Virgin Australia Holdings Limited Reports Operating Results for the Month of January and Year to Date Period of July 2012 to January 2013; Provides Domestic Guidance for the Second Half of 2013
For the year to date ended January 2013, total passengers carried were 11,628,382 against 11,517,670 a year ago. Total available seat kilometers were 24,752 million against 23,324 million a year ago. Total revenue load factor was 77.8% against 80.3% a year ago. International operations achieved passenger growth of 3.5% on Available Seat Kilometre growth of 2.5% during year-to-date January 2013.
The company expects domestic capacity to grow between 5% and 7%, for the second half of 2013 compared to the second half of 2012.