March 2025 Monthly traffic update

March 2025 Monthly traffic update
Notes:
This monthly traffic update from Auckland International Airport Limited (AIAL) is generated with assistance and data from the New Zealand Customs Service, Airways New Zealand, Queenstown Airport Corporation and AIAL. International and
Domestic passenger movements are actual. This document is intended for information purposes. It should not be considered a recommendation, offer or invitation to purchase securities. All reasonable steps have been taken to ensure that the
information is true and accurate at the time of publication.
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Maximum Certificated Take-Off Weight (MCTOW) forms the basis of determining airfield charges at Auckland Airport and is displayed to the nearest tonne.
aucklandairport.co.nz Issued: 15 April 202 5


Key points:
• In March 2025, there was a total of 860k international passenger movements in the month, a 4% decrease compared to the same month in 2024.
International passenger movements, excluding transits, for the month of March 202 5 decreased by 2% . International seat capacity decreased by
4% for the month of March with 49k fewer seats resulting in average load factors of 81.3%, a 0.6 percentage point improvement on the year prior;
• Seat capacity on USA routes declined by 18% or 30k seats. Just under half of the decline was attributable to Air New Zealand's suspension of
Chicago services and United Airlines' exit from the Los Angeles route. The remainder of the seat capacity decline was due to Air New Zealand
reducing the number of flights to Houston and San Francisco in the month. Despite the reduction in seat capacity on the USA routes, load factors
increased by 5.9 percentage points;
• Trans-Tasman capacity reduced by 6% or 26k fewer seats with two -thirds of the reduction attributable to fifth-freedom airlines reducing capacity
on the routes. Load factors on the routes declined by 1.1 percentage points, in part, due to the earlier timing of Easter last year compared to this
year (Easter Friday was 29 March last year compared to 18 April this year) and the later timing of April school holidays for three Australian states
(QLD, VIC, WA) this year compared to last;
• Reviewing the five largest nationalities through the international terminal during March 2025 shows that New Zealand nationals experienced a
modest increase of 0.5%, with Australian nationals decreasing 6%, USA nationals decreasing 5% and UK nationals also decreasing 7%. Chinese
nationals increased 4%;
• Domestic passenger movements decreased 3% in the month of March 202 5 when compared to the same month in the prior year, with seat
capacity similar levels to last year, resulting in domestic load factors declining by 3 percentage points to 84. 7%; and
• Queenstown Airport international passenger numbers in March 202 5 were flat on the year prior and domestic passengers decreased by -3% on
the same month last year.
AUCKLAND AIRPORT

Current month

Financial year to date

Rolling 12-month total
Passenger Movements

Current
year
Change vs
prior year

Current
year
Change vs
prior year

Current
year
Change vs
prior year
International passengers

816,263 -2%

7,420,288 3%

9,519,586 4%
Transit movements

44,180 -25%

531,326 -6%

722,642 -1%
Total international passengers

860,443 -4%

7,951,614 2%

10,242,228 4%
Domestic passengers

765,689 -3%

6,434,799 -1%

8,425,785 0%
Total passengers

1,626,132 -3%

14,386,413 1%

18,668,013 2%






Aircraft Movements




International aircraft movements

4,403 -3%

39,924 -2%

52,254 -1%
Domestic aircraft movements

9,536 0%

79,820 0%

104,956 0%
Total aircraft movements

13,939 -1%

119,744 -1%

157,210 -1%




MCTOW (tonnes)
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International MCTOW

451,082 -2%

3,976,964 -1%

5,168,744 0%
Domestic MCTOW

193,331 0%

1,625,433 0%

2,138,408 0%
Total MCTOW

644,414 -1%

5,602,398 -1%

7,307,152 0%





QUEENSTOWN AIRPORT

Current month

Financial year to date

Rolling 12 month-total
Passenger Movements

Current
year
Change vs
prior year

Current
year
Change vs
prior year

Current
year
Change vs
prior year
International passengers

70,418 0%

750,597 9%

918,727 9%
Domestic passengers

153,158 -3%

1,289,472 2%

1,655,683 2%
Total passengers

223,576 -2%

2,040,069 4%

2,574,410 5%





International aircraft movements

479 -1%

5,214 3%

6,480 2%
Domestic aircraft movements

1,084 0%

9,505 4%

12,397 4%
Total aircraft movements

1,563 0%

14,719 3%

18,877 4%