Aeroflot PJSC today announces operating results for Aeroflot Group (“the Group”) and Aeroflot – Russian Airlines for December and 12M 2018[1].
12M 2018 Operating Highlights
In 12M 2018, Aeroflot Group carried 55.7 million passengers, up 11.1% year-on-year. Aeroflot airline carried 35.8 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 8.9%.
Group and Company RPKs increased by 9.9% and 6.7% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs rose by 10.1% year-on-year for the Group and by 8.4% year-on-year for the Company.
The passenger load factor decreased by 0.1 p.p. year-on-year to 82.7% for Aeroflot Group and decreased by 1.3 p.p. to 80.5% for Aeroflot airline.
December 2018 Operating Highlights
In December 2018, Aeroflot Group carried 4.3 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 15.4%. Aeroflot airline carried 2.9 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 13.5%.
Group and Company RPKs were up 14.3% and 9.1% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs rose by 16.5% for Aeroflot Group and by 12.2% for Aeroflot airline.
Aeroflot Group’s passenger load factor was 77.1%, representing a 1.5 percentage point decrease versus the same period a year earlier. The passenger load factor at Aeroflot – Russian Airlines decreased by 2.2 percentage points year-on-year to 74.9%.
Fleet update
In December 2018, Aeroflot Group added one Airbus A320 and one Boeing 737-800. One Airbus A319 and one Airbus A321 were phased-out. As of 31 December 2018, the Group fleet had 366 aircraft.
Aeroflot airline added one Airbus A320 and one Boeing 737-800 aircraft as well as phased-out one Airbus A319 and one Airbus A321 aircraft. As of 31 December 2018, the Company fleet had 253 aircraft.
| Net changes in the fleet | Number of aircraft[2] as of 31.12.2018 | ||
| December 2018 | 12M 2018 | ||
| Aeroflot Group | – | +40 | 366 |
| Aeroflot airline | +1 | +29 | 253 |
Aeroflot Group Operating Results
| December 2018 | December 2017 | Change | 12M 2018 | 12M 2017 | Change | |
| Passengers carried, thousand PAX | 4,335.4 | 3,757.5 | 15.4% | 55,710.4 | 50,128.9 | 11.1% |
| – international | 1,913.3 | 1,669.5 | 14.6% | 24,737.3 | 22,549.7 | 9.7% |
| – domestic | 2,422.1 | 2,088.0 | 16.0% | 30,973.1 | 27,579.2 | 12.3% |
| Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn | 11,227.8 | 9,825.1 | 14.3% | 143,150.7 | 130,222.2 | 9.9% |
| – international | 6,691.2 | 5,927.5 | 12.9% | 83,249.4 | 77,034.3 | 8.1% |
| – domestic | 4,536.6 | 3,897.6 | 16.4% | 59,901.3 | 53,187.9 | 12.6% |
| Available Seat Kilometres, mn | 14,554.1 | 12,494.8 | 16.5% | 173,074.6 | 157,210.6 | 10.1% |
| – international | 8,938.1 | 7,721.8 | 15.8% | 102,843.2 | 93,429.3 | 10.1% |
| – domestic | 5,616.0 | 4,773.0 | 17.7% | 70,231.5 | 63,781.3 | 10.1% |
| Passenger load factor, % | 77.1% | 78.6% | (1.5 p.p.) | 82.7% | 82.8% | (0.1 p.p.) |
| – international | 74.9% | 76.8% | (1.9 p.p.) | 80.9% | 82.5% | (1.5 p.p.) |
| – domestic | 80.8% | 81.7% | (0.9 p.p.) | 85.3% | 83.4% | 1.9 p.p. |
| Cargo and mail carried, tonnes | 28,261.7 | 27,185.6 | 4.0% | 303,881.1 | 273,359.0 | 11.2% |
| – international | 16,114.6 | 15,081.4 | 6.9% | 171,148.3 | 153,328.0 | 11.6% |
| – domestic | 12,147.0 | 12,104.2 | 0.4% | 132,732.8 | 120,031.0 | 10.6% |
| Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mn | 117.9 | 116.4 | 1.3% | 1,299.7 | 1,231.1 | 5.6% |
| – international | 75.5 | 72.3 | 4.3% | 803.1 | 755.5 | 6.3% |
| – domestic | 42.5 | 44.0 | (3.6%) | 496.7 | 475.5 | 4.4% |
| Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mn | 1,128.4 | 1,000.6 | 12.8% | 14,183.3 | 12,951.1 | 9.5% |
| – international | 677.7 | 605.8 | 11.9% | 8,295.5 | 7,688.7 | 7.9% |
| – domestic | 450.8 | 394.8 | 14.2% | 5,887.8 | 5,262.4 | 11.9% |
