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 2019[1].
8M 2019 Operating Highlights
In 8M 2019, Aeroflot Group carried 41.0 million passengers, up 11.4% year-on-year. Aeroflot airline carried 25.2 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 7.3%.
Group and Company RPKs increased by 11.8% and 6.6% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs rose by 13.0% year-on-year for the Group and by 8.0% year-on-year for the Company.
The passenger load factor decreased by 0.9 p.p. year-on-year to 82.4% for Aeroflot Group and decreased by 1.1 p.p. to 80.0% for Aeroflot airline.
August 2019 Operating Highlights
In August 2019, Aeroflot Group carried 6.4 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 7.1%. Aeroflot airline carried 3.7 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 1.7%.
Group and Company RPKs were up 6.8% and 1.2% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs rose by 8.0% for Aeroflot Group and by 3.0% for Aeroflot airline.
Aeroflot Group’s passenger load factor was 90.2%, representing a 1.0 percentage point decrease versus the same period a year earlier. The passenger load factor at Aeroflot – Russian Airlines decreased by 1.6 percentage points year-on-year to 87.8%.
Fleet update
There were no changes in Aeroflot Group fleet in August 2019. As of 31 August 2019, Group and Company fleet had 364 and 249 aircraft, respectively.
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|
Net changes in the fleet |
Number of aircraft[2] |
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
|
August 2019 |
8M 2019 |
as of 31.08.2019 |
|
Aeroflot Group |
- |
-2 |
364 |
|
Aeroflot airline |
- |
-4 |
249 |
Aeroflot Group Operating Results
|
|
August 2019 |
August 2018 |
Change |
8M 2019 |
8M 2018 |
Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Passengers carried, thousand PAX |
6,427.2 |
5,999.9 |
7.1% |
41,045.5 |
36,842.4 |
11.4% |
|
- international |
2,859.5 |
2,647.7 |
8.0% |
18,380.9 |
16,351.0 |
12.4% |
|
- domestic |
3,567.7 |
3,352.3 |
6.4% |
22,664.7 |
20,491.3 |
10.6% |
|
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn |
16,359.4 |
15,319.4 |
6.8% |
105,659.7 |
94,513.2 |
11.8% |
|
- international |
9,173.6 |
8,522.9 |
7.6% |
61,873.2 |
54,922.4 |
12.7% |
|
- domestic |
7,185.8 |
6,796.5 |
5.7% |
43,786.4 |
39,590.8 |
10.6% |
|
Available Seat Kilometres, mn |
18,127.3 |
16,784.1 |
8.0% |
128,209.5 |
113,434.7 |
13.0% |
|
- international |
10,338.6 |
9,566.6 |
8.1% |
76,377.1 |
67,040.4 |
13.9% |
|
- domestic |
7,788.7 |
7,217.5 |
7.9% |
51,832.4 |
46,394.3 |
11.7% |
|
Passenger load factor, % |
90.2% |
91.3% |
(1.0 p.p.) |
82.4% |
83.3% |
(0.9 p.p.) |
|
- international |
88.7% |
89.1% |
(0.4 p.p.) |
81.0% |
81.9% |
(0.9 p.p.) |
|
- domestic |
92.3% |
94.2% |
(1.9 p.p.) |
84.5% |
85.3% |
(0.9 p.p.) |
|
Cargo and mail carried, tonnes |
29,173.1 |
28,724.7 |
1.6% |
199,724.9 |
190,335.9 |
