in Bayan Lepas on Penang island welcomed 4.1 million arrivals, against the 3.3 million in 2009.

 

The other four Malaysia Airports Holding Bhd (MAHB)'s managed international airports are in Kuala Lumpur, Langkawi, Kota Kinabalu and Kuching.

 

"We are projecting a 10 per cent growth in arrivals at the Penang airport this year," Datuk Azmi Murad, MAHB's senior general manager for operations, said a briefing in Penang yesterday.

 

Also present was Mohd Arif Jaafar, MAHB senior airport manager for Penang.

 

Azmi said efforts by the federal and state governments contributed to the record growth.

 

The Penang International Airport is served by 13 commercial airlines and nine air cargo companies.

 

Once the RM250 million upgrading works on the airport are completed next year, more airlines are expected to serve it.

 

"We understand that community airline Firefly has plans to operate more international routes out of Penang but the timing of this will of course be determined by the airline," he added.

 

Among the updates given on the airport upgrades was that an airport hotel and multi-storey carpark were still being considered as part of the project.

 

The airport last underwent renovations in 2001.

 

An additional traffic info for 2011 from the same news but from another publisher:

 

“Despite the ongoing construction work, the airport received 711,094 passengers in January and February this year which was 20.3% more than 590,864 passengers in the same period last year,” he said.

PEN's growth is higher than KLIA for the period revealed in 2011 (20.3% for PEN in Jan and Feb vs. 14.7% for KLIA in Jan).

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With an astonishing number like that, PEN could potentially overtake BKI too in a few years time. BKI handled 4.9 million passengers in 2009.

Very plausible too, particularly if Dato TF make good his 'threat' of marginalizing BKI if he doesn't get his way on the T1 relocation issue :)

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This news article gives a little details about the passengers traffic at PEN, which is currently undergoing massive reconstruction works. PEN's passengers traffic soars a whopping 25% to 4.1 million passengers in 2010, snatching back its status as Malaysia's 3rd busiest airport from KCH. With an astonishing number like that, PEN could potentially overtake BKI too in a few years time. BKI handled 4.9 million passengers in 2009.

 

 

 

An additional traffic info for 2011 from the same news but from another publisher:

 

 

PEN's growth is higher than KLIA for the period revealed in 2011 (20.3% for PEN in Jan and Feb vs. 14.7% for KLIA in Jan).

 

 

PEN has the potential to be the no 2. in M'sia. PEN (besides KUL) should focus on the Indonesian market as Sumatra is just next door. Lots of wealthy and growing middle class market to tap to.

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Agree. more than BKI, PEN has it all. economy, manufacturing industry, tourism (altho not as good as BKI), medical tourism, shopping, food. all they need now is a casino.

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PEN has the potential to be the no 2. in M'sia. PEN (besides KUL) should focus on the Indonesian market as Sumatra is just next door. Lots of wealthy and growing middle class market to tap to.

 

If MAB operate regular and cheap catamaran ferry service between PEN and Medan port, will feed more pax from Northern Sumatra. However, MAB will be in competition with its customers.

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I found PEN to be appalling, considering on how important it is for Penang and Northern states in general. During peak-times (especially late Sunday afternoon) there's hardly any seat available to sit. Except a Macdonalds and a cafe, there's really no decent shop around. Boarding area feels so 80s or 90s with poor lighting and narrow. Thanks god they decided to upgrade it :)

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after PEN made the partition between the international flight and the domestic flight,

it is quite messy inside the airport.

 

sometime when you gate is not enough, you have to wait in the other side, than the staff of related airline like airasia will guild you into the site.

 

mean some domestic flight will use international gate provided the staff guild you to related gate.

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after PEN made the partition between the international flight and the domestic flight,

it is quite messy inside the airport.

 

sometime when you gate is not enough, you have to wait in the other side, than the staff of related airline like airasia will guild you into the site.

 

mean some domestic flight will use international gate provided the staff guild you to related gate.

 

I don't understand why would they want to separate the gates to domestic and international... they could just utilise all the gates... PEN is not like KUL or any other major airports involves lot of different domestic and international flights which require the separation to avoid confusion among the passengers.

