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Aeroflot Group passenger traffic up 16.9% in March 2019

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Aeroflot PJSC today announces operating results for Aeroflot Group (“the Group”) and Aeroflot – Russian Airlines (“the Company”) for March and 3M 2019[1].

3M 2019 Operating Highlights

In 3M 2019, Aeroflot Group carried 12.8 million passengers, up 16.2% year-on-year. Aeroflot airline carried 8.5 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 14.3%.

Group and Company RPKs increased by 16.7% and 11.0% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs rose by 17.5% year-on-year for the Group and by 12.0% year-on-year for the Company.

The passenger load factor decreased by 0.6 p.p. year-on-year to 77.9% for Aeroflot Group and decreased by 0.7 p.p. to 75.8% for Aeroflot airline.

March 2019 Operating Highlights

In March 2019, Aeroflot Group carried 4.6 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 16.9%. Aeroflot airline carried 3.0 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 13.8%.

Group and Company RPKs were up 18.3% and 11.9% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs rose by 17.9% for Aeroflot Group and by 11.2% for Aeroflot airline.

Aeroflot Group’s passenger load factor was 80.3%, representing a 0.3 percentage point increase versus the same period a year earlier. The passenger load factor at Aeroflot – Russian Airlines increased by 0.5 percentage points year-on-year to 78.8%.

Fleet update

In March 2019, Aeroflot Group added two Boeing 777-300ER and two Boeing 737-800. As of 31 March 2019, the Group fleet had 371 aircraft.

Aeroflot airline added two Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. As of 31 March 2019, the Company fleet had 255 aircraft.

Net changes in the fleetNumber of aircraft[2]

as of 31.03.2019 

March 20193M 2019
Aeroflot Group+4+5371
Aeroflot airline+2+2255

 

Aeroflot Group Operating Results

March 2019March 2018Change 3M 20193M 2018Change
Passengers carried, thousand PAX4,594.13,930.1 16.9% 12,764.210,985.2 16.2%
– international2,056.41,744.5 17.9%5,730.84,887.8 17.2%
– domestic2,537.62,185.6 16.1%7,033.46,097.3 15.4%
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn12,058.810,190.118.3%33,541.728,743.116.7%
– international7,410.06,198.0 19.6%20,565.217,567.8 17.1%
– domestic4,648.83,992.1 16.4%12,976.511,175.3 16.1%
Available Seat Kilometres, mn15,016.712,735.0 17.9% 43,043.036,623.6 17.5%
– international9,322.47,764.6 20.1%26,547.022,503.8 18.0%
– domestic5,694.34,970.3 14.6%16,496.014,119.8 16.8%
Passenger load factor, %80.3%80.0% 0.3 p.p. 77.9%78.5%  (0.6 p.p.)
– international79.5%79.8% (0.3 p.p.)77.5%78.1% (0.6 p.p.)
– domestic81.6%80.3% 1.3 p.p.78.7%79.1% (0.5 p.p.)
Cargo and mail carried, tonnes24,272.323,140.2 4.9% 64,995.662,666.2 3.7%
– international14,041.313,372.7 5.0%37,161.736,010.3 3.2%
– domestic10,231.09,767.5 4.7%27,833.826,655.9 4.4%
Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mn102.9100.1 2.8% 269.4270.6 (0.4%)
– international66.364.0 3.7%169.6171.4 (1.0%)
– domestic36.636.2 1.3%99.899.2 0.6%
Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mn1,188.21,017.2 16.8% 3,288.12,857.5 15.1%
– international733.2621.8 17.9%2,020.51,752.5 15.3%
– domestic455.0395.5 15.1%1,267.61,105.0 14.7%
Available Tonne Kilometres, mn1,773.51,501.7 18.1% 5,113.34,327.5 18.2%
– international1,114.5924.1 20.6%3,202.92,682.7 19.4%
– domestic659.0577.6 14.1%1,910.41,644.8 16.1%
Revenue load factor, %67.0%67.7% (0.7 p.p.)64.3%66.0% (1.7 p.p.)
– international65.8%67.3% (1.5 p.p.)63.1%65.3%  (2.2 p.p.)
– domestic69.1%68.5% 0.6 p.p.66.4%67.2% (0.8 p.p.)
Revenue flights35,40931,026 14.1% 102,45888,536 15.7%
– international14,89612,866 15.8%43,22636,869 17.2%
– domestic20,51318,160 13.0%59,23251,667 14.6%
Flight hours 98,18884,449 16.3% 283,538241,952 17.2%

 

Aeroflot – Russian Airlines Operating Results

March 2019March 2018Change 3M 20193M 2018Change
Passengers carried, thousand PAX3,035.12,667.4 13.8% 8,452.77,394.0 14.3%
– international1,571.81,392.9 12.8%4,380.13,899.5 12.3%
– domestic1,463.31,274.5 14.8%4,072.63,494.6 16.5%
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn8,390.87,496.811.9%23,285.220,975.311.0%
– international5,750.25,087.6 13.0%15,924.814,324.7 11.2%
– domestic2,640.62,409.2 9.6%7,360.46,650.6 10.7%
Available Seat Kilometres, mn10,644.49,568.1 11.2% 30,716.127,419.2 12.0%
– international7,350.86,540.6 12.4%21,062.818,912.0 11.4%
– domestic3,293.63,027.5 8.8%9,653.38,507.2 13.5%
Passenger load factor, %78.8%78.4% 0.5 p.p. 75.8%76.5% (0.7 p.p.)
– international78.2%77.8%  0.4 p.p.75.6%75.7% (0.1 p.p.)
– domestic80.2%79.6% 0.6 p.p.76.2%78.2% (1.9 p.p.)
Cargo and mail carried, tonnes17,499.117,690.2 (1.1%)45,832.147,547.8 (3.6%)
– international11,876.412,183.5 (2.5%)30,953.132,765.3 (5.5%)
– domestic5,622.75,506.7 2.1%14,879.014,782.5 0.7%
Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mn79.883.3 (4.2%)206.2224.5 (8.2%)
– international58.360.5 (3.6%)149.0162.1 (8.1%)
– domestic21.422.8 (5.9%)57.162.3 (8.3%)
Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mn834.9758.0 10.2% 2,301.82,112.2 9.0%
– international575.9518.4 11.1%1,582.31,451.4 9.0%
– domestic259.1239.6 8.1%719.6660.9 8.9%
Available Tonne Kilometres, mn1,270.01,147.2 10.7% 3,685.03,291.5 12.0%
– international888.6793.4 12.0%2,568.62,296.9 11.8%
– domestic381.4353.8 7.8%1,116.4994.7 12.2%
Revenue load factor, %65.7%66.1%(0.3 p.p.)62.5%64.2% (1.7 p.p.)
– international64.8%65.3% (0.5 p.p.)61.6%63.2%(1.6 p.p.)
– domestic67.9%67.7%  0.2 p.p.64.5%66.4% (2.0 p.p.)
Revenue flights23,99121,125 13.6% 70,13660,232 16.4%
– international11,72510,524 11.4%34,19130,259 13.0%
– domestic12,26610,601 15.7%35,94529,973 19.9%
Flight hours 69,44660,979 13.9% 202,127174,577 15.8%

 

[1] Management accounts.

[2] Excluding aircraft leased or subleased out.

Moscow, 23 April 2019

This post was published on 24 April 2019 11:23

André Orban

M. Sc. Engineering

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