Aeroflot PJSC (Moscow Exchange ticker: AFLT) today announces operating results for Aeroflot Group (“the Group”) and Aeroflot – Russian Airlines (“the Company”) for August and 8M 2018[1].
8M 2018 Operating Highlights
In 8M 2018, Aeroflot Group carried 36.8 million passengers, up 9.8% year-on-year. Aeroflot airline carried 23.5 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 7.7%. Group and Company RPKs increased by 8.8% and 6.0% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs rose by 8.9% year-on-year for the Group and by 7.9% year-on-year for the Company. The passenger load factor decreased by 0.1 p.p. year-on-year to 83.3% for Aeroflot Group and by 1.5 p.p. to 81.1% for Aeroflot airline.
August 2018 Operating Highlights
In August 2018, Aeroflot Group carried 6.0 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 14.0%. Aeroflot airline carried 3.6 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 11.7%.
Group and Company RPKs were up 11.8% and 9.4% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs rose by 10.2% for Aeroflot Group and by 7.8% for Aeroflot airline.
On domestic routes, Group passengers carried and RPKs grew by 16.3% and 15.8% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs grew by 12.5% year-on-year. Company passengers carried and RPKs increased by 14.4% and 12.5% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs grew by 8.7%.
In August 2018, the number of passengers carried on the Group’s international routes increased by 11.1% year-on-year. RPKs grew by 8.9%, while capacity grew by 8.5%. The number of passengers carried by Aeroflot airline on international routes increased by 9.2%. RPKs grew by 7.7%, ASKs by 7.3%.
Aeroflot Group’s passenger load factor was 91.3%, representing a 1.3 percentage point increase versus the same period a year earlier. The passenger load factor at Aeroflot – Russian Airlines increased by 1.3 percentage points year-on-year to 89.4%.
Fleet update
In August 2018, Aeroflot Group added six aircraft: two Boeing 737-800 and four SSJ100. As of 31 August 2018, the Group fleet had 358 aircraft.
Aeroflot airline added five aircraft: one Boeing 737-800 and four SSJ100. As of 31 August 2018, the Company fleet had 248 aircraft.
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|
Net changes in the fleet |
Number of aircraft[2] as of 31.08.2018 |
|
|
|
August 2018 |
8M 2018 |
|
|
Aeroflot Group |
+6 |
+32 |
358 |
|
Aeroflot airline |
+5 |
+24 |
248 |
Aeroflot Group Operating Results
|
August2018 |
August2017 |
Change |
8M 2018 |
8M 2017 |
Change |
|
|
Passengers carried, thousand PAX |
5,999.8 |
5,263.9 |
14.0% |
36,842.2 |
33,552.4 |
9.8% |
|
- international |
2,647.7 |
2,382.5 |
11.1% |
16,351.0 |
15,037.3 |
8.7% |
|
- domestic |
3,352.1 |
2,881.4 |
16.3% |
20,491.2 |
18,515.2 |
10.7% |
|
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn |
15,319.2 |
13,698.4 |
11.8% |
94,513.0 |
86,886.7 |
8.8% |
|
- international |
8,522.9 |
7,829.0 |
8.9% |
54,922.3 |
51,222.7 |
7.2% |
|
- domestic |
6,796.3 |
5,869.4 |
15.8% |
39,590.7 |
35,664.0 |
11.0% |
|
Available Seat Kilometres, mn |
16,784.1 |
15,232.1 |
10.2% |
113,434.8 |
104,125.8 |
8.9% |
|
- international |
9,566.6 |
8,815.6 |
8,5% |
67,040.4 |
61,338.5 |
9.3% |
|
- domestic |
7,217.5 |
6,416.6 |
12,5% |
46,394.4 |
42,787.4 |
8.4% |
|
Passenger load factor, % |
91.3% |
89.9% |
1.3 p.p, |
83.3% |
83.4% |
(0.1 p.p.) |
|
- international |
89.1% |
88.8% |
0.3 p.p. |
81.9% |
83.5% |
(1.6 p.p.) |
|
- domestic |
94.2% |
91.5% |
2.7 p.p. |
85.3% |
83.4% |
2.0 p.p. |
|
Cargo and mail carried, tonnes |
28,724.8 |
23,046.3 |
24.6% |
190,336.7 |
167,629.8 |
13.5% |
|
- international |
15,667.6 |
12,467.4 |
25.7% |
106,335.9 |
93,287.9 |
14.0% |
|
- domestic |
13,057.3 |
10,578.8 |
23.4% |
84,000.7 |
74,341.9 |
13.0% |