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I stumbled upon the passenger and cargo traffics data for JHB in 2009, as follows:

 

Passenger movements - 1,470,000

Cargo movements - 5,200 tonne

 

And therefore, here is the data which is highlighted in red being plugged into the summary of 2009's achievements prepared before:

 

MAHB's 2009 Annual Report is out and here are some of the interesting statistics that I would like to share:

http://www.malaysiaairports.com.my/view.php?dbIndex=0&&website_id=129&&id=1425

 

KUL handled 29,682,093 passengers movement in 2009, up 7.8% from 27,529,355 in 2008. We can expect KUL to break into the 30 million+ passengers category this year. Suvarnabhumi and Changi are not that far from reach, but caution about Soekarno-Hatta. Nevertheless bravo!

 

Malaysia's busiest airports by passengers movement (more than 1 million passengers) [except JHB which is privately owned]:

1. KUL - 29,682,093 (+ 7.8%)

2. BKI - 4,868,526 (+ 3.8%)

3. KCH - 3,574,632 (+ 10.4%)

4. PEN - 3,325,423 (- 2.4%)

5. MYY - 1,620,345 (+ 5.4%)

6. JHB - 1,470,000 (unavailable)

7. LGK - 1,359,271 (+ 13.6%)

8. KBR - 1,003,162 (+ 20.0%)

 

Despite many complaints by KCH based MW members about nobody wanted to fly into their airport, airlines are cutting or terminating service there etc, the numbers surprisingly proved otherwise. KCH overtook PEN back as Malaysia's 3rd busiest airport with a double digit growth. KBR was a total shocker to break through into the 1 million+ category. Kelate boleh sokmo!

 

There are also 3 airports, which is all set to break into the 1 million+ category in 2010, if they can maintain their growth:

1. SBW - 939,732 (+ 13.0%)

2. TWU - 866,601 (+ 12.7%)

3. SZB - 819,840 (+ 166.4%)

 

Two (2) airports recorded an extraordinary growth, IPH (308.1%) and SZB (166.4%) but these numbers are expected due to the emergence of these 2 airports as FireFly's key destinations. The airport which recorded the highest growth under normal circumstances is AOR (+ 37.0%) while MKZ is the worst performer (- 21.8%).

 

BKI is Malaysia's busiest airport for domestic transfer passengers while KUL of course, for international transfer passengers.

 

It seems that MAHB is no longer operating STOL in Sabah, or there may not be anymore STOL in Sabah (?)

JHB was Malaysia's 6th busiest airport in 2009. Due to its private nature, getting the traffic data is a bit difficult but I have contacted their Corporate Communication Manager inquiring about the 2010's traffic data and hopefully we will get a favourable reply.

 

The annual statistics by MAHB should be available soon as their 2010's annual report is due to be published anytime from now.

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MAHB has released its much awaited Annual Report 2010 and here are some of the highlight statistics:

 

Overall

 

The ranking of Malaysia's busiest airport in 2010 by passengers traffic (for airports that handled more than 1 million passengers only) [except JHB which is privately owned]:

 

1. KUL - 34,087,636 (+14.8%)

2. BKI - 5,223,454 (+7.3%)

3. PEN - 4,166,969 (+25.3%)

4. KCH - 3,684,517 (+3.1%)

5. MYY - 1,694,915 (+4.6%)

6. LGK - 1,374,729 (+1.1%)

7. SZB - 1,118,309 (+36.4%)

8. KBR - 1,047,755 (+4.4%)

9. SBW - 1,009,002 (+7.4%)

 

- As we all know, KUL recorded its best ever passengers traffic in 2010 and is now in world ranking no. 32.

- BKI continues its run as Malaysia's 2nd busiest airport and surpassed the 5 million passengers mark for the first time in history.

- As reported before, PEN recorded a huge growth in 2010 which helped it to snatch back the title of Malaysia's 3rd busiest airport from KCH.

- The rivalry between PEN and KCH is nothing short of epic. PEN is/was Malaysia's 3rd busiest airport in 2010 and 2008, while KCH was Malaysia's 3rd busiest airport in 2009, 2007 and prior.

- The other airports that handled more than 1 million passengers from the 2009's list continue their growths despite at a rather small rate (1 - 4%).

- Two airports break into the 1 million club in 2010 - SZB (a reentry since its heyday before its closure as Malaysia's primary gateway) and SBW which enters the list for the first time in history.

- Together with JHB (which I suspect should be in ranking no. 5 between KCH and MYY), Malaysia now has 10 airports that handle more than 1 million passengers annually. Huge achievement!

