2013-02-13 — /travelprnews.com/ — Traffic Figures: 1,703,400 passengers were handled at Zurich Airport during January 2013, a loss of 0.5% versus January 2012.
O&D or local passengers (originating or departing from Zurich) decreased by 1.2% to 1,068,162 compared to previous January. Transfer passengers increased by 0.8% to 627,734 in January. The transfer rate which was at 36.5% last January is currently at 37.0%.
Air traffic movements (ATM’s) decreased by 3.1% to 20,922 in January versus previous year. The decrease divides into a decrease of 2.4% for airlines and a decrease of 7.1% for general aviation.
The average passenger per movement figure (airline passengers only) currently is at 95.1 (93.3 previous year). The average seat load factor saw an increase of 0.1 percentage points to 67.1%.
Please note: Due to increased overlapping of the various airline business models, we cease to publish low cost shares.
- Traffic Figures January 2013 (pdf, 0,40 MB)
- Document Traffic Figures January 2013
Commercial Activities
Total turnover (net sales to consumers) during January was CHF 39.4m (+3.3% versus previous year). Turnover per departing passenger in January was CHF 46.3, which is 3.8 percent higher than last year.
- Commercial Figures January 2013 (pdf, 0,20 MB)
- Document Commercial Figures January 2013
Guidance Annual Result 2012
The impact of the new affiliation contract with the Employee Pension Fund of the Canton of Zurich (BVK) on the pension fund liability has been indicated last November with a range of 120 – 135 million Swiss Francs. The impact of all IAS 19 components considered in the 2012 Year End Results amounts to 122 million Swiss Francs (pre-tax, non-cash), which will be recognised in the “personnel expenses” line-item.
Further to this, the financial result will be positively affected against earlier guidance by approximately 15 million Swiss Francs (pre-tax) due to two non-cash valuation items (approximately 30 million Swiss Francs foreign exchange gain on the Japanese Private Placement. This is triggered by the distinctive JPY weakness against CHF in December 2012, which is favourable as the currency development of this loan has been hedged to a large extent only / approximately 15 million Swiss Francs finance charge due to reassessment of the interest rate for discounting noise provisions and the timing of respective cash outflows).
Flughafen Zürich AG therefore anticipates 2012 Year End Results (incl. / excl. noise) to be accordingly higher than previously expected.
The detailed figures will be communicated as part of the presentation of the year end results of Flughafen Zürich AG on March 20, 2013.
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