Airports' & Airlines' Operational Statistics

[BC Tam 2]

A single aisle all the way to Europe? That's claustrophobia for most people. At least 2 aisles.....

People managed ..... before widebodies came into being

And don't recall anything having more than two so far

[Mohd Suhaimi Fariz 2]

...which is why the A330-200 is such a good aircraft and perfect for long-haul routes from KUL to cities like FCO, VIE, MUC, etc. It can fly non-stop and is one of the most fuel-efficient aircraft in the air today.

 

But what about cargo? They'd take a hit on belly cargo capacity.

[Mike P 0]

People managed ..... before widebodies came into being

And don't recall anything having more than two so far

 

haha nice catch

[KK Lee 5]

But what about cargo? They'd take a hit on belly cargo capacity.

 

Can cargo more than compensate for low yield/load pax?

[Mohd Azizul Ramli 2]

I finally got my hands on the much delayed March 2011 operational statistics for MH http://malaysiaairlines.listedcompany.com/misc/operational_statistics_Mar2011.pdf and also the April 2011 operational statistics for AK http://www.airasia.com/iwov-resources/my/common/pdf/AirAsia/IR/Preliminary_Operating_Statistics_2Q11.pdf

 

The actual data has a very minor difference with what I already posted so I think I won't bother reposting it again. But I would like to share my observation on the statistics of MH's domestic operation.

 

For the period of 1 January 2011 until 31 March 2011, RPK decreased by 8.8% compared to previous corresponding period, which is not good. On a more shocking note, ASK is increased by 0.9%. I am not sure why MH is increasing its domestic capacity in the midst of transferring its flights to FY and the ever ongoing turf with AK. The logical way for MH is to decrease its ASK to match its actual demand since MH and FY should now complement each other. The decrement of the RPK and increment of ASK thus resulted in a very high drop of load factor of only 60.3%, down 6.4 percentage point from previous corresponding period. Total passengers carried throughout the period also saw a sharp decline of 10.6% or 122,000 passengers to 1,036,000 passengers from 1,158,000 passengers during the period of 1 January - 31 March 2010. MH as a single entity is further losing the battle on the domestic front.

 

It is the international sector that is doing very well. RPK increased by 15.3%, ASK increased by 12.5% (the fact that the increment of RPK is higher than ASK proves that MH is filling in more seats than ever before on the international front), load factor increased by 1.9 point to 77.8% and total passengers carried increased by 9.9% or 193,000 passengers to 2,150,000 passengers.

 

I hope MH can speed up its route rationalisation between them and FY and matches its capacity based on the actual demand of its product. Increasing the load factor on the domestic sector should now be a top priority.

[Kee Hooi Yen 0]

It is the international sector that is doing very well. RPK increased by 15.3%, ASK increased by 12.5% (the fact that the increment of RPK is higher than ASK proves that MH is filling in more seats than ever before on the international front

 

Why is ASK increased by more than 10% ? Any additional frequency, equipment upgrade or new route during this period ?

Edited May 24, 2011 by Kee Hooi Yen

[Mohd Azizul Ramli 2]

Well, there's a lot of new (leased and owned) B738s joined the fleet without any single old B734s being retired. This comes along with a lot of frequency addition:

 

- PNH increased to 9 weekly http://airlineroute.net/2010/11/09/mh-kulpnh-w10/

- Lots of new international flights from BKI the 'Eastern Hub' to HND, PER, ICN, KIX.

- KIX was detagged from BKI, and BKI got its own terminator service http://airlineroute.net/2010/07/19/mh-kix-w10/

- BLR increased to daily

- DEL increased to 12 weekly

- CMB detagged with MLE and got 5 weekly service

- MLE detagged with CMB and got daily service

- ICN increased to daily http://airlineroute.net/2010/07/15/mh-w10chg/

 

Amongst other that I could tracked.

[Kee Hooi Yen 0]

Thanks MAR.