 

However, there is no airport that is expected to join the 1 million club in 2011. The next airport in the ranking is TWU which only recorded a growth of 3.6% to 897,848 passengers in 2010.

 

 

Growth

 

The following is the ranking of airports with the best recorded growth of more than 10% in 2010:

 

1. IPH +121.1%

2. Redang +72.1%

3. SZB +36.4%

4. Mulu +35.2

5. PEN +25.3%

6. MKZ +16.7%

7. Lahad Datu +15.1%

8. KUL +14.8%

9. BTU +14.5%

10. SDK +10.3%

11. Tioman +10.2%

12. Limbang +10.0%

 

2010 saw almost all airports in Malaysia recorded a growth in passengers traffic. IPH tops the list with an astounding 121.1% growth following FY's very successful service from the airport to SIN. FY also contributed to the impressive performance of SZB which recorded a growth of 36.4% and therefore is now making a comeback as a 'big' airport in the country. Airports served by Berjaya Air are also recorded a good growth - Redang and Tioman. Amongst the 5 international airports in the country, PEN triumphs with a growth of 25.3%.

 

However, there are 4 airports that recorded a decline in passengers traffic. Since there are only 4 of them, this lacking is very glaring and rather disappointing. The following is the list of the 4 airports, beginning with the one with the worst recorded degrowth:

 

1. Pangkor -66.0%

2. AOR -4.8%

3. KUA -2.7%

4. TGG -0.6%

 

Pangkor's massive drop in passengers number is understandable since Berjaya Air has stop flying into the island. The other 3 airports are just unlucky for not being able to maintain their growth in 2009. 2 of the airports, AOR and TGG, are airports that have been undergoing multi million Ringgit upgrading works.

 

 

Other

 

It is interesting to note that PEN recorded higher international passengers [2,000,568] than BKI [1,224,471].

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KLIA Statistics

 

Domestic Market

 

2010

 

Airline - Passengers - %

Malaysia Airlines - 4,341,905 - (-1.5%)

AirAsia - 5,973,346 - (+6.9%)

 

 

2009

 

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2008

 

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2007

 

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- Domestic passengers in KLIA surpassed 10 million passengers mark for the first time in history. KLIA handled 10,315,251 domestic passengers in 2010, up 3.2% from 9,995,832 domestic passengers in 2009.

- 2010 saw MH's domestic passengers fall again by 1.5% after a recovery (of +1.2%) recorded in 2009. What happened to MH? MH handled 4,341,905 domestic passengers in KLIA in 2010, the lowest number since 2007.

- 2010 also saw AK recorded a single digit growth of 6.9% of domestic passengers. Since the past few years, AK's growth in this segment has always been double digits. AK handled 5,973,346 domestic passengers in KLIA in 2010, the highest ever achieved by the airline in a single calendar year.

- The domestic market share in KLIA only grew by 3.2% in 2010. It could be a sign that the market segment is almost saturated.

- In 2010, the domestic market share in KLIA is controlled by AK with 58%, while MH with the remaining 42% of the pie. AK's market share up by 2% from 56% in 2009 while MH's further declined by 2% from 44% in 2009.

- 2011 will see Firefly entering this segment for the first time. It will be very interesting to see how much market share it could steal from the incumbents (I predict it should be less than 5%). The key observation is whether FY will steal some market share from AK (which can be exhibited by a decline of AK's 58% market share recorded in 2010) or not.

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KLIA Statistics

 

International Market

 

10 LARGEST AIRLINES IN KLIA

 

2010

 

Ranking - Passengers - Market Share%

 

1. Malaysia Airlines - 7,804,797 - 32.8%

2. AirAsia - 5,924,743 - 24.9%

3. AirAsia X - 1,821,207 - 7.7%

4. Indonesia AirAsia - 961,665 - 4.0%

5. Cathay Pacific Airways - 671,127 - 2.8%

6. Emirates - 648,244 - 2.7%

7. Silk Air - 422,082 - 1.8%

8. KLM - 399,692 - 1.7%

9. Thai Airways - 387,960 - 1.6%

10. Singapore Airlines - 379,094 - 1.6%

 

 

2009

 

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2008

 

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2007

 

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- 2010 is surely an interesting year in the international market segment. All 10 airlines from 2009's list managed to maintain their positions in 2010's list although there was some movements in the ranking.

