Aeroflot PJSC today announces operating results for Aeroflot Group (“the Group”) and Aeroflot – Russian Airlines (“the Company”) for August and 8M 2018[1].
8M 2018 Operating Highlights
In 8M 2018, Aeroflot Group carried 36.8 million passengers, up 9.8% year-on-year. Aeroflot airline carried 23.5 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 7.7%. Group and Company RPKs increased by 8.8% and 6.0% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs rose by 8.9% year-on-year for the Group and by 7.9% year-on-year for the Company. The passenger load factor decreased by 0.1 p.p. year-on-year to 83.3% for Aeroflot Group and by 1.5 p.p. to 81.1% for Aeroflot airline.
August 2018 Operating Highlights
In August 2018, Aeroflot Group carried 6.0 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 14.0%. Aeroflot airline carried 3.6 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 11.7%.
Group and Company RPKs were up 11.8% and 9.4% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs rose by 10.2% for Aeroflot Group and by 7.8% for Aeroflot airline.
On domestic routes, Group passengers carried and RPKs grew by 16.3% and 15.8% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs grew by 12.5% year-on-year. Company passengers carried and RPKs increased by 14.4% and 12.5% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs grew by 8.7%.
In August 2018, the number of passengers carried on the Group’s international routes increased by 11.1% year-on-year. RPKs grew by 8.9%, while capacity grew by 8.5%. The number of passengers carried by Aeroflot airline on international routes increased by 9.2%. RPKs grew by 7.7%, ASKs by 7.3%.
Aeroflot Group’s passenger load factor was 91.3%, representing a 1.3 percentage point increase versus the same period a year earlier. The passenger load factor at Aeroflot – Russian Airlines increased by 1.3 percentage points year-on-year to 89.4%.
Fleet update
In August 2018, Aeroflot Group added six aircraft: two Boeing 737-800 and four SSJ100. As of 31 August 2018, the Group fleet had 358 aircraft.
Aeroflot airline added five aircraft: one Boeing 737-800 and four SSJ100. As of 31 August 2018, the Company fleet had 248 aircraft.
| Net changes in the fleet | Number of aircraft[2] as of 31.08.2018 | ||
| August 2018 | 8M 2018 | ||
| Aeroflot Group | +6 | +32 | 358 |
| Aeroflot airline | +5 | +24 | 248 |
Aeroflot Group Operating Results
| August 2018 | August 2017 | Change | 8M 2018 | 8M 2017 | Change | |
| Passengers carried, thousand PAX | 5,999.8 | 5,263.9 | 14.0% | 36,842.2 | 33,552.4 | 9.8% |
| – international | 2,647.7 | 2,382.5 | 11.1% | 16,351.0 | 15,037.3 | 8.7% |
| – domestic | 3,352.1 | 2,881.4 | 16.3% | 20,491.2 | 18,515.2 | 10.7% |
| Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn | 15,319.2 | 13,698.4 | 11.8% | 94,513.0 | 86,886.7 | 8.8% |
| – international | 8,522.9 | 7,829.0 | 8.9% | 54,922.3 | 51,222.7 | 7.2% |
| – domestic | 6,796.3 | 5,869.4 | 15.8% | 39,590.7 | 35,664.0 | 11.0% |
| Available Seat Kilometres, mn | 16,784.1 | 15,232.1 | 10.2% | 113,434.8 | 104,125.8 | 8.9% |
| – international | 9,566.6 | 8,815.6 | 8,5% | 67,040.4 | 61,338.5 | 9.3% |
| – domestic | 7,217.5 | 6,416.6 | 12,5% | 46,394.4 | 42,787.4 | 8.4% |
| Passenger load factor, % | 91.3% | 89.9% | 1.3 p.p, | 83.3% | 83.4% | (0.1 p.p.) |
| – international | 89.1% | 88.8% | 0.3 p.p. | 81.9% | 83.5% | (1.6 p.p.) |
| – domestic | 94.2% | 91.5% | 2.7 p.p. | 85.3% | 83.4% | 2.0 p.p. |
| Cargo and mail carried, tonnes | 28,724.8 | 23,046.3 | 24.6% | 190,336.7 | 167,629.8 | 13.5% |
| – international | 15,667.6 | 12,467.4 | 25.7% | 106,335.9 | 93,287.9 | 14.0% |
| – domestic | 13,057.3 | 10,578.8 | 23.4% | 84,000.7 | 74,341.9 | 13.0% |
| Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mn | 123.3 | 106.3 | 15.9% | 817.0 | 762.2 | 7.2% |
