Game change - its working with Virgin now No 3 player for international

[markis10]

Interesting trend with confirmation in the June figures that Virgin are now No.3 in the rankings for International passengers (they hit the ranking in May). Thats significant growth in a year using like month for like month, impressive!

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[TD="colspan: 2"]Top ten airlines[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Share of passengers carried[/TD]
[TD]Jun-11[/TD]
[TD]Jun-12[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Qantas Airways[/TD]
[TD]18.0%[/TD]
[TD]17.7%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Singapore Airlines[/TD]
[TD]9.1%[/TD]
[TD]9.4%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Virgin Australia[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]6.2%[/TD]
[TD]8.7%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Emirates[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]8.5%[/TD]
[TD]8.6%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Jetstar[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]7.4%[/TD]
[TD]8.2%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Air New Zealand[/TD]
[TD]8.1%[/TD]
[TD]7.1%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Cathay Pacific Airways[/TD]
[TD]5.0%[/TD]
[TD]4.7%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Thai Airways International[/TD]
[TD]3.7%[/TD]
[TD]3.8%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Malaysia Airlines[/TD]
[TD]4.4%[/TD]
[TD]3.7%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]AirAsia X[/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]2.2%[/TD]
[TD]2.8%[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

 

[serfty]

Significant drop for AirNZ I see ...

 

[Willie]

Significant drop for AirNZ I see ...

Sadly my fave carrier has seemingly lost the plot with regards to Airpoints... And as I am pretty much a self funded whY customer those 773s are just too uncomfortable for long distances.