 

- MH continues to be the largest international airline in KLIA although its market share drops from 33.1% in 2009 to 32.8% in 2010. Despite the drop in market share, MH's international passengers number increased by +19.8% or 1,289,281 passengers to 7,804,797 passengers in 2010 from 6,515,516 passengers in 2009. KLIA recorded an impressive growth in international passengers segment in 2010 and clearly MH was the main contributor to this success.

 

- On the other hand, AK's market share surprisingly declined from 25.5% in 2009 to 24.9% in 2010. Despite the decline in market share, AK carried 900,001 more international passengers in 2010 than it did in 2009, representing a growth of +17.9%.

 

- The difference of international passengers traffic between MH and AK is 1,880,054 passengers in 2010 vs. 1,490,774 in 2009. MH has managed to improve its margin with AK.

 

- As a group, AirAsia group airlines [AK, D7 and QZ] control 36.6% of international market shares in KLIA, higher than MH's 32.8%.

 

- Malaysia based airlines [MH, AK and D7] control 65.4% of international market shares in KLIA.

 

- Indonesia AirAsia continues its reign as the largest foreign airline in KLIA for 2 years in a row now.

 

- 3 airlines - Cathay Pacific, Emirates and SilkAir recorded a massive jump in passengers traffic in 2010 and thus increasing their respective market shares in KLIA.

 

- Amongst the top 10 international airlines in KLIA, 3 of them belong to the AirAsia Group [AK, D7 and QZ], while another 2 belong to the SIA Group [MI and SQ].

 

- All 3 global alliances are well represented by the top 10 international airlines in KLIA - OneWorld with CX, Star with SQ and TG while SkyTeam with KL. Airlines with global alliances association comprised of 40% of the top 10 international airlines in KLIA.

 

- Amongst the 10 largest airlines in KLIA, 3 are LCCs, while the other 7 are full service carriers. 3 of them [MH, CX and SQ] are rated as '5 star' airlines.

 

 

2010 vs 2009 Gainers and Losers

 

Gainers

 

- Malaysia Airlines gained 1,289,281 passengers, growth of +19.8%

- AirAsia gained 900,001 passengers, growth of +17.95

- AirAsia X gained 839,966 passengers, growth of +85.6%, improved market share in KLIA from 5% to 7.7%.

- Indonesia AirAsia gained 51,627 passengers, growth of +5.7%

- Cathay Pacific Airways gained 132,123 passengers, growth of +24.5%, improved market share in KLIA from 2.7% to 2.8%.

- Emirates gained 236,586 passengers, growth of +57.5%, improved market share in KLIA from 2.1% to 2.7%.

- Silk Air gained 119,922 passengers, growth of +39.7%, improved market share in KLIA from 1.5% to 1.8%.

- Thai Airways gained 50,308 passengers, growth of +14.9%

- AK, D7, CX, EK and MI are all recorded their highest ever passengers numbers in KLIA in a single calendar year in 2010.

- Amongst the 7 largest foreign airlines in KLIA, Emirates recorded the highest gain of passengers of 236,586 and also the highest passengers growth of +57.5%. This is due to the airline's successful 3rd daily flight from DXB which also continues on to MEL with traffic rights in KLIA.

 

 

Losers

 

- KLM lost 9,391 passengers, negative growth of -2.3%, market share in KLIA dipped from 2.1% to 1.7%.

- Singapore Airlines lost 113,353 passengers, negative growth of -23%. Market share plummeted from 6.4% in 2007 to only 1.6% in 2010. SQ used to carry more than 1 million passengers in KLIA in 2007 and prior.

 

The massive drop of SQ's market share and MI's rise is inter-related as SQ handed over more flights to MI in 2010 following the liberalization of the KUL-SIN vv route since October 2008.

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I did this route analysis earlier on in this thread, let see how they fare in 2010.

 

Following an intense discussion in this thread http://www.malaysianwings.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=14947 about MH's blocking D7's entry into SYD, I decided to pull out the numbers so that we, MalaysianWings community, will have better understanding over the matter.

 

This is the detailed passengers' movements in KLIA for destinations in Australia and the South Pacific region in 2009. Data are extracted from MAHB Annual Report 2009:

 

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There are 10 destinations involved, 5 recorded a positive growth, while another 5 shrunk.

 

 

Let's peruse the 5 destinations which recorded positive growth (from the highest to the lowest):

 

1. Port Moresby, growth 353.5% - This destination actually recorded an extra ordinary growth since 2009 was the year when Air Niugini started plying KUL in full swing. The destination recorded 6,717 passengers (3,250 arrival + 3,467 departure) in 2009.