 

Seems like MH is having a little expansions with its new fleet

[Josh T 0]

It's very encouraging to see MH focus on expanding their international services and improving yield. They need to start handing over more of the domestic routes to FY. The only domestic services MH should be offering are to cities like PEN, BKI, KCH (or any others) where there is strong demand for connections to/from interntational destinations.

[Mohd Azizul Ramli 2]

With Singapore stealing all the highlights for airline related news at the moment, here is another one nonetheless.

 

Changi Airport Reports April Traffic Growth

26 May 2011

 

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Passenger traffic at Changi International Airport in Singapore reported 13.7% growth to 3.73 million for the month of April 2011.

 

The growth in passenger traffic was in line with a 13.9% increase in aircraft movements to 24,270 flights.

 

The airport said airfreight movements were up by 6.1% to 155,812t, led by double-digit growth in cargo transshipments.

 

Passenger traffic from most regions recorded double-digit growth, including Eastern Europe, which was up by 23%, followed by south-east Asia by 18% and Western Europe by 17%.

 

Passenger traffic to north-east Asia increased 10%, while traffic to and from Tokyo and all of Japan declined by 34% and 28% respectively.

 

Low-cost carriers, which account for about a quarter of Changi Airport's passenger traffic, continued to be the growth driver, and handled 26% more passengers during the month, while full service carriers reported double-digit growth of 10%.

[Mohd Azizul Ramli 2]

@azranosmanrani: Australia's Minister of Transport announced fastest growing intl routes. 3 of 5 r AirAsia's! DPS-PER +57.4%, KUL-OOL +50.7%, KUL-MEL +41.5%

[Mike P 0]

@azranosmanrani: Australia's Minister of Transport announced fastest growing intl routes. 3 of 5 r AirAsia's! DPS-PER +57.4%, KUL-OOL +50.7%, KUL-MEL +41.5%

 

Obviously AK Rules!

[kandiah k 0]

Obviously with these reports and data, its no wonder more airlines are thinking low cost

 

On the other hand, I wonder what the authorites in Malaysia are doing with these data ? Perhaps ignore the growth of AK/D7 further and protect MH all the more now so they can whine and still get their way ?

[Josh T 0]

@azranosmanrani: Australia's Minister of Transport announced fastest growing intl routes. 3 of 5 r AirAsia's! DPS-PER +57.4%, KUL-OOL +50.7%, KUL-MEL +41.5%

 

Firstly, DPS-PER technically belongs to Indonesia Air Asia, so that doesn't count. Lots of LCCs fly that route, which is why there's such growth.

Secondly, D7 exclusively flies KUL-OOL so, of course, numbers are going to be up when no-one previously flew that route.

Finally, KUL-MEL is not exclusively flown by D7 or MH. Isn't this a relatively new route for EK? That would explain the growth on this route.

[Mohd Azizul Ramli 2]

MH revealed FY's operating statistics except the number of passengers carried during Q1 2011 in one of the slides during MH's financial result announcement.

 

 

Here is how FY fares among the other 5 airlines under our microscope for period until 31 March 2011:

 

 

- By RPK's size, FY is only 3% of MH, 1.5% of SQ and 6% of AK.

- By ASK, FY's capacity network wide is only 3.5% of MH, 1.7% of SQ and 7% of AK.

- In conclusion, FY is still very insignificant on the overall view. The current FY is only 7% of what AK is.

- FY's load factor is the worst among the 6 airlines.

[Josh T 0]

MH needs to start handing over more domestic routes to FY and just keep their frequencies/schedules to connect with international passengers.

[Mike P 0]

Government Considering AirAsia X Routes Application

May 27, 2011 20:29 PM

KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 (Bernama) -- The Transport Ministry is considering AirAsia X's routes application to Beijing, Shanghai, Jeddah, Istanbul and Osaka as it is mindful of the importance of enhancing air services to promote and develop tourism and business investment into Malaysia.

 

However, the approval of these routes depend on the traffic rights availability and the receiving country's rules and regulations, which includes among others, restrictions on low-cost-carrier, slots constraint and airspace control, said the ministry.