|
Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mn |
123.3 |
106.3 |
15.9% |
817.0 |
762.2 |
7.2% |
|
- international |
73.3 |
62.4 |
17.5% |
502.5 |
462.9 |
8.6% |
|
- domestic |
49.9 |
43.9 |
13.8% |
314.5 |
299.3 |
5.1% |
|
Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mn |
1,502.0 |
1,339.1 |
12.2% |
9,323.1 |
8,582.1 |
8.8% |
|
- international |
840.4 |
767.0 |
9.6% |
5,445,5 |
5,072.9 |
7.2% |
|
- domestic |
661.6 |
572.2 |
15.6% |
3,877.6 |
3,509.0 |
11.0% |
|
Available Tonne Kilometres, mn |
1,982.3 |
1,817.6 |
9.1% |
13,395.2 |
12,532.3 |
6.9% |
|
- international |
1,119.4 |
1,042.4 |
7.4% |
7,911.3 |
7,.371.4 |
7.3% |
|
- domestic |
862.9 |
775.2 |
11.3% |
5,483.9 |
5,160.9 |
6.3% |
|
Revenue load factor, % |
75.8% |
73.7% |
2.1 p.p. |
69.6% |
68.5% |
1.1 p.p. |
|
- international |
75.1% |
73.6% |
1.5 p.p. |
68.8% |
68.8% |
- |
|
- domestic |
76.7% |
73.8% |
2.9 p.p. |
70.7% |
68.0% |
2.7 p.p. |
|
Revenue flights |
38,812 |
34,390 |
12.9% |
268,492 |
243,579 |
10.2% |
|
- international |
16,361 |
14,298 |
14.4% |
112,560 |
100,825 |
11.6% |
|
- domestic |
22,451 |
20,092 |
11.7% |
155,932 |
142,754 |
9.2% |
|
Flight hours for fleet |
105,458 |
93,986 |
12.2% |
731,903 |
664,995 |
10.1% |
Aeroflot - Russian Airlines Operating Results
|
August2018 |
August2017 |
Change |
8M 2018 |
8M 2017 |
Change |
|
|
Passengers carried, thousand PAX |
3,627.1 |
3,247.5 |
11.7% |
23,471.5 |
21,793.6 |
7.7% |
|
- international |
1,841.7 |
1,686.5 |
9.2% |
12,027.8 |
11,409.9 |
5.4% |
|
- domestic |
1,785.4 |
1,561.0 |
14.4% |
11,443.7 |
10,383.7 |
10.2% |
|
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn |
9,847.5 |
9,003.6 |
9.4% |
64,519.2 |
60,891.3 |
6.0% |
|
- international |
6,275.1 |
5,827.3 |
7.7% |
42,240.7 |
40,276.9 |
4.9% |
|
- domestic |
3,572.3 |
3,176.3 |
12.5% |
22,278.5 |
20,614.4 |
8.1% |
|
Available Seat Kilometres, mn |
11,014.5 |
10,220.8 |
7.8% |
79,553.1 |
73,697.6 |
7.9% |
|
- international |
7,208.1 |
6,718.4 |
7.3% |
53,174.0 |
49,321.0 |
7.8% |
|
- domestic |
3,806.4 |
3,502.4 |
8.7% |
26,379.0 |
24,376.6 |
8.2% |
|
Passenger load factor, % |
89.4% |
88.1% |
1.3 p.p. |
81.1% |
82.6% |
(1.5 p.p.) |
|
- international |
87.1% |
86.7% |
0.4 p.p. |
79.4% |
81.7% |
(2.3 p.p.) |
|
- domestic |
93.9% |
90.7% |
3.2 p.p. |
84.5% |
84.6% |
(0.1 p.p.) |
|
Cargo and mail carried, tonnes |
20,334.4 |
19,145.0 |
6.2% |
140,197.8 |
141,802.4 |
(1.1%) |
|
- international |
13,812.5 |
12,191.9 |
13.3% |
95,045.6 |
91,594.3 |
3.8% |
|
- domestic |
6,521.9 |
6,953.1 |
(6.2%) |
45,152.2 |
50,208.1 |
(10.1%) |
|
Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mn |
96.0 |
89.3 |
7.6% |
661.6 |
658.1 |
0.5% |
|
- international |
68.6 |
60.9 |
12.6% |
471.5 |
455.2 |
3.6% |
|
- domestic |
27.4 |
28.3 |
(3.2%) |
190.1 |
202.9 |
(6.3%) |
|
Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mn |
982.3 |
899.6 |
9.2% |
6,468.4 |
6,138.3 |
5.4% |
|
- international |
633.4 |
585.4 |
8.2% |
4,273.2 |
4,080.1 |
4.7% |
|
- domestic |
348.9 |
314.2 |
11.1% |
2,195.2 |
2,058.2 |
6.7% |
|
Available Tonne Kilometres, mn |
1,321.4 |
1,242.0 |
6.4% |
9,554.9 |
9,019.4 |
5.9% |
|
- international |
866.0 |
816.1 |
6.1% |
6,420.7 |
6,067.6 |
5.8% |
|
- domestic |
455.4 |
425.9 |
6.9% |
3,134.2 |
2,951.8 |
6.2% |
|
Revenue load factor, % |
74.3% |
72.4% |
1.9 p.p. |
67.7% |
68.1% |
(0.4 p.p.) |
|
- international |
73.1% |
71.7% |
1.4 p.p. |
66.6% |
67.2% |
(0.6 p.p.) |
|
- domestic |
76.6% |
73.8% |
2.8 p.p. |
70.0% |
69.7% |
0.3 p.p. |
|
Revenue flights |
24,736 |
21,798 |
13.5% |
176,721 |
159,396 |
10.9% |
|
- international |
12,152 |
10,710 |
13.5% |
87,230 |
79,306 |
10.0% |
|
- domestic |
12,584 |
11,088 |
13.5% |
89,491 |
80,090 |
11.7% |
|
Flight hours for fleet |
69,788 |
62,297 |
12.0% |
504,269 |
459,627 |
9.7% |