 

2. Perth, growth 65.5% - This destination is shared by both MH and D7. Total passengers number for Perth increased by 147,389 passengers from 224,566 in 2008 to 371,955 in 2009. Perth also has surpassed the passengers number for Sydney and currently the second largest market in Australia from KLIA.

 

3. Melbourne, growth 40.9% - This destination is also shared by MH and D7 in 2009 and in 2010, EK also joined in the foray. Total passengers number for Melbourne increased by 146,472 passengers from 358,080 in 2008 to 504,552 in 2009. Melbourne is currently the largest destination in Australia with more than 1/2 million passengers traffic from KLIA. Melbourne clinched the title from the traditional leader, Sydney, in 2008.

 

4. The Gold Coast, growth 23.8% - The first destination for D7 and arguably its best performer todate, this destination is entirely belongs to D7. After the first flight on 2 November 2007, this destination is keep on recording strong growth. The passengers number increased from 102,936 in 2008 to 127,462 in 2009. The Gold Coast is currently the 4th largest market in Oceania from KLIA - bigger than Auckland, Adelaide and Brisbane, which I found most surprising.

 

5. Christmas Island, growth 6.2% - This destination I believe is entirely belongs to MH through MAS Charter. MalaysianWings is so privileged to be able to see the insight on one of such charter flight in a thread hidden somewhere in the Flight Logbook subforum. 3,879 passengers traffic was recorded in 2009. However, the Christmas Island is not a commercial and scheduled destination.

 

 

*Note: D7 currently has 3 destinations in Australia (OOL, PER and MEL), and all 3 recorded growths.

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Now let's look at the losers.

 

1. Avalon, -100% - This is a one off event, which can be omitted. 3 passengers movement recorded in 2008.

 

2. Brisbane, -29.6% - Brisbane belongs to MH entirely. Being Australia's 3rd biggest and most important city, it is very surprising to know that BNE is performing so badly. Passengers traffic declined from 90,448 in 2008 to only 63,716 in 2009. In my opinion, this has much to do with MH's practice of the triangular KUL-SYD-BNE-KUL flight, which makes MH's offering to BNE so unattractive. Given the approximate location between BNE and OOL, I guess one could tell which airline is doing well on their respective routes into Australia's Queensland.

 

3. Sydney, -19.6% - The destination that is being fought for. Sydney belongs entirely to MH and lost its title as the largest market in Australia from KLIA to Melbourne in 2008. The passengers movement in SYD declined by 63,143 from 322,769 in 2008 to 259,626 in 2009. SYD numbers is almost half of that of MEL, which proved how well MEL has been performing ever since the KUL-MEL vv route was opened for competition.

 

4. Auckland, -5.9% - Auckland belongs to MH entirely. Passengers movement down from 103,209 in 2008 to 97,084 in 2009. MH served AKL 5 times weekly with B772. Average load factor in 2009 would be 46,830/72,280 (278 seats on MH's B772 x 5 weekly flight x 52 weeks in a year) = 64.79% for AKL-KUL flight and 50,254/72,280 = 69.53% for KUL-AKL flight.

 

5. Adelaide, -5.3% - Adelaide also belongs to MH entirely. Passengers movement down from 91,701 in 2008 to 86,817 in 2009.

 

 

Excluding Avalon which is a special case, all the other destinations that recorded negative growth belong to MH, including what is supposed to be the largest destination in Australia and the whole of Oceania - Sydney.

 

So why does anyone who is in the right mind would support MH's blocking D7's entry into SYD?

To Sydney's defend, I think the most absurd thing that MH did to the destination are:

 

1. By allowing Melbourne to not only overtook, but to have a huge leap i.e. double over the number of passengers recorded in Sydney in just 2 years. Melbourne 504,552 vs Sydney 259,626. The margin is an astounding 244,926 passengers! This is very shocking considering Sydney was always ahead of Melbourne and any other destinations in Oceania in 2007 and prior.

 

2. By allowing Perth to overtook Sydney for the first time in history. I mean that isolated 'Perff' is ahead of Sydney!!! It's like the craziest and most unthinkable thing ever. How can Perth recorded 112,329 more passengers than Sydney (Perth 371,955 vs Sydney 259,626)? Where does this sudden increase in passengers to/from Perth came from? Why is Sydney losing to Perth when at the same time, all the other airlines (EY, QR etc) are fighting to death to fly into Kingsford Smith with SQ and EK with their multiple daily A380 flights into the airport?

