AirFrance KLM December 2015 traffic results: slight increase, stable load factor, recovery from terror attacks

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  • Passenger network: strict capacity discipline, increase in traffic and stable load factor.
  • Progressive recovery following the 13th November Paris terrorist attacks

Traffic highlights

The negative impact of the Paris attacks on December revenues is estimated to be around 70 million euros, with significant easing during the last two weeks. Booking trends in December were in line with a progressive recovery.

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

Capacity(ASK, %ch.)

Traffic(RPK, %ch.)

Load Factor (%)

Change(pts)

Long-haul

+ 1.7%

+ 1.3%

84.1%

 – 0.3

North America

+ 6.7%

+ 4.0%

86.0%

– 2.2

Latin America

+ 3.3%

+ 2.9%

85.1%

– 0.4

Asia

– 3.1%

– 4.2%

81.9%

– 1.0

Africa / Middle East

+ 2.1%

+ 5.7%

83.0%

+ 2.8

Caribbean / Indian Ocean

+ 0.5%

+ 0.5%

85.2%

+ 0.0

Short and Medium-haul

– 2.5%

– 2.0%

77.4%

+ 0.4

Total network airlines

+ 0.9%

+ 0.7%

82.8%

 – 0.1

  • 6.2 million passengers, down 1.1%
  • Network-wide load factor stable in spite of Paris terrorist attacks,
  • Load factor for both North America and Asia networks, notably Japan routes, impacted by the Paris terrorist attacks,
  • Excluding the estimated impact of the Paris attacks, unit revenue per available seat kilometer (RASK) ex-currency down compared to December 2014.
Transavia activity

Capacity(ASK, %ch.)

Traffic(RPK, %ch.)

Load Factor (%)

Change (pts)

Total

+ 8.8%

+ 7.6%

83.2%

 – 1.0

  • 0.6 million passengers, up 13.1%
Total group passenger activity (Air France, KLM, HOP!, Transavia)

Capacity(ASK, %ch.)

Traffic(RPK, %ch.)

Load Factor (%)

Change(pts)

Total

+ 1.3%

+ 1.1%

82.9%

 – 0.2

  • Total group passengers stable at 6.7 million
Cargo activity

Capacity(ATK, %ch.)

Traffic(RTK, %ch.)

Load Factor

(%)

Change (pts)

Total

– 6.6%

– 7.8%

62.5%

 – 0.8

  • Ongoing restructuring of cargo: full-freighter capacity down 29% compared to December 2014
  • Unit revenue per available ton kilometer (RATK) ex-currency clearly down compared to December 2014

Amstelveen, 11 January 2016

This post was published on 11 January 2016 12:00

André Orban

M. Sc. Engineering

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