| – international | 73.3 | 62.4 | 17.5% | 502.5 | 462.9 | 8.6% |
| – domestic | 49.9 | 43.9 | 13.8% | 314.5 | 299.3 | 5.1% |
| Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mn | 1,502.0 | 1,339.1 | 12.2% | 9,323.1 | 8,582.1 | 8.8% |
| – international | 840.4 | 767.0 | 9.6% | 5,445,5 | 5,072.9 | 7.2% |
| – domestic | 661.6 | 572.2 | 15.6% | 3,877.6 | 3,509.0 | 11.0% |
| Available Tonne Kilometres, mn | 1,982.3 | 1,817.6 | 9.1% | 13,395.2 | 12,532.3 | 6.9% |
| – international | 1,119.4 | 1,042.4 | 7.4% | 7,911.3 | 7,.371.4 | 7.3% |
| – domestic | 862.9 | 775.2 | 11.3% | 5,483.9 | 5,160.9 | 6.3% |
| Revenue load factor, % | 75.8% | 73.7% | 2.1 p.p. | 69.6% | 68.5% | 1.1 p.p. |
| – international | 75.1% | 73.6% | 1.5 p.p. | 68.8% | 68.8% | – |
| – domestic | 76.7% | 73.8% | 2.9 p.p. | 70.7% | 68.0% | 2.7 p.p. |
| Revenue flights | 38,812 | 34,390 | 12.9% | 268,492 | 243,579 | 10.2% |
| – international | 16,361 | 14,298 | 14.4% | 112,560 | 100,825 | 11.6% |
| – domestic | 22,451 | 20,092 | 11.7% | 155,932 | 142,754 | 9.2% |
| Flight hours for fleet | 105,458 | 93,986 | 12.2% | 731,903 | 664,995 | 10.1% |
Aeroflot – Russian Airlines Operating Results
| August 2018 | August 2017 | Change | 8M 2018 | 8M 2017 | Change | |
| Passengers carried, thousand PAX | 3,627.1 | 3,247.5 | 11.7% | 23,471.5 | 21,793.6 | 7.7% |
| – international | 1,841.7 | 1,686.5 | 9.2% | 12,027.8 | 11,409.9 | 5.4% |
| – domestic | 1,785.4 | 1,561.0 | 14.4% | 11,443.7 | 10,383.7 | 10.2% |
| Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn | 9,847.5 | 9,003.6 | 9.4% | 64,519.2 | 60,891.3 | 6.0% |
| – international | 6,275.1 | 5,827.3 | 7.7% | 42,240.7 | 40,276.9 | 4.9% |
| – domestic | 3,572.3 | 3,176.3 | 12.5% | 22,278.5 | 20,614.4 | 8.1% |
| Available Seat Kilometres, mn | 11,014.5 | 10,220.8 | 7.8% | 79,553.1 | 73,697.6 | 7.9% |
| – international | 7,208.1 | 6,718.4 | 7.3% | 53,174.0 | 49,321.0 | 7.8% |
| – domestic | 3,806.4 | 3,502.4 | 8.7% | 26,379.0 | 24,376.6 | 8.2% |
| Passenger load factor, % | 89.4% | 88.1% | 1.3 p.p. | 81.1% | 82.6% | (1.5 p.p.) |
| – international | 87.1% | 86.7% | 0.4 p.p. | 79.4% | 81.7% | (2.3 p.p.) |
| – domestic | 93.9% | 90.7% | 3.2 p.p. | 84.5% | 84.6% | (0.1 p.p.) |
| Cargo and mail carried, tonnes | 20,334.4 | 19,145.0 | 6.2% | 140,197.8 | 141,802.4 | (1.1%) |
| – international | 13,812.5 | 12,191.9 | 13.3% | 95,045.6 | 91,594.3 | 3.8% |
| – domestic | 6,521.9 | 6,953.1 | (6.2%) | 45,152.2 | 50,208.1 | (10.1%) |
| Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mn | 96.0 | 89.3 | 7.6% | 661.6 | 658.1 | 0.5% |
| – international | 68.6 | 60.9 | 12.6% | 471.5 | 455.2 | 3.6% |
| – domestic | 27.4 | 28.3 | (3.2%) | 190.1 | 202.9 | (6.3%) |
| Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mn | 982.3 | 899.6 | 9.2% | 6,468.4 | 6,138.3 | 5.4% |
| – international | 633.4 | 585.4 | 8.2% | 4,273.2 | 4,080.1 | 4.7% |
| – domestic | 348.9 | 314.2 | 11.1% | 2,195.2 | 2,058.2 | 6.7% |
| Available Tonne Kilometres, mn | 1,321.4 | 1,242.0 | 6.4% | 9,554.9 | 9,019.4 | 5.9% |
| – international | 866.0 | 816.1 | 6.1% | 6,420.7 | 6,067.6 | 5.8% |
| – domestic | 455.4 | 425.9 | 6.9% | 3,134.2 | 2,951.8 | 6.2% |
| Revenue load factor, % | 74.3% | 72.4% | 1.9 p.p. | 67.7% | 68.1% | (0.4 p.p.) |
| – international | 73.1% | 71.7% | 1.4 p.p. | 66.6% | 67.2% | (0.6 p.p.) |
| – domestic | 76.6% | 73.8% | 2.8 p.p. | 70.0% | 69.7% | 0.3 p.p. |
| Revenue flights | 24,736 | 21,798 | 13.5% | 176,721 | 159,396 | 10.9% |
| – international | 12,152 | 10,710 | 13.5% | 87,230 | 79,306 | 10.0% |
| – domestic | 12,584 | 11,088 | 13.5% | 89,491 | 80,090 | 11.7% |
| Flight hours for fleet | 69,788 | 62,297 | 12.0% | 504,269 | 459,627 | 9.7% |
[1] Management accounts.
[2] Excluding aircraft leased or subleased out.
Moscow, 25 September 2018