 

Thank you very much MH, from the 'national interest' point of view, what happened at Sydney is actually a complete disaster.

 

For KLIA, the ranking of destinations in Oceania is surprisingly off:

 

(Ranking-Destination-Passengers Traffic in 2009-Growth)

 

1. Melbourne 504,552 (40.9%)

2. Perth 371,955 (65.6%)

3. Sydney 259,626 (-19.6%)

4. The Gold Coast 127,462 (23.8%)

5. Auckland 97,084 (-5.9%)

6. Adelaide 86,817 (-5.3%)

7. Brisbane 63,716 (-29.6%)

8. Port Moresby 6,717 (353.5%)

9. Christmas Island 3,879 (6.2%)

10. Avalon 0 (-100%)

 

... when by right, Sydney should be the queen mother of them all. Are we going to defend MH's monopoly into Sydney until the passengers traffic into the Gold Coast overtakes that of Sydney too?

 

2010 gives a whole different story. All destinations as mentioned above remain except Avalon and therefore we only have 9 destinations in 2010. Passengers traffic from Australia and the Pacific region increased by 27.8% to 1,944,129 passengers in 2010 from 1,521,808 passengers in 2009. All 9 destinations recorded a growth in 2010. Looks like MH has really buckled up and done well in 2010.

 

Here is the ranking in 2010 by passengers traffic:

 

Ranking - Destination - Passengers - Growth

 

1. Melbourne 709,209 (+40.6%)

2. Perth 424,796 (+14.2%)

3. Sydney 301,417 (+16.1%)

4. The Gold Coast 190,232 (+49.2%)

5. Auckland 113,364 (+16.8%)

6. Adelaide 101,069 (+16.4%)

7. Brisbane 92,422 (+45.1%)

8. Port Moresby 7,010 (+4.4%)

9. Christmas Island 4,610 (+18.8%)

 

Some notes:

 

- The ranking of the 9 destinations remains unchanged from 2009.

- Melbourne saw a huge jump of passengers traffic from 504,552 in 2009 to 709,209 in 2010. This very overwhelming development is contributed by the stiff competition on the KUL-MEL vv route where 3 airlines are plying it [MH, D7 and EK]. EK started plying the route beginning 1 February 2010.

- Perth remains as the 2nd largest Australian destination with a further 14.2% growth from 2009.

- The most controversial route, Sydney, although MH managed to increase its passengers on the route by 16.1% to 301,417 passengers in 2010, the number could be so much higher if the route is open to competition from other airlines. Just look at the numbers that Melbourne achieved. Sydney, as the prime destination in Australia should ranks 1st and records more passengers than Melbourne. As exhibited by Melbourne and Perth, competition is THE way to go. Hopefully 2011 will see the route finally being open up to D7 for the betterment of Malaysia's aviation industry.

- The Gold Coast emerged as the destination which recorded the highest growth of 49.2% amongst all destinations in Australia and the Pacific Region. This further solidifies its status as D7's star performer.

- MH managed to do a wonderful recovery in Brisbane thanks to the increase in frequency and the reintroduction of non stop flights from KUL without any detour in SYD. Brisbane recorded the 2nd best growth of 45.1% amongst all the destinations.

- Small player like Air Niugini is also doing well on their Port Moresby-KUL vv route, which recorded a growth of 4.4%. Everybody's winning in 2010.

- 2011 will see Christchurch entering the chart for the first time following D7's entry into the airport on 1 April 2011. Let see how it fares.

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- MH managed to do a wonderful recovery in Brisbane thanks to the increase in frequency and the reintroduction of non stop flights from KUL without any detour in SYD. Brisbane recorded the 2nd best growth of 45.1% amongst all the destinations.

 

Took MH many years to realize what pax want.

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Thanks for all the updates there Azizul. Its good too see growth.

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MAR,

 

You're da man again. Thank you for the wonderful analysis. It was short and concise and easy to understand.

 

Maybe the gomen would like the KUL/SYD/KUL to be operated by either TK, BA or Qantas first. This would help turning KLIA as a future hub for OW alliance. It could be true. Well I hope so ;)

 

What do you guys think?

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