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AIRFRANCE KLM April 2016 traffic results: 2.8% more passengers

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  • Passenger network: strict capacity discipline, increase in both traffic and load factor

Traffic highlights

Passenger network activity (Air France, KLM, HOP!)

Capacity(ASK, %ch.)

Traffic(RPK, %ch.)

Load Factor (%)

Change(pts)

Long-haul

– 0.6%

+ 0.8%

86.4%

+ 1.2

North America

– 0.2%

+ 0.9%

87.9%

+ 0.9

Latin America

+ 0.3%

+ 1.7%

84.6%

+ 1.2

Asia

– 6.2%

– 4.0%

87.3%

+ 2.1

Africa / Middle East

+ 1.8%

+ 4.2%

82.2%

+ 1.9

Caribbean / Indian Ocean

+ 7.2%

+ 6.2%

88.7%

– 0.8

Short and Medium-haul

+ 2.7%

+ 4.6%

81.4%

+ 1.4

Total

+ 0.1%

+ 1.5%

85.4%

+ 1.2

  • 6.7 million passengers, +2.8%
  • Slight decrease in long-haul capacity driven by the planned reduction in Asia
  • Load factor up 1.2 pts, up in all regions of the network, except Caribbean & Indian Ocean following the selective growth in capacity
  • Unit revenue per available seat kilometer (RASK) ex-currency down compared to April 2015.
Transavia activity

Capacity(ASK, %ch.)

Traffic(RPK, %ch.)

Load Factor (%)

Change (pts)

Total

+ 16.4%

+ 14.1%

86.6%

 – 1.7

  • 1.0 million passengers, +28.6%
  • Strong increase in capacity driven by Transavia France and the opening in Munich of a first base outside the Netherlands and France
Total group passenger activity (Air France, KLM, HOP!, Transavia)

Capacity(ASK, %ch.)

Traffic(RPK, %ch.)

Load Factor (%)

Change(pts)

Total

+ 1.3%

+ 2.5%

85.5%

+ 1.0

  • 7.8 million passengers, +5.7%
Cargo activity

Capacity(ATK, %ch.)

Traffic(RTK, %ch.)

Load Factor

(%)

Change (pts)

Total

– 2.0%

+ 0.9%

60.9%

+ 1.7

  • Unit revenue per available ton kilometer (RATK) ex-currency clearly down compared to April 2015
  • Load factor up 1.7 pts

Agenda

  • 19th May 2016: Annual General Meeting
  • 8th June: May 2016 traffic
  • 8th July: June 2016 traffic
Amstelveen, 10 May 2016

This post was published on 10 May 2016 15:31

André Orban

M. Sc. Engineering

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