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Air France-KLM September 2015 Traffic Results: increase in both traffic and load factor

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  • Passenger network: strict capacity discipline, increase in both traffic and load factor
  • Ongoing accelerated development of Transavia in France

Traffic highlights

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

Capacity(ASK, %ch.)

Traffic(RPK, %ch.)

Load Factor (%)

Change(pts)

Long-haul

+ 24.3%

+ 24.3%

87.9%

+ 0.0

North America

+ 26.1%

+ 26.5%

89.2%

+ 0.3

Latin America

+ 30.6%

+ 28.3%

89.9%

– 1.6

Asia

+ 22.5%

+ 23.9%

89.3%

+ 1.0

Africa / Middle East

+ 19.3%

+ 21.1%

84.2%

+ 1.2

Caribbean / Indian Ocean

+ 23.4%

+ 18.6%

82.7%

– 3.3

Short and Medium-haul

+ 19.2%

+ 24.0%

82.9%

+ 3.2

Total network airlines

+ 23.2%

+ 24.3%

86.8%

+ 0.7

Total network airlines excluding strike impact

+ 1.0%

+ 1.6%

86.8%

+ 0.5

  • Comparison affected by the September 2014 strike, whose impact was estimated at ASK 4,249 million and RPK 3,704 million
  • Excluding strike impact, traffic up 1.6% for capacity up by 1.0%
  • 7.1 million passengers, up 23.6%
  • Excluding last year’s strike impact, unit revenue per available seat kilometer (RASK) ex-currency down compared to September 2014
Transavia activity

Capacity(ASK, %ch.)

Traffic(RPK, %ch.)

Load Factor (%)

Change (pts)

Total

+ 4.9%

+ 4.0%

91.6%

– 0.8

  • 1.2 million passengers, up 8.4%
  • Ongoing accelerated development of Transavia in France (passenger volumes up 34%)
Total group passenger activity (Air France, KLM, HOP!, Transavia)

Capacity(ASK, %ch.)

Traffic(RPK, %ch.)

Load Factor (%)

Change(pts)

Total

+ 21.3%

+ 22.0%

87.3%

+ 0.5

Total excl. strike impact

+ 1.3%

+ 1.8%

87.3%

+ 0.4

  • 8.3 million passengers, up 21.2%
Cargo activity

Capacity(ATK, %ch.)

Traffic(RTK, %ch.)

Load Factor

(%)

Change (pts)

Total

+ 11.3%

+ 8.2%

59.9%

– 1.7

Total excl. strike impact

– 6.5%

– 10.8%

59.9%

– 2.9

  • Comparison affected by the September 2014 strike, whose impact was estimated at ATK 213 million and RTK 147 million
  • Excluding strike impact, traffic down 10.8% for capacity down 6.5% in the framework of the ongoing restructuring of cargo
  • Excluding last year’s strike impact, unit revenue per available ton kilometer (RATK) ex-currency clearly down compared to September 2014

Agenda

  • 29 October 2015: Q3 2015 results
  • 9 November 2015: October 2015 traffic
  • 8 December 2015: November 2015 traffic

 

 

STATISTICS

Passenger network activity*

September

Year to date

Total Passenger network*

2015

2014

Variation

2015

2014

Variation

Passengers carried (‘000s)

7,073

5,722

23.6%

59,860

58,355

2.6%

Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK)

20,637

16,609

24.3%

178,996

173,585

3.1%

Available seat-kilometers (m ASK)

23,767

19,289

23.2%

209,263

203,771

2.7%

Load factor (%)

86.8%

86.1%

0.7

85.5%

85.2%

0.4

Long-haul
Passengers carried (‘000s)

2,205

1,769

24.6%

19,394

18,705

3.7%

Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK)

16,588

13,342

24.3%

145,445

140,511

3.5%

Available seat-kilometers (m ASK)

18,881

15,189

24.3%

167,482

161,917

3.4%

Load factor (%)

