Air France KLM traffic results June 2015: increase in long-haul, decrease in short-haul

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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

+ 1.1%

+ 1.9%

87.5%

+ 0.7

North America

+ 1.6%

+ 1.8%

90.4%

+ 0.2

Latin America

+ 6.7%

+ 6.8%

89.0%

+ 0.1

Asia

– 0.9%

+ 0.7%

87.1%

+ 1.4

Africa / Middle East

– 0.7%

+ 0.2%

82.2%

+ 0.7

Caribbean / Indian Ocean

+ 0.6%

+ 1.1%

85.9%

+ 0.4

Short and Medium-haul

– 1.9%

– 2.8%

82.8%

 – 0.8

Total network airlines

+ 0.5%

+ 0.9%

86.5%

+ 0.4

– 7.1 million passengers, down 0.9%

– Increase in both traffic and load factor in all regions of the long-haul network

– Unit revenue per available seat kilometer (RASK) ex-currency clearly down compared to June 2014

Transavia activity

Capacity(ASK, %ch.)

Traffic(RPK, %ch.)

Load Factor (%)

Change(pts)

Total

+ 6.1%

+ 7.6%

92.1%

+ 1.3

– 1.1 million passengers, up 7.6%

– Ongoing accelerated development of Transavia in France, capacity up 21%, with high load factor

Total group passenger activity

Capacity(ASK, %ch.)

Traffic(RPK, %ch.)

Load Factor (%)

Change(pts)

Total

+ 0.9%

+ 1.5%

87.0%

+ 0.5

– 8.2 million passengers, up 0.2%

Cargo activity

Capacity(ATK, %ch.)

Traffic(RTK, %ch.)

Load Factor

(%)

Change(pts)

Total

– 5.2%

– 6.6%

59.9%

 – 0.9

– Ongoing restructuring of cargo: full-freighter capacity down 22% compared to June 2014

– Unit revenue per available ton kilometer (RATK) ex-currency clearly down compared to June 2014

Recent Developments

On July 3rd, KLM signed a 575 million euro revolving credit facility with 10 international banks, finalizing the early refinancing of its credit facility which was due to mature in July 2016. Air France-KLM now has at its disposal undrawn credit facilities amounting in total to €1.845 billion.

This post was published on 8 July 2015 10:26

André Orban

M. Sc. Engineering

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