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airlines, but none recorded negative growth. Figures ranged from1% at Ansett Australia to 60.6% for Garuda Indonesia. In additionto Garuda, double-digit growth was posted by Asiana Airlines(21%), Vietnam Airlines (17.4%), Cathay Pacific Airways (11.8%),China Airlines (11.8%) and Korean Air (11.3%).Two airlines posted a significant improvement in PLF – GarudaIndonesia (9.7 percentage points) and Cathay Pacific Airways (4.6percentage points). On the other hand, Ansett Australia and KoreanAir experienced a decline.All but two airlines recorded load factors in excess of 70%.Garuda Indonesia led the way with 79.7%. Nine other airlines filledmore than 70% of their capacity, with seven above 75% – AsianaAirlines (77.3%), Vietnam Airlines (76.9%), Singapore Airlines(76.5%), Cathay Pacific Airways (76%), China Airlines (75.8%), EVAAir (75.5%) and Thai Airways International (75.2%).Garuda Indonesia: increased passenger and freight load factorsin NovemberFTK Growth by CarrierPercentage (Nov 00 vs Nov 99)Cargo ResultsConsolidated FTKs of AAPA airlines rose 13.4% while capacityexpanded 12.8% for the 12-month period. This resulted in a 0.4percentage point increase in load factor to 70.9%.High FTK growth was recorded by China Airlines (25.9%),Vietnam Airlines (25.9%), Asiana Airlines (18.1%), Garuda Indonesia(16.9%), EVA Air (15.3%), Korean Air (13.9%) and Singapore Airlines(10.7%).The improvement in load factor was moderate. Only CathayPacific Airways (2.4 percentage points) and Vietnam Airlines (2.0percentage points) emerged significantly better. Four airlines,however, registered a decline in FLF.Taiwan-based carriers continued to record the highest loadfactors – China Airlines (83.7%) and EVA Air (80.4%) – with theKorean-based carriers, Korean Air and Asiana Airlines, coming20151050-5-10-15BIJL KE BR VN SQ TG OZ GA CX AN CIPassenger Load Factor Growth by CarrierPercentage Points Change (Nov 00 vs Nov 99)Freight Load Factor Growth by CarrierPercentage Points Change (Nov 00 vs Nov 99)108846402-40-2-8-4VN AN CX KE TG SQ CI BR OZ BI JL GA-12BIVN BR CI JL AN OZ SQ CX TG KE GAROLLS-ROYCE NEWS DIGEST“Rolls-Royce has won a $1 billion maintenance support contract fromAmerican Airlines for its fleet of RB211 engines.”March 01 | Orient Aviation | 49
B U s i n e s s D i g e s tPassenger Load Factor Growth by CarrierPercentage Points Change (Dec 99 - Nov 00 vs Dec 98 - Nov 99)1086420-2ANKE OZ BR SQ TG VN JL BI CI CX GAChina Airlines: recorded the highest FLF in the year to November30 FTK Growth by CarrierPercentage (Dec 99 - Nov 00 vs Dec 98 - Nov 99)next with a similar load factor of 76.7%. In contrast, three airlinesfrom Southeast Asia – Royal Brunei Airlines, Garuda Indonesia andVietnam Airlines – posted load factors below 50%.30SummaryThe crisis of 1997 was prefigured by a slowdown of passengertraffic, while cargo traffic did not decline until the financial crisisbegan to affect economic fundamentals and hence trade. This timearound economic weakness has been signalled by a slowdown incargo traffic, while passenger numbers remain relatively strong.However, airlines will inevitably find that RPK growth rates recedefrom the levels of 2000 as the U.S. economy has a widening impacton the Asia-Pacific region.More optimistically, a weaker traffic base may well be accompaniedby a weaker U.S. dollar and lower fuel prices, which wouldreduce costs at the same time that revenue falls.20100-10-15BIAN TG JL CX SQ KEBR GA OZ VN CIRPK Growth by CarrierPercentage (Dec 99 - Nov 00 vs Dec 98 - Nov 99)60.6%Freight Load Factor Growth by CarrierPercentage Points (Dec 99 - Nov 00 vs Dec 98 - Nov 99)254220015-210-4-65-80ANBI BR JL TG SQ KE CI CX VN OZ GA-10BIGA TG JL CI AN KE SQ OZ BR VN CX50 | Orient Aviation | March 01
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