Etihad
GavinC
June or May for that matter is never a good time to compare load factors
for Middle East or Asian flights as both of these months usually show the
lowest figures each year.
However the change to a 77W was certainly an interesting move by Eithad,
as they were not filling the 332 most months although I understand that this might true of economy but not necessarily business where the money is.
June 2010 was 10053 pax compared to 10650 in 2009.
Assuming the May 16th figures are not included this is an average of 168
per flight or 64% load factor.
Emirates on the other hand was 43815 up from 39201.
Qatar also lost pax with 10500 compared to 12003.
The 2009 annual figures also show Etihad decreasing
AUH 155192 in 2009 157566 in 2008
DXB 521729 in 2009 491982 in 2008
DOH 160625 in 2009 149075 in 2008
SIN 97627 in 2009 174654 in 2008
I have added the Singapore figures in to show the amount of decline,
which is a bit obvious considering the reduction in seats but still significant.
I suppose all a bit pointless without access to yields but still worth
a look considering Etihad have increased seats on falling figures and with
EK to put a 380 in soon and Singapore (to a lesser extent) going back daily
Pete