<article><p class="lead">Air New Zealand's passenger numbers of 690,000 in October fell by 50.6pc from 1.4mn a year earlier and up from the 679,000 passengers carried in September, as domestic travel dominated volumes with international travel curbed because of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.</p><p>Domestic travellers accounted for more than 97pc of total passengers carried in October. </p><p>The last official data for New Zealand jet fuel consumption were for the <a href="https://direct.argusmedia.com/newsandanalysis/article/2140014">April-June quarter</a>, which fell to a new long-term low because of the travel restrictions.</p><p class="bylines">By Kevin Morrison</p><p><table class='tbl-excel'><tr><td class='tbl-header' colspan='3'>Air New Zealand passenger numbers (&#39;000)</td></tr><tr><td class='tbl-columnheader tbl-bold tbl-left'></td><td class='tbl-columnheader tbl-bold tbl-center tbl-right'>Passengers</td><td class='tbl-columnheader tbl-bold tbl-right'>Load factor %</td></tr><tr><td class='tbl-rowspace' colspan='3'></td></tr><tr><td class='tbl-left'>Oct &#39;20</td><td class='tbl-right'>690</td><td class='tbl-right'>59.4</td></tr><tr><td class='tbl-left'>Sep &#39;20</td><td class='tbl-right'>679</td><td class='tbl-right'>46.8</td></tr><tr><td class='tbl-left'>Oct &#39;19</td><td class='tbl-right'>1,396</td><td class='tbl-right'>84.9</td></tr><tr><td class='tbl-left'>Jul-Oct 2020-21</td><td class='tbl-right'>2,432</td><td class='tbl-right'>50.1</td></tr><tr><td class='tbl-left'>Jul-Oct 2019-20</td><td class='tbl-right'>5,816</td><td class='tbl-right'>84.3</td></tr><tr><td class='tbl-footer tbl-right tbl-italic' colspan='3'>Source: Air New Zealand</td></tr></table></p></article>
