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Aeroflot Group passenger traffic up 13.4% in 6M 2019, 9.1% in June

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Aeroflot PJSC today announces operating results for Aeroflot Group (“the Group”) and Aeroflot – Russian Airlines (“the Company”) for June and 6M 2019[1].

6M 2019 Operating Highlights

In 6M 2019, Aeroflot Group carried 28.2 million passengers, up 13.4% year-on-year. Aeroflot airline carried 17.8 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 9.7%.

Group and Company RPKs increased by 14.0% and 8.7% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs rose by 14.9% year-on-year for the Group and by 9.7% year-on-year for the Company.

The passenger load factor decreased by 0.6 p.p. year-on-year to 79.4% for Aeroflot Group and decreased by 0.7 p.p. to 77.3% for Aeroflot airline.

June 2019 Operating Highlights

In June 2019, Aeroflot Group carried 5.7 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 9.1%. Aeroflot airline carried 3.3 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 3.3%.

Group and Company RPKs were up 9.9% and 4.6% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs rose by 11.8% for Aeroflot Group and by 7.2% for Aeroflot airline.

Aeroflot Group’s passenger load factor was 84.1%, representing a 1.4 percentage point decrease versus the same period a year earlier. The passenger load factor at Aeroflot – Russian Airlines decreased by 2.0 percentage points year-on-year to 81.7%.

Fleet update

In June 2019, Aeroflot Group added one Boeing 737-800. One Airbus A319, one Airbus A320 and one Airbus A321 were phased out. As of 30 June 2019, the Group fleet had 365 aircraft.

Aeroflot airline phased out one Airbus A320 aircraft and one Airbus A321. As of 30 June 2019, the Company fleet had 250 aircraft.

Net changes in the fleetNumber of aircraft[2]

as of 30.06.2019 

June 20196M 2019
Aeroflot Group-2-1365
Aeroflot airline-2-3250

 

 

Aeroflot Group Operating Results

June 2019June 2018Change6M 20196M 2018Change
Passengers carried, thousand PAX5,718.15,243.3 9.1% 28,195.224,855.9 13.4%
– international2,563.72,359.6 8.6%12,682.611,059.2 14.7%
– domestic3,154.42,883.6 9.4%15,512.613,796.7 12.4%
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn14,547.213,238.19.9%72,924.963,987.014.0%
– international8,243.37,589.0 8.6%43,531.437,932.1 14.8%
– domestic6 303.95,649.1 11.6%29,393.426,054.9 12.8%
Available Seat Kilometres, mn17,305.215,485.4 11.8% 91,885.079,981.6 14.9%
– international10,021.58,969.4 11.7%55,571.147,961.1 15.9%
– domestic7,283.76,516.0 11.8%36,313.932,020.5 13.4%
Passenger load factor, %84.1%85.5% (1.4 p.p.)79.4%80.0% (0.6 p.p.)
– international82.3%84.6% (2.4 p.p.)78.3%79.1% (0.8 p.p.)
– domestic86.5%86.7% (0.1 p.p.)80.9%81.4% (0.4 p.p.)
Cargo and mail carried, tonnes26,363.824,731.1 6.6% 142,159.9135,346.5 5.0%
– international14,364.013,165.4 9.1%81,101.176,295.0 6.3%
– domestic11,999.811,565.6 3.8%61,058.859,051.5 3.4%
Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mn108.9104.2 4.5% 590.7581.1 1.6%
– international66.360.9 8.7%373.5361.6 3.3%
– domestic42.743.3 (1.4%)217.2219.6 (1.1%)
Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mn1,418.21,295.6 9.5% 7,153.96,340.0 12.8%
– international808.2743.9 8.6%4,291.33,775.4 13.7%
– domestic610.0551.7 10.6%2,862.62,564.5 11.6%
Available Tonne Kilometres, mn2,059.41,829.6 12.6% 10,923.99,441.0 15.7%
– international1,190.01,051.0 13.2%6,657.85,675.1 17.3%
– domestic869.4778.6 11.7%4,266.23,765.9 13.3%
Revenue load factor, %68.9%70.8% (2.0 p.p.)65.5%67.2% (1.7 p.p.)
– international67.9%70.8% (2.9 p.p.)64.5%66.5% (2.1 p.p.)
– domestic70.2%70.9% (0.7 p.p.)67.1%68.1% (1.0 p.p.)
Revenue flights39,16035,939 9.0% 215,284191,013 12.7%
– international16,60915,081 10.1%91,05379,939 13.9%
– domestic22,55120,858 8.1%124,231111,074 11.8%
Flight hours 107,66597,585 10.3% 593,926521,923 13.8%

 

Aeroflot – Russian Airlines Operating Results

June 2019June 2018Change6M 20196M 2018Change
Passengers carried, thousand PAX3,306.23,199.4 3.3% 17,795.516,223.0 9.7%
– international1,731.31,614.2 7.3%9,318.48,351.3 11.6%
– domestic1,574.91,585.2 (0.7%)8,477.17,871.7 7.7%
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn8,952.48,555.14.6%48,819.644,926.48.7%
– international6,058.15,503.7 10.1%33,395.629,751.6 12.2%
– domestic2,894.33,051.4 (5.1%)15,424.015,174.8 1.6%
Available Seat Kilometres, mn10,956.810,217.1 7.2% 63,187.857,624.8 9.7%
– international7,615.16,695.6 13.7%43,724.938,817.9 12.6%
– domestic3,341.73,521.5 (5.1%)19,462.918,806.9 3.5%
Passenger load factor, %81.7%83.7% (2.0 p.p.)77.3%78.0% (0.7 p.p.)
– international79.6%82.2% (2.6 p.p.)76.4%76.6% (0.3 p.p.)
– domestic86.6%86.7%(0.0 p.p.)79.2%80.7%   (1.4 p.p.)
Cargo and mail carried, tonnes17,726.817,223.9 2.9% 100,058.7101,549.9 (1.5%)
– international12,379.511,424.3 8.4%69,216.168,722.3 0.7%
– domestic5,347.35,799.7 (7.8%)30,842.632,827.5 (6.0%)
Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mn81.880.6 1.4% 455.4478.7 (4.9%)
– international61.356.2 9.1%337.5340.2 (0.8%)
– domestic20.524.4 (16.2%)118.0138.5 (14.8%)
Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mn887.5850.6 4.3% 4,849.24,522.0 7.2%
– international606.5551.5 10.0%3,343.13,017.8 10.8%
– domestic280.9299.0 (6.0%)1,506.11,504.2 0.1%
Available Tonne Kilometres, mn1,321.91,230.3 7.5% 7,601.16,920.2 9.8%
– international932.6807.4 15.5%5,340.24,692.5 13.8%
– domestic389.4422.9 (7.9%)2,260.92,227.8 1.5%
Revenue load factor, %67.1%69.1% (2.0 p.p.)63.8%65.3%   (1.5 p.p.)
– international65.0%68.3% (3.3 p.p.)62.6%64.3%  (1.7 p.p.)
– domestic72.2%70.7%  1.4 p.p.66.6%67.5%  (0.9 p.p.)
Revenue flights24,47222,924 6.8% 142,563127,381 11.9%
– international12,19811,069 10.2%70,10463,017 11.2%
– domestic12,27411,855 3.5%72,45964,364 12.6%
Flight hours 69,86464,341 8.6% 410,164365,411 12.2%

 

[1] Management accounts.

[2] Excluding aircraft leased or subleased out.

Moscow, 24 July 2019

This post was published on 24 July 2019 22:34

André Orban

M. Sc. Engineering

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