KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 28): AirAsia has carried over 45 million passengers year-to-date (YTD), maintaining a high load factor of 90%, said Capital A Bhd (KL:CAPITALA). 

In its aviation operating statistics, it said the carrier had delivered a robust operational performance, maintaining a remarkably high load factor of 89% in the third quarter of 2024 (3Q2024) despite a seasonally slower quarter.  

“Third-quarter passenger traffic increased by 8% year-on-year (y-o-y) to nearly 16 million, on the back of similar growth in seat capacity,” it said. 

Meanwhile, Capital A said that despite closing down permanently one existing hangar in the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Asia Digital Engineering's (ADE) hangar capacity still expanded from seven lines to 12 during the quarter, following the launch of the first six lines of its newly constructed 14-line maintenance, repair and operations hangar in August.

“In 3Q2024, ADE completed 13 base maintenance checks, a slight decline compared to the prior year. Meanwhile, the line maintenance checks completed in the quarter surpassed 3,000, a 17% y-o-y increase driven by the operational launch of ADE in the Philippines and Indonesia,” it added. 

It said Teleport maintained its strong growth trajectory in 3Q2024, moving 77,341 tonnes, a 31% y-o-y increase and a 21% rise from the previous quarter, while BigPay's user acquisition remained steady, with quarterly carded users increasing by 8% y-o-y to reach 1.6 million.

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