TAA load factor hits 88%
No-frills Thai AirAsia (TAA) carried 18% more passengers in Q1 to a record 4.37 million. The growth outstripped the 11% rise in capacity as a result of five Airbus 320s being added to its fleet in the quarter to take its total to 47. The operating figures released by parent AirAsia Group also showed TAA gaining five percentage points in passenger load factor in the period to 88%. <br/>The load factor, a measurement of seats sold on each flight, was consistent with the four other AirAsia carriers in Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and India, which were in the high 80% range. As a group, AirAsia recorded a load factor of 86%, up nine percentage points, with the passengers carried in the first quarter rising 17% to 13.9m, well ahead of the 6% increase in capacity. <br/>
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TAA load factor hits 88%
No-frills Thai AirAsia (TAA) carried 18% more passengers in Q1 to a record 4.37 million. The growth outstripped the 11% rise in capacity as a result of five Airbus 320s being added to its fleet in the quarter to take its total to 47. The operating figures released by parent AirAsia Group also showed TAA gaining five percentage points in passenger load factor in the period to 88%. <br/>The load factor, a measurement of seats sold on each flight, was consistent with the four other AirAsia carriers in Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and India, which were in the high 80% range. As a group, AirAsia recorded a load factor of 86%, up nine percentage points, with the passengers carried in the first quarter rising 17% to 13.9m, well ahead of the 6% increase in capacity. <br/>
