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Aeroflot Group passenger traffic up 9.0% in full year 2019

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Aeroflot PJSC today announces operating results for Aeroflot Group (“the Group”) and Aeroflot – Russian Airlines (“the Company”) for December and 12M 2019.

12M 2019 Operating Highlights

In 12M 2019, Aeroflot Group carried 60.7 million passengers, up 9.0% year-on-year. Aeroflot airline carried 37.2 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 4.1%.

Group and Company RPKs increased by 9.2% and 3.8% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs rose by 10.3% year-on-year for the Group and by 5.5% year-on-year for the Company.

The passenger load factor decreased by 0.8 p.p. year-on-year to 81.9% for Aeroflot Group and decreased by 1.3 p.p. to 79.2% for Aeroflot airline.

December 2019 Operating Highlights

In December 2019, Aeroflot Group carried 4.4 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 0.9%. Aeroflot airline carried 2.8 million passengers, a year-on-year decrease of 3.9%.

Group RPK increased by 0.6% year-on-year and Company RPK decreased 2.2% year-on-year. ASKs rose by 1.5% for Aeroflot Group and decreased by 0.4% for Aeroflot airline.

Aeroflot Group’s passenger load factor was 76.4%, representing a 0.7 p.p. decrease versus the same period a year earlier. The passenger load factor at Aeroflot – Russian Airlines decreased by 1.4 p.p. year-on-year to 73.5%.

Fleet update                                                                                                                

In December 2019, Aeroflot Group phased out four aircraft: Airbus A330-300, Airbus A319, Airbus A320  and DHC-8-200. At the same period, Aeroflot airline phased out two aircraft: Airbus A330-300 and Airbus A320.

As of 31 December 2019, Group and Company fleet had 358 and 245 aircraft, respectively.

Net changes in the fleetNumber of aircraft
December 2019as of 31.12.2019  as of 31.12.2019
Aeroflot Group(4)(8)358
Aeroflot airline(2)(8)245

 

Aeroflot Group Operating Results

December 2019December 2018Change12M 201912M 2018Change
Passengers carried, thousand PAX4,372.94,335.20.9%60,718.755,710.29.0%
– international1,868.91,913.2(2.3%)27,118.124,737.39.6%
– domestic2,504.02,422.03.4%33,600.630,972.98.5%
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn11,294.611,227.20.6%156,249.8143,150.49.2%
– international6,594.56,691.1(1.4%)91,400.983,249.69.8%
– domestic4,700.14,536.13.6%64,848.959,900.88.3%
Available Seat Kilometres, mn14,778.214,554.11.5%190,855.5173,074.610.3%
– international8,828.78,938.1(1.2%)113,766.1102,843.210.6%
– domestic5,949.55,616.05.9%77,089.470,231.59.8%
Passenger load factor, %76.4%77.1%(0.7 p.p.)81.9%82.7%(0.8 p.p.)
– international74.7%74.9%(0.2 p.p.)80.3%80.9%(0.6 p.p.)
– domestic79.0%80.8%(1.8 p.p.)84.1%85.3%(1.2 p.p.)
Cargo and mail carried, tonnes29,867.028,264.25.7%316,997.3303,879.14.3%
– international15,445.416,115.6(4.2%)172,801.2171,147.31.0%
– domestic14,421.612,148.618.7%144,196.1132,731.88.6%
Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mn124.8117.95.8%1,314.11,299.71.1%
– international74.375.5(1.6%)804.3803.00.2%
– domestic50.542.519.0%509.8496.72.6%
Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mn1,141.31,128.41.1%15,376.614,183.28.4%
– international667.8677.7(1.5%)9,030.48,295.58.9%
– domestic473.6450.75.1%6,346.25,887.77.8%
Available Tonne Kilometres, mn1,767.21,733.42.0%22,721.420,476.311.0%
– international1,078.91,079.5(0.1%)13,636.212,185.311.9%
– domestic688.3653.95.3%9,085.28,291.09.6%
Revenue load factor, %64.6%65.1%(0.5 p.p.)67.7%69.3%(1.6 p.p.)
– international61.9%62.8%(0.9 p.p.)66.2%68.1%(1.9 p.p.)
– domestic68.8%68.9%(0.1 p.p.)69.9%71.0%(1.2 p.p.)
Revenue flights35,59335,2640.9%446,009411,4558.4%
– international14,53914,952(2.8%)186,983173,4077.8%
– domestic21,05420,3123.7%259,026238,0488.8%
Flight hours 98,14696,8511.3%1,225,7851,123,5469.1%

 

Aeroflot – Russian Airlines Operating Results

December 2019December 2018Change12M 201912M 2018Change
Passengers carried, thousand PAX2,800.52,915.1(3.9%)37,220.735,762.54.1%
– international1,436.31,480.2(3.0%)19,423.418,213.96.6%
– domestic1,364.21,434.9(4.9%)17,797.317,548.61.4%
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn7,716.97,893.4(2.2%)101,640.197,955.83.8%
– international5,167.55,275.5(2.0%)68,923.864,044.17.6%
– domestic2,549.52,617.9(2.6%)32,716.333,911.7(3.5%)
Available Seat Kilometres, mn10,495.310,532.7(0.4%)128,295.0121,661.95.5%
– international7,124.97,219.7(1.3%)88,244.881,464.78.3%
– domestic3,370.43,313.01.7%40,050.240,197.2(0.4%)
Passenger load factor, %73.5%74.9%(1.4 p.p.)79.2%80.5%(1.3 p.p.)
– international72.5%73.1%(0.5 p.p.)78.1%78.6%(0.5 p.p.)
– domestic75.6%79.0%(3.4 p.p.)81.7%84.4%(2.7 p.p.)
Cargo and mail carried, tonnes20,708.220,735.1(0.1%)217,812.5223,830.7(2.7%)
– international13,125.914,105.7(6.9%)147,354.8152,280.9(3.2%)
– domestic7,582.36,629.414.4%70,457.771,549.8(1.5%)
Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mn94.793.01.8%996.41,045.7(4.7%)
– international66.269.3(4.5%)727.9751.4(3.1%)
– domestic28.523.720.4%268.5294.3(8.8%)
Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mn789.2803.4(1.8%)10,144.09,861.72.9%
– international531.3544.1(2.4%)6,931.06,515.46.4%
– domestic258.0259.3(0.5%)3,213.03,346.3(4.0%)
Available Tonne Kilometres, mn1,273.71,264.30.7%15,471.614,630.75.7%
– international884.4884.00.0%10,820.79,880.49.5%
– domestic389.3380.32.4%4,650.84,750.3(2.1%)
Revenue load factor, %62.0%63.5%(1.6 p.p.)65.6%67.4%(1.8 p.p.)
– international60.1%61.6%(1.5 p.p.)64.1%65.9%(1.9 p.p.)
– domestic66.3%68.2%(1.9 p.p.)69.1%70.4%(1.4 p.p.)
Revenue flights24,25124,429(0.7%)291,743273,1776.8%
– international11,64111,944(2.5%)142,344134,2916.0%
– domestic12,61012,4851.0%149,399138,8867.6%
Flight hours 69,62470,011(0.6%)833,574778,7957.0%

 

Moscow, 28 January 2020

This post was published on 28 January 2020 11:02

André Orban

M. Sc. Engineering

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