87.9%

87.8%

0.0

86.8%

86.8%

0.1

North America
Passengers carried (‘000s)

706

562

25.8%

5,745

5,512

4.2%

Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK)

4,996

3,949

26.5%

40,770

38,921

4.7%

Available seat-kilometers (m ASK)

5,602

4,443

26.1%

46,042

44,160

4.3%

Load factor (%)

89.2%

88.9%

0.3

88.6%

88.1%

0.4

Latin America
Passengers carried (‘000s)

267

208

28.7%

2,284

2,158

5.8%

Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK)

2,574

2,007

28.3%

21,965

20,779

5.7%

Available seat-kilometers (m ASK)

2,862

2,191

30.6%

25,207

23,628

6.7%

Load factor (%)

89.9%

91.6%

(1.6)

87.1%

87.9%

(0.8)

Asia / Pacific
Passengers carried (‘000s)

553

446

23.9%

4,785

4,581

4.4%

Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK)

4,855

3,920

23.9%

41,815

40,502

3.2%

Available seat-kilometers (m ASK)

5,439

4,440

22.5%

47,775

46,364

3.0%

Load factor (%)

89.3%

88.3%

1.0

87.5%

87.4%

0.2

Africa / Middle East
Passengers carried (‘000s)

454

363

25.0%

3,986

3,906

2.0%

Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK)

2,491

2,057

21.1%

22,041

21,856

0.8%

Available seat-kilometers (m ASK)

2,956

2,478

19.3%

27,096

26,658

1.6%

Load factor (%)

84.2%

83.0%

1.2

81.3%

82.0%

(0.6)

Caribbean / Indian, Ocean
Passengers carried (‘000s)

224

190

17.8%

2,595

2,548

1.8%

Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK)

1,672

1,410

18.6%

18,854

18,453

2.2%

Available seat-kilometers (m ASK)

2,022

1,638

23.4%

21,362

21,109

1.2%

Load factor (%)

82.7%

86.1%

(3.3)

88.3%

87.4%

0.8

Short and Medium-haul
Passengers carried (‘000s)

4,869

3,953

23.2%

40,465

39,649

2.1%

Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK)

4,049

3,266

24.0%

33,550

33,074

1.4%

Available seat-kilometers (m ASK)

4,886

4,100

19.2%

41,781

41,854

(0.2%)

Load factor (%)

82.9%

79.7%

3.2

80.3%

79.0%

1.3

* Air France, KLM, and HOP!

Transavia activity

September

Year to date

Transavia

2015

2014

Variation

2015

2014

Variation

Passengers carried (‘000s)

1,181

1,090

8.4%

8,638

7,956

8.6%

Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK)

2,148

2,065

4.0%

16,163

15,342

5.3%

Available seat-kilometers (m ASK)

2,344

2,235

4.9%

17,840

16,983

5.0%

Load factor (%)

91.6%

92.4%

(0.8)

90.6%

90.3%

0.3

Total group passenger activity**

September

Year to date

Total group**

2015

2014

Variation

2015

2014

Variation

Passengers carried (‘000s)

8,254

6,811

21.2%

68,497

66,310

3.3%

Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK)

22,785

18,674

22.0%

195,159

188,927

3.3%

Available seat-kilometers (m ASK)

26,111

21,524

21.3%

227,103

220,754

2.9%

Load factor (%)

87.3%

86.8%

0.5

85.9%

85.6%

0.4

** Air France, KLM, HOP! and Transavia

Cargo activity

September

Year to date

Total group

2015

2014

Variation

2015

2014

Variation

Revenue tonne-km (m RTK)

746

690

8.2%

6,711

7,297

(8.0%)

Available tonne-km (m ATK)

1,246

1,119

11.3%

11,277

11,664

(3.3%)

Load factor (%)

59.9%

61.6%

(1.7)

59.5%

62.6%

(3.0)

 

Amstelveen, 08 October 2015

This post was published on 8 October 2015 15:38

André Orban

M. Sc. Engineering

Published by
André Orban
8 October 2015 15:38

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