Aeroflot Group announces operating results for September (+12.9%) and 9 months (+10.2%) 2018

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Aeroflot PJSC today announces operating results for Aeroflot Group (“the Group”) and Aeroflot – Russian Airlines (“the Company”) for September and 9M 2018.

9M 2018 Operating Highlights

In 9M 2018, Aeroflot Group carried 42.2 million passengers, up 10.2% year-on-year. Aeroflot airline carried 26.8 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 8.0%. Group and Company RPKs increased by 9.1% and 6.3% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs rose by 9.0% year-on-year for the Group and by 7.8% year-on-year for the Company. The passenger load factor increased by 0.1 p.p. year-on-year to 83.8% for the Aeroflot Group and decreased by 1.2 p.p. to 81.6% for Aeroflot airline.

September 2018 Operating Highlights

In September 2018, Aeroflot Group carried 5.4 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 12.9%. Aeroflot airline carried 3.3 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 10.1%.

Group and Company RPKs were up 11.4% and 8.7% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs rose by 9.1% for Aeroflot Group and by 6.9% for Aeroflot airline.

On domestic routes, Group passengers carried and RPKs grew by 15.2% and 15.1% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs grew by 10.9% year-on-year. Company passengers carried and RPKs increased by 13.1% and 11.9% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs grew by 7.8%.

In September 2018, the number of passengers carried on the Group’s international routes increased by 10.3% year-on-year. RPKs grew by 8.6%, while capacity grew by 7.8%. The number of passengers carried by Aeroflot airline on international routes increased by 7.3%. RPKs grew by 7.0%, ASKs by 6.4%.

Aeroflot Group’s passenger load factor was 87.2%, representing a 1.8 percentage point increase versus the same period a year earlier. The passenger load factor at Aeroflot – Russian Airlines increased by 1.5 percentage points year-on-year to 85.5%.

Fleet update

In September 2018, Aeroflot Group added four aircraft: one SSJ100, one Boeing 737-800, one Airbus ?320 and one Boeing 777-300. One Boeing 737-800 was phased out. As of 30 September 2018, the Group fleet had 361 aircraft.

Aeroflot airline added two aircraft: one SSJ100 and one Airbus ?320. As of 30 September 2018, the Company fleet had 250 aircraft.

 Net changes in the fleetNumber of aircraft

as of 30.09.2018 

 September 20189M 2018
Aeroflot Group+3+35361
Aeroflot airline+2+26250

 

Aeroflot Group Operating Results

September 2018September 2017Change 9M 20189M 2017Change
Passengers carried, thousand PAX5,406.64,787.2     12.9% 42,248.838,339.6     10.2%
– international2,408.02,183.3     10.3%18,759.017,220.5      8.9%
– domestic2,998.62,603.8     15.2%23,489.821,119.0     11.2%
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn13,915.012,495.011.4%108,428.099,381.69.1%
– international7,803.07,184.8      8.6%62,725.358,407.6      7.4%
– domestic6,112.05,310.2     15.1%45,702.740,974.2     11.5%
Available Seat Kilometres, mn15,957.814,627.9       9.1% 129,392.6118,753.7       9.0%
– international9,139.48,481.4      7.8%76,179.869,819.7      9.1%
– domestic6,818.46,146.5     10.9%53,212.848,933.9      8.7%
Passenger load factor, %87.2%85.4%   1.8 p.p. 83.8%83.7%    0.1 p.p.
– international85.4%84.7%    0.7 p.p.82.3%83.7%  (1.3 p.p.)
– domestic89.6%86.4%     3.2 p.p.85.9%83.7%    2.2 p.p.
Cargo and mail carried, tonnes28,282.023,872.9     18.5% 218,618.7191,502.7     14.2%
– international14,991.513,427.2     11.7%121,327.5106,715.1     13.7%
– domestic13,290.410,445.7     27.2%97,291.284,787.6     14.7%
Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mn121.5110.1     10.4% 938.5872.2       7.6%
– international69.267.0      3.3%571.7529.9      7.9%
– domestic52.443.0     21.8%366.8342.4      7.1%
Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mn1,373.91,234.6     11.3% 10,697.09,816.5       9.0%
– international771.4713.6      8.1%6,216.95,786.5      7.4%
– domestic602.5521.0     15.6%4,480.14,030.0     11.2%
Available Tonne Kilometres, mn1,888.11,744.0       8.3% 15,283.314,276.3       7.1%
– international1,074.11,001.8      7.2%8,985.48,373.2      7.3%
– domestic814.0742.2      9.7%6,297.95,903.1      6.7%
Revenue load factor, %72.8%70.8%    2.0 p.p.70.0%68.8%    1.2 p.p.
– international71.8%71.2%     0.6 p.p.69.2%69.1%    0.1 p.p.
– domestic74.0%70.2%     3.8 p.p.71.1%68.3%    2.9 p.p.
Revenue flights37,23833,200     12.2% 305,730276,779     10.5%
– international15,79813,907     13.6%128,358114,732     11.9%
– domestic21,44019,293     11.1%177,372162,047      9.5%
Flight hours for fleet101,87391,310     11.6% 833,776756,305     10.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aeroflot – Russian Airlines Operating Results

