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AIRFRANCE KLM October 2015 traffic results: up 1.5%

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Summary
  • 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

+ 1.6%

+ 3.2%

87.1%

+ 1.3

North America

+ 2.3%

+ 4.6%

90.1%

+ 2.0

Latin America

+ 5.1%

+ 4.3%

86.6%

– 0.7

Asia

– 1.5%

+ 0.6%

87.7%

+ 1.9

Africa / Middle East

+ 1.6%

+ 5.3%

81.8%

+ 2.9

Caribbean / Indian Ocean

+ 3.7%

+ 1.9%

86.2%

– 1.5

Short and Medium-haul

– 1.8%

+ 0.3%

82.4%

+ 1.7

Total network airlines

+ 0.9%

+ 2.6%

86.1%

+ 1.4

  • 7.0 million passengers, up 1.5%
  • Increase in traffic in all regions of the network
  • Increase in capacity on Latin America driven by the continuation of KLM developments to Bogota, Cali, Buenos Aires and Santiago
  • Excluding last year’s strike impact on October revenues, unit revenue per available seat kilometer (RASK) ex-currency down compared to October 2014
Transavia activity

Capacity(ASK, %ch.)

Traffic(RPK, %ch.)

Load Factor (%)

Change (pts)

Total

+ 7.7%

+ 6.8%

90.1%

 – 0.7

  • 1.1 million passengers, up 11.9%
  • Ongoing accelerated development of Transavia in France (passenger volumes up 42%)
Total group passenger activity (Air France, KLM, HOP!, Transavia)

Capacity(ASK, %ch.)

Traffic(RPK, %ch.)

Load Factor (%)

Change(pts)

Total

+ 1.5%

+ 2.9%

86.5%

+ 1.3

  • 8.1 million passengers, up 2.8%
Cargo activity

Capacity(ATK, %ch.)

Traffic(RTK, %ch.)

Load Factor

(%)

Change (pts)

Total

– 7.5%

– 10.1%

62.2%

 – 1.8

  • Ongoing restructuring of cargo: full-freighter capacity down 32% compared to October 2014
  • Unit revenue per available ton kilometer (RATK) ex-currency clearly down compared to October 2014

Strategic developments

For the 2015-2016 winter season (from 25 October 2015 to 26 March 2016), Air France-KLM total capacity will increase by 1.5% compared with the previous winter season. Growth will be driven by long-haul passenger network operations (+1.7%) and Transavia activity (+9.1%), while medium-haul passenger network operations will decrease by -1.8%.

  • On long-haul, Air France-KLM is mainly increasing capacity to North America and the Caribbean while reducing capacity to other destinations including Brazil, Japan and East Africa. Two destinations are suspended: Fukuoka (Japan) from Amsterdam-Schiphol by KLM and Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) from Paris-Charles de Gaulle by Air France.
  • On medium-haul, Group capacity is stable on departure from the hubs at Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Amsterdam-Schiphol, apart from the suspension of Air France services to Vigo (Spain), Verona (Italy) and Stavanger (Norway).
  • Transavia will welcome 3 new Boeing 737-800 aircraft as from January 2016 to support its growth in France and the Netherlands.
  • KLM will take delivery of its first 3 Boeing 787 this winter, which will fly to Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Dubai and Rio de Janeiro during this season. In parallel, the Boeing 747 will be definitely withdrawn from the Air France fleet in January 2016.
  • The Group continues to roll out its new products and services, with more than 60 long-haul aircraft equipped at the end of the year. In addition, the cabin renewal program continues on medium-haul: the new leather seats, already in place onboard 24 Air France Airbus A319, will be fully deployed on 25 Airbus A320 during the first half of 2016.

Agenda

  • 8 December 2015: November 2015 traffic
  • 11 January 2016: December 2015 traffic
  • 8 February 2016: January 2016 traffic

 

 

STATISTICS

Passenger network activity*

October

Year to date

Total Passenger network*

2015

2014

Variation

2015

2014

Variation

Passengers carried (‘000s)

7,040

6,932

1.5%

66,899

65,287

2.5%

Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK)

20,443

19,928

2.6%

199,439

193,513

3.1%

Available seat-kilometers (m ASK)

23,733

23,519

0.9%

232,996

227,290

2.5%

Load factor (%)

86.1%

84.7%

1.4

85.6%

85.1%

0.5

Long-haul

Passengers carried (‘000s)