| Available Tonne Kilometres, mn | 1,733.4 | 1,479.9 | 17.1% | 20,476.3 | 18,843.2 | 8.7% |
| – international | 1,079.5 | 922.4 | 17.0% | 12,185.3 | 11,185.7 | 8.9% |
| – domestic | 653.9 | 557.5 | 17.3% | 8,291.0 | 7,657.6 | 8.3% |
| Revenue load factor, % | 65.1% | 67.6% | (2.5 p.p.) | 69.3% | 68.7% | 0.5 p.p. |
| – international | 62.8% | 65.7% | (2.9 p.p.) | 68.1% | 68.7% | (0.6 p.p.) |
| – domestic | 68.9% | 70.8% | (1.9 p.p.) | 71.0% | 68.7% | 2.3 p.p. |
| Revenue flights | 35,264 | 29,999 | 17.6% | 411,455 | 368,473 | 11.7% |
| – international | 14,952 | 12,535 | 19.3% | 173,407 | 153,425 | 13.0% |
| – domestic | 20,312 | 17,464 | 16.3% | 238,048 | 215,048 | 10.7% |
| Flight hours | 96,851 | 82,891 | 16.8% | 1,123,546 | 1,009,108 | 11.3% |
Aeroflot – Russian Airlines Operating Results
| December 2018 | December 2017 | Change | 12M 2018 | 12M 2017 | Change | ||
| Passengers carried, thousand PAX | 2,915.1 | 2,567.5 | 13.5% | 35,762.5 | 32,845.2 | 8.9% | |
| – international | 1,480.2 | 1,352.4 | 9.5% | 18,213.9 | 17,154.1 | 6.2% | |
| – domestic | 1,434.9 | 1,215.1 | 18.1% | 17,548.6 | 15,691.1 | 11.8% | |
| Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn | 7,893.4 | 7,236.7 | 9.1% | 97,955.8 | 91,809.9 | 6.7% | |
| – international | 5,275.5 | 4,891.2 | 7.9% | 64,044.1 | 60,669.4 | 5.6% | |
| – domestic | 2,617.9 | 2,345.5 | 11.6% | 33,911.7 | 31,140.5 | 8.9% | |
| Available Seat Kilometres, mn | 10,532.7 | 9,383.3 | 12.2% | 121,661.9 | 112,246.0 | 8.4% | |
| – international | 7,219.7 | 6,534.5 | 10.5% | 81,464.7 | 75,315.6 | 8.2% | |
| – domestic | 3,313.0 | 2,848.8 | 16.3% | 40,197.2 | 36,930.4 | 8.8% | |
| Passenger load factor, % | 74.9% | 77.1% | (2.2 p.p.) | 80.5% | 81.8% | (1.3 p.p.) | |
| – international | 73.1% | 74.9% | (1.8 p.p.) | 78.6% | 80.6% | (2.0 p.p.) | |
| – domestic | 79.0% | 82.3% | (3.3 p.p.) | 84.4% | 84.3% | 0.1 p.p. | |
| Cargo and mail carried, tonnes | 20,735.1 | 20,737.4 | (0.0%) | 223,830.7 | 226,589.8 | (1.2%) | |
| – international | 14,105.7 | 13,989.7 | 0.8% | 152,280.9 | 148,680.3 | 2.4% | |
| – domestic | 6,629.4 | 6,747.7 | (1.8%) | 71,549.8 | 77,909.5 | (8.2%) | |
| Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mn | 93.0 | 95.6 | (2.7%) | 1,045.7 | 1,053.6 | (0.8%) | |
| – international | 69.3 | 69.3 | 0.1% | 751.4 | 738.7 | 1.7% | |
| – domestic | 23.7 | 26.3 | (9.9%) | 294.3 | 314.9 | (6.5%) | |
| Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mn | 803.4 | 746.9 | 7.6% | 9,861.7 | 9,316.5 | 5.9% | |
| – international | 544.1 | 509.5 | 6.8% | 6,515.4 | 6,199.0 | 5.1% | |
| – domestic | 259.3 | 237.4 | 9.2% | 3,346.3 | 3,117.5 | 7.3% | |
| Available Tonne Kilometres, mn | 1,264.3 | 1,128.1 | 12.1% | 14,630.7 | 13,676.8 | 7.0% | |
| – international | 884.0 | 795.0 | 11.2% | 9,880.4 | 9,228.5 | 7.1% | |
| – domestic | 380.3 | 333.1 | 14.2% | 4,750.3 | 4,448.3 | 6.8% | |
| Revenue load factor, % | 63.5% | 66.2% | (2.7 p.p.) | 67.4% | 68.1% | (0.7 p.p.) | |
| – international | 61.6% | 64.1% | (2.5 p.p.) | 65.9% | 67.2% | (1.3 p.p.) | |
| – domestic | 68.2% | 71.3% | (3.1 p.p.) | 70.4% | 70.1% | 0.3 p.p. | |
| Revenue flights | 24,429 | 20,495 | 19.2% | 273,177 | 243,317 | 12.3% | |
| – international | 11,944 | 10,351 | 15.4% | 134,291 | 121,003 | 11.0% | |
| – domestic | 12,485 | 10,144 | 23.1% | 138,886 | 122,314 | 13.5% | |
| Flight hours | 70,011 | 60,107 | 16.5% | 778,795 | 702,807 | 10.8% | |
[1] Management accounts.
[2] Excluding aircraft leased or subleased out.
Moscow, 28 January 2019
As of the end of 2016, the Group fleet comprised 292 planes, 189 of which are operated by Aeroflot – Russian Airlines. The Group services over 314 regular destinations to 51 countries, with Aeroflot – Russian Airlines operating 133 regular routes across 50 countries.