Aeroflot PJSC announces operating results for Aeroflot Group (“the Group”) and Aeroflot – Russian Airlines (“the Company”) for April and 4M 2019[1].
4M 2019 Operating Highlights
In 4M 2019, Aeroflot Group carried 17.5 million passengers, up 15.4% year-on-year. Aeroflot airline carried 11.5 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 12.6%.
Group and Company RPKs increased by 15.9% and 10.4% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs rose by 16.5% year-on-year for the Group and by 10.9% year-on-year for the Company.
The passenger load factor decreased by 0.5 p.p. year-on-year to 78.6% for Aeroflot Group and decreased by 0.4 p.p. to 76.9% for Aeroflot airline.
April 2019 Operating Highlights
In April 2019, Aeroflot Group carried 4.7 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 13.2%. Aeroflot airline carried 3.1 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 8.3%.
Group and Company RPKs were up 13.6% and 8.7% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs rose by 13.8% for Aeroflot Group and by 7.7% for Aeroflot airline.
Aeroflot Group’s passenger load factor was 80.6%, representing a 0.1 percentage point decrease versus the same period a year earlier. The passenger load factor at Aeroflot – Russian Airlines increased by 0.7 percentage points year-on-year to 80.0%.
Fleet update
In April 2019, Aeroflot Group added one Boeing 737-800 aircraft. One Airbus A319 and one Airbus A321 were phased out. As of 30 April 2019, the Group fleet had 370 aircraft.
Aeroflot airline phased out one Airbus A321 aircraft. As of 30 April 2019, the Company fleet had 254 aircraft.
Net changes in the fleet | Number of aircraft[2] as of 30.04.2019 | ||
April 2019 | 4M 2019 | ||
Aeroflot Group | -1 | +4 | 370 |
Aeroflot airline | -1 | +1 | 254 |
Aeroflot Group Operating Results
April 2019 | April 2018 | Change | 4M 2019 | 4M 2018 | Change | |
Passengers carried, thousand PAX | 4,736.3 | 4,185.3 | 13.2% | 17,500.4 | 15,170.5 | 15.4% |
– international | 2,134.9 | 1,851.3 | 15.3% | 7,865.7 | 6,739.1 | 16.7% |
– domestic | 2,601.4 | 2,334.1 | 11.5% | 9,634.7 | 8,431.4 | 14.3% |
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn | 12,242.7 | 10,773.2 | 13.6% | 45,785.9 | 39,516.4 | 15.9% |
– international | 7,376.9 | 6,343.8 | 16.3% | 27,942.3 | 23,911.6 | 16.9% |
– domestic | 4,865.8 | 4,429.4 | 9.9% | 17,843.7 | 15,604.8 | 14.3% |
Available Seat Kilometres, mn | 15,182.9 | 13,343.7 | 13.8% | 58,227.5 | 49,967.3 | 16.5% |
– international | 9,180.3 | 7,957.3 | 15.4% | 35,727.5 | 30,461.2 | 17.3% |
– domestic | 6,002.6 | 5,386.3 | 11.4% | 22,500.0 | 19,506.1 | 15.3% |
Passenger load factor, % | 80.6% | 80.7% | (0.1 p.p.) | 78.6% | 79.1% | (0.5 p.p.) |
– international | 80.4% | 79.7% | 0.6 p.p. | 78.2% | 78.5% | (0.3 p.p.) |
– domestic | 81.1% | 82.2% | (1.2 p.p.) | 79.3% | 80.0% | (0.7 p.p.) |
Cargo and mail carried, tonnes | 26,128.7 | 23,997.9 | 8.9% | 91,124.2 | 86,664.1 | 5.1% |
– international | 15,386.5 | 13,723.9 | 12.1% | 52,548.2 | 49,734.2 | 5.7% |
– domestic | 10,742.2 | 10,274.0 | 4.6% | 38,576.0 | 36,929.9 | 4.5% |
Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mn | 109.8 | 104.2 | 5.4% | 379.1 | 374.8 | 1.2% |
– international | 71.8 | 66.4 | 8.2% | 241.4 | 237.8 | 1.6% |
– domestic | 37.9 | 37.8 | 0.4% | 137.7 | 137.0 | 0.5% |
Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mn | 1,211.6 | 1,073.8 | 12.8% | 4,499.9 | 3,931.2 | 14.5% |
– international | 735.8 | 637.3 | 15.4% | 2,756.2 | 2,389.8 | 15.3% |