2,187

2,113

3.5%

21,581

20,819

3.7%

Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK)

16,458

15,954

3.2%

161,904

156,465

3.5%

Available seat-kilometers (m ASK)

18,899

18,597

1.6%

186,381

180,514

3.3%

Load factor (%)

87.1%

85.8%

1.3

86.9%

86.7%

0.2

North America

Passengers carried (‘000s)

661

637

3.9%

6,407

6,149

4.2%

Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK)

4,694

4,486

4.6%

45,464

43,407

4.7%

Available seat-kilometers (m ASK)

5,208

5,092

2.3%

51,249

49,251

4.1%

Load factor (%)

90.1%

88.1%

2.0

88.7%

88.1%

0.6

Latin America

Passengers carried (‘000s)

266

254

4.9%

2,550

2,412

5.7%

Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK)

2,554

2,450

4.3%

24,520

23,229

5.6%

Available seat-kilometers (m ASK)

2,951

2,807

5.1%

28,158

26,434

6.5%

Load factor (%)

86.6%

87.3%

(0.7)

87.1%

87.9%

(0.8)

Asia / Pacific

Passengers carried (‘000s)

546

538

1.4%

5,330

5,119

4.1%

Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK)

4,760

4,730

0.6%

46,575

45,231

3.0%

Available seat-kilometers (m ASK)

5,424

5,509

(1.5%)

53,200

51,873

2.6%

Load factor (%)

87.7%

85.9%

1.9

87.5%

87.2%

0.4

Africa / Middle East

Passengers carried (‘000s)

451

424

6.4%

4,436

4,330

2.5%

Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK)

2,500

2,375

5.3%

24,541

24,231

1.3%

Available seat-kilometers (m ASK)

3,055

3,009

1.6%

30,151

29,666

1.6%

Load factor (%)

81.8%

78.9%

2.9

81.4%

81.7%

(0.3)

Caribbean / Indian, Ocean

Passengers carried (‘000s)

263

261

0.8%

2,858

2,809

1.7%

Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK)

1,949

1,914

1.9%

20,803

20,367

2.1%

Available seat-kilometers (m ASK)

2,261

2,181

3.7%

23,623

23,289

1.4%

Load factor (%)

86.2%

87.7%

(1.5)

88.1%

87.5%

0.6

Short and Medium-haul

Passengers carried (‘000s)

4,853

4,819

0.7%

45,318

44,469

1.9%

Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK)

3,985

3,974

0.3%

37,535

37,048

1.3%

Available seat-kilometers (m ASK)

4,834

4,922

(1.8%)

46,615

46,776

(0.3%)

Load factor (%)

82.4%

80.7%

1.7

80.5%

79.2%

1.3

* Air France, KLM, and HOP!

Transavia activity

October

Year to date

Transavia

2015

2014

Variation

2015

2014

Variation

Passengers carried (‘000s)

1,074

960

11.9%

9,712

8,916

8.9%

Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK)

2,006

1,877

6.8%

18,169

17,224

5.5%

Available seat-kilometers (m ASK)

2,227

2,068

7.7%

20,067

19,050

5.3%

Load factor (%)

90.1%

90.8%

(0.7)

90.5%

90.4%

0.1

Total group passenger activity**

October

Year to date

Total group**

2015

2014

Variation

2015

2014

Variation

Passengers carried (‘000s)

8,114

7,893

2.8%

76,612

74,203

3.2%

Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK)

22,448

21,806

2.9%

217,607

210,737

3.3%

Available seat-kilometers (m ASK)

25,960

25,587

1.5%

253,063

246,341

2.7%

Load factor (%)

86.5%

85.2%

1.3

86.0%

85.5%

0.4

** Air France, KLM, HOP! and Transavia

Cargo activity

October

Year to date

Total group

2015

2014

Variation

2015

2014

Variation

Revenue tonne-km (m RTK)

786

874

(10.1%)

7,497

8,172

(8.3%)

Available tonne-km (m ATK)

1,263

1,365

(7.5%)

12,540

13,029

(3.8%)

Load factor (%)

62.2%

64.0%

(1.8)

59.8%

62.7%

(2.9)

Amstelveen,  09 november 2015

This post was published on 9 November 2015 22:15

André Orban

M. Sc. Engineering

Published by
André Orban
9 November 2015 22:15

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