September 2018September 2017Change 9M 20189M 2017Change
Passengers carried, thousand PAX3,298.72,995.8     10.1% 26,770.224,789.4       8.0%
– international1,660.01,547.1      7.3%13,687.812,957.0      5.6%
– domestic1,638.71,448.7     13.1%13,082.511,832.4     10.6%
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn9,005.98,281.58.7%73,525.169,172.76.3%
– international5,717.65,343.3      7.0%47,958.345,620.2      5.1%
– domestic3,288.32,938.2     11.9%25,566.823,552.5      8.6%
Available Seat Kilometres, mn10,534.79,858.5       6.9% 90,087.883,556.1       7.8%
– international6,880.06,467.0      6.4%60,054.055,788.0      7.6%
– domestic3,654.83,391.5      7.8%30,033.827,768.1      8.2%
Passenger load factor, %85.5%84.0%   1.5 p.p. 81.6%82.8%    (1.2 p.p.)
– international83.1%82.6%   0.5 p.p.79.9%81.8%     (1.9 p.p.)
– domestic90.0%86.6%   3.4 p.p.85.1%84.8%      0.3 p.p.
Cargo and mail carried, tonnes19,898.120,039.3    (0.7%)160,095.9161,841.7      (1.1%)
– international12,994.713,207.7     (1.6%)108,040.3104,802.0      3.1%
– domestic6,903.46,831.6      1.1%52,055.657,039.7     (8.7%)
Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mn93.193.5     (0.4%)754.8751.5       0.4%
– international63.766.0     (3.5%)535.2521.1      2.7%
– domestic29.427.5      7.2%219.5230.4     (4.7%)
Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mn903.6838.8       7.7% 7,372.06,977.0       5.7%
– international578.3546.9      5.7%4,851.54,626.9      4.9%
– domestic325.4291.9     11.5%2,520.52,350.1      7.3%
Available Tonne Kilometres, mn1,270.11,196.4       6.2% 10,824.910,215.8       6.0%
– international832.7785.0      6.1%7,253.46,852.6      5.8%
– domestic437.3411.4      6.3%3,571.53,363.2      6.2%
Revenue load factor, %71.1%70.1%  1.0 p.p. 68.1%68.3%    (0.2 p.p.)
– international69.4%69.7% (0.3 p.p.)66.9%67.5%    (0.6 p.p.)
– domestic74.4%71.0%   3.4 p.p.70.6%69.9%      0.7 p.p.
Revenue flights23,93021,293     12.4% 200,651180,689     11.0%
– international11,73310,438     12.4%98,96389,744     10.3%
– domestic12,19710,855     12.4%101,68890,945     11.8%
Flight hours for fleet67,73461,039     11.0% 572,003520,666       9.9%

 

Moscow, 22 October 2018

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