5-Year Key Operating Statistics


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Audited

Year Ended 31 December

2016 2017 2018 2019 2022
Operating data:
Seat capacity 5,935,111 7,152,067 7,622,940 7,459,069 536,491
Passengers carried 4,688,077 5,837,530 6,167,465 6,071,019 417,195
RPK(1) (millions) 23,188 28,578 29,111 28,366 1,577
ASK(2) (millions) 29,343 35,054 36,047 34,880 2,072
Passenger load factor(3) (%) 79% 82% 81% 81% 78%
Average passenger fares(4) (RM) 518 504 477 477 653
Average ancillary revenue per passenger(5)(RM) 167 175 169 166 188
Revenue per ASK(6) (sen) 13.32 13.07 12.69 12.14 17.63
Cost per ASK(7) (sen) 13.12 12.89 13.27 12.60 447.74
Cost per ASK (excluding fuel)(8) (sen) 9.32 8.70 8.06 7.78 440.09
Fleet size at year end 30 30 35 39 14
Number of sectors flown(9) 15,743 18,971 20,220 19,837 1,443
Average stage length (kilometres)(10) 4,944 4,901 4,729 4,672 3,870
Aircraft utilisation (hours per day)(11) 13.5 15.4 15.7 13.7 -
Fuel consumed ('000 barrels) 4,418 5,145 5,225 5,079 724
Average fuel price (USD per barrel)(12) 61.0 66.0 88.0 79.9 115.0
Number of Malaysia AirAsia X Employees at Year End 2,621 2,326 2,461 2,364 908

Note:

  1. Represents revenue passenger kilometres, which is the number of paying passengers carried on scheduled flights multiplied by the number of kilometres those passengers were flown.

  2. Represents available seat kilometres, which is the total number of seats available on scheduled flights multiplied by the number of kilometres those seats were flown.

  3. Represents RPK as a proportion to ASK.

  4. Represents revenue from passenger seat sales on scheduled flights plus fuel surcharge, divided by the passengers carried on scheduled flights during the period.

  5. Represents ancillary revenue plus revenue from the sale of our AirAsia Insure products which is contained in the line item "Other income" in our audited and unaudited consolidated income statements.

  6. Calculated as (i) total revenue (including charter flights), as adjusted for certain revenue and expense items that are contained in the line item "Other income" in our audited and unaudited consolidated income statements relating to the operation of our airline services, including, but not limited to, airport taxes, revenue from the sale of our AirAsia Insure products and insurance claims, (ii) divided by ASK.

  7. Calculated as (i) total operating expenses (including charter flights), as adjusted for airport taxes and to exclude certain fees related to the retirement of borrowings, unrealised foreign exchange gain / (loss) and other expenses not directly related to the operation of our airline services, and to include certain finance income items, including realised foreign exchange gain / (loss), (ii) divided by ASK.

  8. Calculated as (i) total operating expenses (including charter flights) excluding aircraft fuel expenses, as adjusted for airport taxes and to exclude certain fees related to the retirement of borrowings, unrealised foreign exchange gain / (loss) and other expenses not directly related to the operation of our airline services, and to include certain finance income items, including realised foreign exchange gain / (loss), (ii) divided by ASK.

  9. Calculated based on the sum of each of the quotients obtained by dividing the total number of days each operational aircraft was owned or leased by our Group during a period by the total number of days within such period.

  10. Represents the average number of kilometres flown per flight.

  11. Represents the average block hours per day per aircraft during the relevant period. Block hours are calculated by measuring the duration between the time of departure of an aircraft and the time of arrival at its destination.

  12. Calculated as average price for fuel oil for the period based on the reported mean price of fuel oil reported by Platts.