 

It said between 2007 and 2011, the government had approved AirAsia X's request to operate in 32 international destinations.

 

"From the 32 international destinations approved, AirAsia X has only operated into 15 destinations," it said in reply to AirAsia X founder, Datuk Sri Dr Tony Fernandes comment yesterday that Malaysia would loose out by holding back routes approval for its long-haul budget carrier.

 

The ministry said AirAsia X has not fully utilised all the traffic rights granted to them for four destinations namely, Tianjin, Melbourne, Taipei and Tehran, which holds back the provisions of traffic rights to others.

 

AirAsia X also has not provided any service into 16 destinations that was approved which included Amritsar, Fukuoka, Kathmandu, Manchester, Berlin, Vienna, Moscow, Dublin, Pusan, Sharjah and Bahrain.

 

It said there were also routes which both AirAsia and AirAsia X suspended without prior notification.

 

Government's concern about AK... suspending routes without prior notification, indeed true too...

[Mohd Suhaimi Fariz 2]

The ministry said AirAsia X has not fully utilised all the traffic rights granted to them for four destinations namely, Tianjin, Melbourne, Taipei and Tehran, which holds back the provisions of traffic rights to others.

 

AirAsia X also has not provided any service into 16 destinations that was approved which included Amritsar, Fukuoka, Kathmandu, Manchester, Berlin, Vienna, Moscow, Dublin, Pusan, Sharjah and Bahrain.

 

It said there were also routes which both AirAsia and AirAsia X suspended without prior notification.

 

That surely explains a lot. But of course there will be some spin from both ends.

[Josh T 0]

Government Considering AirAsia X Routes Application

May 27, 2011 20:29 PM

KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 (Bernama) -- The Transport Ministry is considering AirAsia X's routes application to Beijing, Shanghai, Jeddah, Istanbul and Osaka as it is mindful of the importance of enhancing air services to promote and develop tourism and business investment into Malaysia.

 

However, the approval of these routes depend on the traffic rights availability and the receiving country's rules and regulations, which includes among others, restrictions on low-cost-carrier, slots constraint and airspace control, said the ministry.

 

It said between 2007 and 2011, the government had approved AirAsia X's request to operate in 32 international destinations.

 

"From the 32 international destinations approved, AirAsia X has only operated into 15 destinations," it said in reply to AirAsia X founder, Datuk Sri Dr Tony Fernandes comment yesterday that Malaysia would loose out by holding back routes approval for its long-haul budget carrier.

 

The ministry said AirAsia X has not fully utilised all the traffic rights granted to them for four destinations namely, Tianjin, Melbourne, Taipei and Tehran, which holds back the provisions of traffic rights to others.

 

AirAsia X also has not provided any service into 16 destinations that was approved which included Amritsar, Fukuoka, Kathmandu, Manchester, Berlin, Vienna, Moscow, Dublin, Pusan, Sharjah and Bahrain.

 

It said there were also routes which both AirAsia and AirAsia X suspended without prior notification.

 

Government's concern about AK... suspending routes without prior notification, indeed true too...

Surprise, surprise. Obviously, AK/D7 doesn't want to bear the cost of establishing a new route only to have MH come in afterwards. Funny how AK/D7 only want to go after the routes that MH is already plying. Sorry, but you can't have your cake and eat it too. <_>

[Mike P 0]

Surprise, surprise. Obviously, AK/D7 doesn't want to bear the cost of establishing a new route only to have MH come in afterwards. Funny how AK/D7 only want to go after the routes that MH is already plying. Sorry, but you can't have your cake and eat it too. <_>

 

Obviously those routes still flew by MH have had good research done and definitely gonna yield profits, that's why AK/D7 wanted to share the cakes so badly! And especially to those protected routes like SYD!

[Mohd Suhaimi Fariz 2]

Obviously those routes still flew by MH have had good research done and definitely gonna yield profits, that's why AK/D7 wanted to share the cakes so badly! And especially to those protected routes like SYD!

