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Aeroflot Group passenger traffic up 10.6% in 9M 2019, 5.1% in September

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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 2019[1].

9M 2019 Operating Highlights

In 9M 2019, Aeroflot Group carried 46.7 million passengers, up 10.6% year-on-year. Aeroflot airline carried 28.4 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 6.2%.

Group and Company RPKs increased by 10.9% and 5.6% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs rose by 12.4% year-on-year for the Group and by 7.4% year-on-year for the Company.

The passenger load factor decreased by 1.1 p.p. year-on-year to 82.7% for Aeroflot Group and decreased by 1.4 p.p. to 80.2% for Aeroflot airline.

September 2019 Operating Highlights

In September 2019, Aeroflot Group carried 5.7 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 5.1%. Aeroflot airline carried 3.3 million passengers, a year-on-year decrease of 1.3%.

Group RPK increased by 5.0% year-on-year and Company RPK decreased 1.6% year-on-year. ASKs rose by 7.6% for Aeroflot Group and by 2.8% for Aeroflot airline.

Aeroflot Group’s passenger load factor was 85.1%, representing a 2.1 percentage point decrease versus the same period a year earlier. The passenger load factor at Aeroflot – Russian Airlines decreased by 3.6 percentage points year-on-year to 81.8%.

Fleet update                                                                                                                                 

There were no changes in Aeroflot Group fleet in September 2019. As of 30 September 2019, Group and Company fleet had 364 and 249 aircraft, respectively.

Net changes in the fleetNumber of aircraft[2]

as of 30.09.2019 

September 20199M 2019
Aeroflot Group–-2364
Aeroflot airline–-4249

 

Aeroflot Group Operating Results

September 2019September 2018Change9M 20199M 2018Change
Passengers carried, thousand PAX5,682.95,406.6 5.1% 46,728.442,248.9 10.6%
– international2,576.62,408.0 7.0%20,957.518,759.0 11.7%
– domestic3,106.32,998.6 3.6%25,770.923,489.9 9.7%
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn14,605.313,915.05.0%120,265.0108,428.210.9%
– international8,336.27,803.0 6.8%70,209.462,725.4 11.9%
– domestic6,269.16,112.0 2.6%50,055.645,702.8 9.5%
Available Seat Kilometres, mn17,171.915,957.8 7.6% 145,381.5129,392.6 12.4%
– international9,956.09,139.4 8.9%86,333.176,179.8 13.3%
– domestic7,215.96,818.4 5.8%59,048.353,212.7 11.0%
Passenger load factor, %85.1%87.2% (2.1 p.p.)82.7%83.8% (1.1 p.p.)
– international83.7%85.4% (1.6 p.p.)81.3%82.3% (1.0 p.p.)
– domestic86.9%89.6% (2.8 p.p.)84.8%85.9% (1.1 p.p.)
Cargo and mail carried, tonnes28,972.628,280.5 2.4% 228,697.5218,616.3 4.6%
– international14,901.714,990.7 (0.6%)125,662.2121,326.5 3.6%
– domestic14,070.913,289.8 5.9%103,035.497,289.8 5.9%
Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mn118.4121.5 (2.5%)943.1937.3 0.6%
– international68.869.1 (0.4%)579.1570.5 1.5%
– domestic49.652.4 (5.3%)364.0366.8 (0.8%)
Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mn1,432.91,373.9 4.3% 11,767.010,695.8 10.0%
– international819.1771.4 6.2%6,897.96,215.8 11.0%
– domestic613.8602.5 1.9%4,869.04,480.0 8.7%
Available Tonne Kilometres, mn2,044.61,888.1 8.3% 17,290.815,283.6 13.1%
– international1,181.61,074.1 10.0%10,312.78,985.7 14.8%
– domestic863.0814.0 6.0%6,978.16,297.9 10.8%
Revenue load factor, %70.1%72.8%  (2.7 p.p.)68.1%70.0%  (1.9 p.p.)
– international69.3%71.8% (2.5 p.p.)66.9%69.2%  (2.3 p.p.)
– domestic71.1%74.0% (2.9 p.p.)69.8%71.1%  (1.4 p.p.)
Revenue flights39,40437,238 5.8% 337,423305,730 10.4%
– international16,49515,798 4.4%141,691128,358 10.4%
– domestic22,90921,440 6.9%195,732177,372 10.4%
Flight hours 107,828101,873 5.8% 927,336833,777 11.2%

 

Aeroflot – Russian Airlines Operating Results

September 2019September 2018Change9M 20199M 2018Change
Passengers carried, thousand PAX3,257.13,298.7 (1.3%)28,433.426,770.2 6.2%
– international1,723.11,660.0 3.8%14,907.113,687.8 8.9%
– domestic1,534.11,638.7 (6.4%)13,526.313,082.5 3.4%
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn8,862.49,005.9(1.6%)77,622.173,525.15.6%
– international6,002.05,717.6 5.0%52,823.547,958.3 10.1%
– domestic2,860.43,288.3 (13.0%)24,798.625,566.8 (3.0%)
Available Seat Kilometres, mn10,828.410,534.7 2.8% 96,754.790,087.8 7.4%
– international7,439.76,880.0 8.1%66,752.760,054.0 11.2%
– domestic3,388.63,654.8 (7.3%)30,002.030,033.8 (0.1%)
Passenger load factor, %81.8%85.5% (3.6 p.p.)80.2%81.6% (1.4 p.p.)
– international80.7%83.1% (2.4 p.p.)79.1%79.9%   (0.7 p.p.)
– domestic84.4%90.0% (5.6 p.p.)82.7%85.1%  (2.5 p.p.)
Cargo and mail carried, tonnes18,983.219,898.1 (4.6%)156,013.0160,095.9 (2.6%)
– international12,650.512,994.7 (2.6%)106,720.6108,040.3 (1.2%)
– domestic6,332.76,903.4 (8.3%)49,292.452,055.6 (5.3%)
Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mn86.893.1 (6.8%)712.2754.8 (5.6%)
– international62.863.7 (1.5%)523.8535.2 (2.1%)
– domestic24.029.4 (18.4%)188.5219.5 (14.1%)
Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mn884.4903.6 (2.1%)7,698.27,372.0 4.4%
– international602.9578.3 4.3%5,277.94,851.5 8.8%
– domestic281.4325.4 (13.5%)2,420.32,520.5 (4.0%)
Available Tonne Kilometres, mn1,306.41,270.1 2.9% 11,648.410,824.9 7.6%
– international911.2832.7 9.4%8,160.37,253.4 12.5%
– domestic395.3437.3 (9.6%)3,488.13,571.5 (2.3%)
Revenue load factor, %67.7%71.1%(3.5 p.p.)66.1%68.1%  (2.0 p.p.)
– international66.2%69.4% (3.3 p.p.)64.7%66.9%  (2.2 p.p.)
– domestic71.2%74.4% (3.2 p.p.)69.4%70.6% (1.2 p.p.)
Revenue flights24,82623,930 3.7% 218,987200,651 9.1%
– international12,10711,733 3.2%107,21098,963 8.3%
– domestic12,71912,197 4.3%111,777101,688 9.9%
Flight hours 70,31067,734 3.8% 626,178572,003 9.5%

 

[1] Management accounts.

[2] Excluding aircraft leased or subleased out.

Moscow, 28 October 2019

This post was published on 28 October 2019 12:45

André Orban

M. Sc. Engineering

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