Aeroflot Group passenger traffic up 14.5% in January 2019

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

January 2019 Operating Highlights

In January 2019, Aeroflot Group carried 4.2 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 14.5%. Aeroflot airline carried 2.8 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 13.4%.

Group and Company RPKs were up 14.3% and 9.6% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs rose by 16.4% for Aeroflot Group and by 12.3% for Aeroflot airline.

Aeroflot Group’s passenger load factor was 75.9%, representing a 1.4 percentage point decrease versus the same period a year earlier. The passenger load factor at Aeroflot – Russian Airlines decreased by 1.8 percentage points year-on-year to 73.2%.

Fleet update

In January 2019, Aeroflot Group added two Boeing 737-800. One DHC8-300 was phased-out. As of 31 January 2019, the Group fleet had 367 aircraft.

There were no changes in Aeroflot airline fleet in January 2019. As of 31 January 2019, the Company fleet had 253 aircraft.

	Net changes in the fleet	Number of aircraft^[2] as of 31.01.2019
	January 2019	Number of aircraft^[2] as of 31.01.2019
Aeroflot Group	+1	367
Aeroflot airline	–	253

Aeroflot Group Operating Results

	January 2019	January 2018	Change
Passengers carried, thousand PAX	4,221	3,686	14.5%
– international	1,916	1,667	15.0%
– domestic	2,305	2,019	14.2%
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn	11,179	9,781	14.3%
– international	6,877	6,053	13.6%
– domestic	4,302	3,728	15.4%
Available Seat Kilometres, mn	14,732	12,661	16.4%
– international	9,089	7,831	16.1%
– domestic	5,643	4,830	16.8%
Passenger load factor, %	75.9%	77.3%	(1.4 p.p.)
– international	75.7%	77.3%	(1.6 p.p.)
– domestic	76.2%	77.2%	(1.0 p.p.)
Cargo and mail carried, tonnes	19,912	21,379	(6.9%)
– international	11,672	13,070	(10.7%)
– domestic	8,240	8,310	(0.8%)
Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mn	81	93	(12.6%)
– international	52	62	(16.6%)
– domestic	29	30	(4.2%)
Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mn	1,087	973	11.7%
– international	671	607	10.5%
– domestic	416	366	13.8%
Available Tonne Kilometres, mn	1,758	1,500	17.2%
– international	1,102	935	17.9%
– domestic	655	565	16.0%
Revenue load factor, %	61.9%	64.9%	(3.0 p.p.)
– international	60.9%	64.9%	(4.1 p.p.)
– domestic	63.5%	64.8%	(1.3 p.p.)
Revenue flights	35,164	30,268	16.2%
– international	14,969	12,718	17.7%
– domestic	20,195	17,550	15.1%
Flight hours	97,334	83,411	16.7%

Aeroflot – Russian Airlines Operating Results

??????????	January 2019	January 2018	Change
Passengers carried, thousand PAX	2,784	2,455	13.4%
– international	1,457	1,321	10.3%
– domestic	1,327	1,134	17.0%
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn	7,716	7,040	9.6%
– international	5,308	4,868	9.0%
– domestic	2,408	2,172	10.9%
Available Seat Kilometres, mn	10,544	9,385	12.3%
– international	7,231	6,515	11.0%
– domestic	3,314	2,870	15.4%
Passenger load factor, %	73.2%	75.0%	(1.8 p.p.)
– international	73.4%	74.7%	(1.3 p.p.)
– domestic	72.7%	75.7%	(3.0 p.p.)
Cargo and mail carried, tonnes	13,636	16,445	(17.1%)
– international	9,536	11,951	(20.2%)
– domestic	4,099	4,495	(8.8%)
Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mn	62	78	(20.8%)
– international	46	59	(22.5%)
– domestic	16	19	(15.5%)
Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mn	756	712	6.3%
– international	524	497	5.3%
– domestic	233	214	8.6%
Available Tonne Kilometres, mn	1,269	1,129	12.5%
– international	887	793	11.8%
– domestic	383	336	14.0%
Revenue load factor, %	59.6%	63.0%	(3.5 p.p.)
– international	59.1%	62.7%	(3.7 p.p.)
– domestic	60.7%	63.8%	(3.1 p.p.)
Revenue flights	24,199	20,594	17.5%
– international	11,839	10,422	13.6%
– domestic	12,360	10,172	21.5%
Flight hours	69,691	59,980	16.2%