 

So why can't they do the legwork for once? If they do proper due diligence, surely they can make it profitable. If not, stop flying there then.

Edited May 31, 2011 by Mohd Suhaimi Fariz

[flee 5]

Surprise, surprise. Obviously, AK/D7 doesn't want to bear the cost of establishing a new route only to have MH come in afterwards. Funny how AK/D7 only want to go after the routes that MH is already plying. Sorry, but you can't have your cake and eat it too. <_>

For a new airline (remember how MH started?), a good balanced mix of profitable and pioneering routes will ensure that there is a reasonable chance of success. As such, it would be unfair for D7 to be over burdened with route development.

 

In any case, its very first route was to the Gold Coast - most Aussies will know that Coolangatta isn't exactly busy with international traffic.

 

Perth and Melbourne were served by MH but the markets were sleepy and not growing convincingly. The arrival of D7 on those routes stimulated the market and even MH benefitted from the explosion in traffic.

 

Therefore it is a little unfair to accuse D7 of only going after routes that MH is already plying. It is already predicted that if SYD is opened up, traffic (which has not seen much growth) will shoot up and benefit MH too.

 

Having competition is good, even if you don't intend to fly with D7. Your fares may be lower and the service levels, higher. So it is a win-win situation for all.

[c.lee 0]

Perth and Melbourne were served by MH but the markets were sleepy and not growing convincingly. The arrival of D7 on those routes stimulated the market and even MH benefitted from the explosion in traffic.

MH's load factor for KUL-MEL and KUL-PER routes indeed increased after D7 started plying these routes, but are they really making more money? In other words, is the increase of MH's load factor due to higher passenger awareness of these 2 routes, hence more people are flying KUL-MEL & KUL-PER vv? Or the increase of load factor is simply due to lower fares from MH (due to competition from D7), and MH is actually making less money despite the higher load factor?

 

I suspect it's the latter, hence the protection of SYD.

[Mohd Azizul Ramli 2]

MAHB has released the traffic statistics for KLIA for the month of March and April 2011 as per their announcements to Bursa Malaysia:

 

 

MARCH 2011

 

Total monthly passengers' traffic = 3,140,399 (952,598 Domestic + 2,187,801 International)

Monthly growth rate from previous corresponding period: +12.04%

Total passengers' traffic YTD 2011 until 31 March 2011 = 8,922,631 (2,618,502 Domestic + 6,304,129 International)

YTD growth rate from previous corresponding period: +12.43%

 

 

APRIL 2011

 

Total monthly passengers' traffic = 3,071,868 (917,594 Domestic + 2,154,274 International)

Monthly growth rate from previous corresponding period: +15.98%

Total passengers' traffic YTD 2011 until 30 April 2011 = 11,994,499 (3,536,096 Domestic + 8,458,403 International)

YTD growth rate from previous corresponding period: +13.32%

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KLIA continues its streak with total passengers handled of more than 3 million per month in March and April 2011. The total passengers recorded in March 2011 (3,140,399) is by far the highest in a month for 2011. For the first 4 months of 2011, KLIA is only short of 5,501 passengers from achieving 12,000,000 passengers mark. Based on the YTD growth rates of +12.43% in March and (increased [!!!] to) +13.32% in April 2011, I am very confident that KLIA will improve its world ranking (from current 27th place) in both months soon when ACI finally released their rankings. With 12 million passengers recorded in the first 4 months of 2011, KLIA is now for sure going to record at least 36 million passengers by year end (12 million x 3), breaking its best ever haul of 34,087,636 passengers achieved in 2010.

[Mohd Azizul Ramli 2]

MH has finally released its April 2011's operational statistics as follows http://malaysiaairlines.listedcompany.com/misc/operational_statistics_Apr2011.pdf, and here are the standings with completed data up until 30 April 2011 for all 5 airlines under our review:

 

 

 

Note: Firefly's data are up until 31 March 2011 only.