Aeroflot PJSC (Moscow Exchange ticker: AFLT) today announces operating results for Aeroflot Group («the Group») and Aeroflot — Russian Airlines («the Company») for January 2016.
January 2016 Operating Highlights
In January 2016, Aeroflot Group passenger traffic was 3.0 million, up 11.6% year-on-year. Aeroflot airline’s passenger traffic was 2.0 million, a year-on-year increase of 10.7%.
Group and Company RPKs increased by 11.6% and 9.4% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs rose by 9.3% year-on-year for Aeroflot Group and by 8.5% for Aeroflot airline.
On domestic routes, Group traffic and RPKs grew by 19.1% and 13.1% year-on-year, respectively. Company traffic and RPKs on domestic routes were up 18.5% and 14.3% year-on-year, respectively. This was mainly attributable to increased demand for domestic flights, growth of in-country tourism and a combined with a corresponding 8.1% year-on-year increase in ASKs for the Group and 7.7% increase for the Company. The rise in ASKs was due in part to increased flight frequencies on high-demand routes. The low-cost carrier Pobeda made a significant contribution to Group domestic traffic growth.
On international routes, Group traffic rose 2.7% year-on-year while Group RPKs were up 10.6% year-on-year. ASKs for the period increased 10.1% year-on-year. Passenger traffic on Aeroflot airline international flights increased 4.6% and RPKs increased by 7.1%. International traffic increased despite the suspension of flights to destinations in Ukraine and Egypt and the suspension of charter flights to Turkey. International traffic growth was supported by a continued decline in competition as several foreign carriers reduced flight frequencies to Russia, Aeroflot airline’s higher international transit traffic through its Sheremetyevo hub and Transaero’s exit from the market.
As a result of the factors discussed above, the passenger load factor increased by 1.6 percentage points (p.p.) year-on-year to 74.1% for the Group and by 0.6 p.p. year-on-year to 74.0% for the Company.
Fleet Update
In January 2016, Aeroflot airline added one Boeing 737-800 and two SSJ100s. One Airbus A319 was phased out, resulting in a net Company fleet increase of two aircraft.
In January 2016, the Group added one Boeing 737-800, two SSJ100s and one DHC 8-400. One Airbus A319, one Boeing 737-200, one Boeing 737-500 and one Boeing 767 were phased out of the Aeroflot Group fleet. The fleet size did not change.
Operating results
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Aeroflot — Russian Airlines
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Aeroflot Group
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January 2016
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January 2015
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Change
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January 2016
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January 2015
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Change
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Passengers carried, thousand PAX
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2,965.2
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2,656.3
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11.6%
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2,005.4
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1,810.9
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10.7%
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- international
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1,240.9
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1,208.2
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2.7%
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1,062.0
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1,014.9
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4.6%
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- domestic
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1,724.3
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1,448.1
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19.1%
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943.4
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796.0
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18.5%
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Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mln
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7,624.1
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6,831.4
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11.6%
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5,831.9
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5,330.1
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9.4%
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- international
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4,505.8
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4,073.2
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10.6%
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3,896.9
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3,637.0
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7.1%
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- domestic
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3,118.3
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2,758.2
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13.1%
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1,935.0
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1,693.1
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14.3%
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Available Seat Kilometres, mln
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10,291.4
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9,416.9
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9.3%
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7,884.4
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7,266.6
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8.5%
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- international
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6,196.2
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5,629.3
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10.1%
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5,404.2
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4,964.5
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8.9%
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- domestic
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4,095.2
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3,787.6
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8.1%
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2,480.2
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2,302.1
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7.7%
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Seat load factor, %
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74.1%
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72.5%
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1.6 p.p.
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74.0%
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73.4%
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0.6 p.p.
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- international
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72.7%
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72.4%
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0.3 p.p.
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72.1%
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73.3%
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(1.2 p.p.)
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- domestic
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76.1%
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72.8%
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3.3 p.p.
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78.0%
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73.5%
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4.5 p.p.
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Cargo and mail carried, tonnes
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10,810.9
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9,652.1
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12.0%
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9,498.2
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8,390.2
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13.2%
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- international
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5,364.4
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4,827.2
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11.1%
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5,228.2
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4,687.2
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11.5%
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- domestic
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5,446.5
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4,824.9
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12.9%
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4,270.0
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3,703.0
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15.3%
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Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mln
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47.3
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40.3
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17.4%
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44.8
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37.6
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19.1%
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- international
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25.8
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22.2
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16.2%
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25.4
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21.9
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16.0%
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- domestic
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21.5
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18.1
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18.8%
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19.4
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15.7
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23.6%
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Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mln
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733.4
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655.2
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11.9%
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569.7
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517.3
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10.1%
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- international
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431.3
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388.9
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10.9%
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376.2
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349.2
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7.7%
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- domestic
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302.1
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266.3
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13.4%
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193.5
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168.1
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15.1%
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Available Tonne Kilometres, mln
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1,253.2
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1,132.1
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10.7%
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985.5
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904.0
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9.0%
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- international
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775.9
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693.2
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11.9%
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678.9
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622.1
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9.1%
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- domestic
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477.3
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438.9
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8.7%
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306.6
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281.9
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8.8%
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Revenue load factor, %
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58.5%
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57.9%
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0.6 p.p.
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57.8%
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57.2%
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0.6 p.p.
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- international
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55.6%
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56.1%
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(0.5 p.p.)
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55.4%
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56.1%
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(0.7 p.p.)
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- domestic
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63.3%
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60.7%
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2.6 p.p.
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63.1%
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59.6%
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3.5 p.p.
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Flight hours for fleet
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69,433
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67,003
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3.6%
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50,011
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47,278
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5.8%
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