AIRFRANCE KLM August 2015 traffic results: strict capacity discipline, 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
  • Total group passenger load factor above 90%

Traffic highlights

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

Capacity(ASK, %ch.)

Traffic(RPK, %ch.)

Load Factor (%)

Change(pts)

Long-haul

+ 2.2%

+ 2.9%

90.9%

+ 0.7

North America

+ 1.7%

+ 2.7%

90.6%

+ 0.9

Latin America

+ 7.1%

+ 6.8%

88.7%

– 0.3

Asia

+ 1.1%

+ 2.5%

93.4%

+ 1.2

Africa / Middle East

+ 2.5%

+ 3.0%

89.9%

+ 0.5

Caribbean / Indian Ocean

– 0.2%

– 0.0%

90.1%

+ 0.2

Short and Medium-haul

– 1.8%

– 0.7%

84.9%

+ 0.9

Total network airlines

+ 1.4%

+ 2.2%

89.8%

+ 0.8

  • 7.3 million passengers, up 1.0%
  • Long-haul traffic up 2.9% resulting in high load factor (90.9%) on long-haul network
  • Unit revenue per available seat kilometre (RASK) ex-currency down compared to August 2014
Transavia activity

Capacity(ASK, %ch.)

Traffic(RPK, %ch.)

Load Factor (%)

Change (pts)

Total

+ 1.3%

+ 1.1%

92.7%

 – 0.1

  • .4 million passengers, up 3.6%
  • Ongoing accelerated development of Transavia in France (passenger volumes up 21%) partly offset by seasonal charter capacity adjustments in the Netherlands
Total group passenger activity

Capacity(ASK, %ch.)

Traffic(RPK, %ch.)

Load Factor (%)

Change (pts)

Total

+ 1.4%

+ 2.1%

90.1%

+ 0.7

  • 8.7 million passengers, up 1.4%
Cargo activity

Capacity(ATK, %ch.)

Traffic(RTK, %ch.)

Load Factor

(%)

Change (pts)

Total

– 7.6%

– 8.9%

57.9%

 – 0.8

  • Ongoing restructuring of cargo: full-freighter capacity down 31% compared to August 2014
  • Unit revenue per available ton kilometer (RATK) ex-currency clearly down compared to August 2014

 

Statistics

August

Year to date

Total Passenger network*

2015

2014

Variation

2015

2014

Variation

Passengers carried (‘000s)

7,349

7,276

1.0%

52,786

52,633

0.3%

Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK)

23,119

22,612

2.2%

158,359

156,976

0.9%

Available seat-kilometers (m ASK)

25,748

25,399

1.4%

185,496

184,482

0.5%

Load factor (%)

89.8%

89.0%

0.8

85.4%

85.1%

0.3

Long-haul

Passengers carried (‘000s)

2,539

2,467

2.9%

17,190

16,936

1.5%

Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK)

18,911

18,375

2.9%

128,857

127,169

1.3%

Available seat-kilometers (m ASK)

20,794

20,355

2.2%

148,600

146,728

1.3%

Load factor (%)

90.9%

90.3%

0.7

86.7%

86.7%

0.0

North America

Passengers carried (‘000s)

791

777

1.8%

5,039

4,950

1.8%

Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK)

5,606

5,456

2.7%

35,774

34,973

2.3%

Available seat-kilometers (m ASK)

6,187

6,086

1.7%

40,440

39,717

1.8%

Load factor (%)

90.6%

89.6%

0.9

88.5%

88.1%

0.4

Latin America

Passengers carried (‘000s)

278

259

7.1%

2,016

1,950

3.4%

Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK)

2,668

2,498

6.8%

19,391

18,772

3.3%

Available seat-kilometers (m ASK)

3,007

2,807

7.1%

22,345

21,437

4.2%

Load factor (%)

88.7%

89.0%

(0.3)

86.8%

87.6%

(0.8)

Asia / Pacific

Passengers carried (‘000s)

621

603

3.1%

4,232

4,135

2.3%

Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK)

5,480

5,346

2.5%

36,960

36,582

1.0%

Available seat-kilometers (m ASK)

5,867

5,801

1.1%

42,336

41,924

1.0%

Load factor (%)

93.4%

92.2%

1.2

87.3%

87.3%

0.0

Africa / Middle East

Passengers carried (‘000s)

520

499

4.2%

3,532

3,543

(0.3%)

Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK)

2,834

2,751

3.0%

19,550

19,799

(1.3%)

Available seat-kilometers (m ASK)

3,152

3,075

2.5%

24,139

24,179

(0.2%)

Load factor (%)

89.9%

89.4%

0.5

81.0%

81.9%

(0.9)

Caribbean / Indian, Ocean

Passengers carried (‘000s)

328

328

(0.1%)

2,371

2,358

0.5%

Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK)

2,324

2,324

(0.0%)

17,182

17,044

0.8%

Available seat-kilometers (m ASK)

2,580

2,585

(0.2%)

19,340

19,471

(0.7%)

Load factor (%)

90.1%

89.9%

0.2

88.8%

87.5%

1.3

Short and Medium-haul

Passengers carried (‘000s)

4,811

4,809

0.0%

35,597

35,697

(0.3%)

Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK)

4,208

4,237

(0.7%)

29,501

29,807

(1.0%)

Available seat-kilometers (m ASK)

4,954

5,044

(1.8%)

36,895

37,755

(2.3%)

Load factor (%)

84.9%

84.0%

0.9

80.0%

79.0%

1.0

Transavia activity

August

Year to date

Transavia

2015

2014

Variation

2015

2014

Variation

Passengers carried (‘000s)

1,387

1,339

3.6%

7,457

6,866

8.6%

Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK)

2,638

2,608

1.1%

14,015

13,277

5.6%

Available seat-kilometers (m ASK)

2,846

2,810

1.3%

15,496

14,748

5.1%

Load factor (%)

92.7%

92.8%

(0.1)

90.4%

90.0%

0.4

Total group passenger activity**

August

Year to date

Total group**

2015

2014

Variation

2015

2014

Variation

Passengers carried (‘000s)

8,737

8,615

1.4%

60,243

59,499

1.3%

Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK)

25,757

25,220

2.1%

172,374

170,253

1.2%

Available seat-kilometers (m ASK)

28,594

28,209

1.4%

200,992

199,230

0.9%

Load factor (%)

90.1%

89.4%

0.7

85.8%

85.5%

0.3

Cargo activity

August

Year to date

Total group

2015

2014

Variation

2015

2014

Variation

Revenue tonne-km (m RTK)

759

834

(8.9%)

5,965

6,607

(9.7%)

Available tonne-km (m ATK)

1,312

1,420

(7.6%)

10,031

10,545

(4.9%)

Load factor (%)

57.9%

58.7%

(0.8)

59.5%

62.7%

(3.2)

This post was published on 9 September 2015 09:02

André Orban

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