– domestic | 475.9 | 436.4 | 9.0% | 1,743.6 | 1,541.4 | 13.1% |
Available Tonne Kilometres, mn | 1,805.5 | 1,572.7 | 14.8% | 6,919.0 | 5,900.2 | 17.3% |
– international | 1,097.7 | 941.8 | 16.5% | 4,300.6 | 3,624.6 | 18.7% |
– domestic | 707.8 | 630.8 | 12.2% | 2,618.4 | 2,275.6 | 15.1% |
Revenue load factor, % | 67.1% | 68.3% | (1.2 p.p.) | 65.0% | 66.6% | (1.6 p.p.) |
– international | 67.0% | 67.7% | (0.6 p.p.) | 64.1% | 65.9% | (1.8 p.p.) |
– domestic | 67.2% | 69.2% | (2.0 p.p.) | 66.6% | 67.7% | (1.1 p.p.) |
Revenue flights | 35,752 | 32,027 | 11.6% | 138,209 | 120,563 | 14.6% |
– international | 15,018 | 13,428 | 11.8% | 58,244 | 50,297 | 15.8% |
– domestic | 20,734 | 18,599 | 11.5% | 79,965 | 70,266 | 13.8% |
Flight hours | 98,233 | 87,998 | 11.6% | 381,758 | 329,949 | 15.7% |
Aeroflot – Russian Airlines Operating Results
April 2019 | April 2018 | Change | 4M 2019 | 4M 2018 | Change | ||
Passengers carried, thousand PAX | 3,053.2 | 2,819.9 | 8.3% | 11,505.9 | 10,213.9 | 12.6% | |
– international | 1,639.3 | 1,439.1 | 13.9% | 6,019.3 | 5,338.5 | 12.8% | |
– domestic | 1,414.0 | 1,380.9 | 2.4% | 5,486.6 | 4,875.4 | 12.5% | |
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn | 8,462.5 | 7,787.2 | 8.7% | 31,747.7 | 28,762.4 | 10.4% | |
– international | 5,901.5 | 5,088.5 | 16.0% | 21,826.3 | 19,413.2 | 12.4% | |
– domestic | 2,561.1 | 2,698.6 | (5.1%) | 9,921.5 | 9,349.3 | 6.1% | |
Available Seat Kilometres, mn | 10,576.4 | 9,819.0 | 7.7% | 41,292.5 | 37,238.2 | 10.9% | |
– international | 7,415.7 | 6,529.8 | 13.6% | 28,478.5 | 25,441.8 | 11.9% | |
– domestic | 3,160.7 | 3,289.2 | (3.9%) | 12,814.0 | 11,796.5 | 8.6% | |
Passenger load factor, % | 80.0% | 79.3% | 0.7 p.p. | 76.9% | 77.2% | (0.4 p.p.) | |
– international | 79.6% | 77.9% | 1.7 p.p. | 76.6% | 76.3% | 0.3 p.p. | |
– domestic | 81.0% | 82.0% | (1.0 p.p.) | 77.4% | 79.3% | (1.8 p.p.) | |
Cargo and mail carried, tonnes | 19,200.7 | 18,596.0 | 3.3% | 65,032.8 | 66,143.8 | (1.7%) | |
– international | 13,643.9 | 12,518.9 | 9.0% | 44,597.1 | 45,284.2 | (1.5%) | |
– domestic | 5,556.8 | 6,077.1 | (8.6%) | 20,435.8 | 20,859.6 | (2.0%) | |
Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mn | 87.2 | 88.0 | (0.8%) | 293.4 | 312.4 | (6.1%) | |
– international | 66.4 | 62.7 | 5.9% | 215.5 | 224.9 | (4.2%) | |
– domestic | 20.8 | 25.3 | (17.7%) | 77.9 | 87.6 | (11.0%) | |
Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mn | 848.9 | 788.8 | 7.6% | 3,150.7 | 2,901.1 | 8.6% | |
– international | 597.6 | 520.7 | 14.8% | 2,179.8 | 1,972.0 | 10.5% | |
– domestic | 251.3 | 268.1 | (6.3%) | 970.9 | 929.0 | 4.5% | |
Available Tonne Kilometres, mn | 1,275.1 | 1,176.8 | 8.4% | 4,960.1 | 4,468.3 | 11.0% | |
– international | 906.8 | 786.3 | 15.3% | 3,475.4 | 3,083.2 | 12.7% | |
– domestic | 368.3 | 390.4 | (5.7%) | 1,484.7 | 1,385.1 | 7.2% | |
Revenue load factor, % | 66.6% | 67.0% | (0.5 p.p.) | 63.5% | 64.9% | (1.4 p.p.) | |
– international | 65.9% | 66.2% | (0.3 p.p.) | 62.7% | 64.0% | (1.2 p.p.) | |
– domestic | 68.2% | 68.7% | (0.5 p.p.) | 65.4% | 67.1% | (1.7 p.p.) | |
Revenue flights | 23,562 | 21,628 | 8.9% | 93,698 | 81,860 | 14.5% | |
– international | 11,635 | 10,656 | 9.2% | 45,826 | 40,915 | 12.0% | |
– domestic | 11,927 | 10,972 | 8.7% | 47,872 | 40,945 | 16.9% | |
Flight hours | 67,883 | 62,159 | 9.2% | 270,009 | 236,737 | 14.1% | |
[1] Management accounts.
[2] Excluding aircraft leased or subleased out.
Moscow, 24 May 2019