4.9% |
|
- international |
14,479.0 |
15,667.5 |
(7.6%) |
110,760.4 |
106,335.8 |
4.2% |
|
- domestic |
14,694.1 |
13,057.2 |
12.5% |
88,964.5 |
84,000.1 |
5.9% |
|
Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mn |
117.6 |
122.1 |
(3.6%) |
824.7 |
815.8 |
1.1% |
|
- international |
66.1 |
72.2 |
(8.4%) |
510.3 |
501.4 |
1.8% |
|
- domestic |
51.5 |
49.9 |
3.3% |
314.4 |
314.4 |
0.0% |
|
Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mn |
1,590.0 |
1,500.8 |
5.9% |
10,334.1 |
9,322.0 |
10.9% |
|
- international |
891.7 |
839.3 |
6.3% |
6,078.8 |
5,444.4 |
11.7% |
|
- domestic |
698.3 |
661.6 |
5.5% |
4,255.2 |
3,877.6 |
9.7% |
|
Available Tonne Kilometres, mn |
2,156.2 |
1,982.5 |
8.8% |
15,246.2 |
13,395.5 |
13.8% |
|
- international |
1,227.9 |
1,119.6 |
9.7% |
9,131.1 |
7,911.6 |
15.4% |
|
- domestic |
928.2 |
862.9 |
7.6% |
6,115.0 |
5,483.9 |
11.5% |
|
Revenue load factor, % |
73.7% |
75.7% |
(2.0 p.p.) |
67.8% |
69.6% |
(1.8 p.p.) |
|
- international |
72.6% |
75.0% |
(2.3 p.p.) |
66.6% |
68.8% |
(2.2 p.p.) |
|
- domestic |
75.2% |
76.7% |
(1.4 p.p.) |
69.6% |
70.7% |
(1.1 p.p.) |
|
Revenue flights |
41,500 |
38,812 |
6.9% |
298,019 |
268,492 |
11.0% |
|
- international |
17,068 |
16,361 |
4.3% |
125,196 |
112,560 |
11.2% |
|
- domestic |
24,432 |
22,451 |
8.8% |
172,823 |
155,932 |
10.8% |
|
Flight hours |
113,256 |
105,458 |
7.4% |
819,508 |
731,904 |
12.0% |
Aeroflot – Russian Airlines Operating Results
|
|
August 2019 |
August 2018 |
Change |
8M 2019 |
8M 2018 |
Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Passengers carried, thousand PAX |
3,690.2 |
3,627.1 |
1.7% |
25,176.3 |
23,471.5 |
7.3% |
|
- international |
1,935.9 |
1,841.7 |
5.1% |
13,184.1 |
12,027.8 |
9.6% |
|
- domestic |
1,754.3 |
1,785.4 |
(1.7%) |
11,992.2 |
11,443.7 |
4.8% |
|
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn |
9,965.2 |
9,847.5 |
1.2% |
68,759.7 |
64,519.2 |
6.6% |
|
- international |
6,699.6 |
6,275.1 |
6.8% |
46,821.5 |
42,240.7 |
10.8% |
|
- domestic |
3,265.6 |
3,572.3 |
(8.6%) |
21,938.2 |
22,278.5 |
(1.5%) |
|
Available Seat Kilometres, mn |
11,346.8 |
11,014.5 |
3.0% |
85,926.3 |
79,553.1 |
8.0% |
|
- international |
7,734.1 |
7,208.1 |
7.3% |
59,313.0 |
53,174.0 |
11.5% |
|
- domestic |
3,612.7 |
3,806.4 |
(5.1%) |
26,613.3 |
26,379.0 |
0.9% |
|
Passenger load factor, % |
87.8% |
89.4% |
(1.6 p.p.) |
80.0% |
81.1% |
(1.1 p.p.) |
|
- international |
86.6% |
87.1% |
(0.4 p.p.) |
78.9% |
79.4% |
(0.5 p.p.) |
|
- domestic |
90.4% |
93.9% |
(3.5 p.p.) |
82.4% |
84.5% |
(2.0 p.p.) |
|
Cargo and mail carried, tonnes |
18,357.9 |
20,334.4 |
(9.7%) |
137,029.9 |
140,197.8 |
(2.3%) |
|
- international |
11,988.8 |
13,812.5 |
(13.2%) |
94,070.2 |
95,045.6 |
(1.0%) |
|
- domestic |
6,369.2 |
6,521.9 |
(2.3%) |
42,959.7 |
45,152.2 |
(4.9%) |
|
Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mn |
83.7 |
96.0 |
(12.9%) |
625.5 |
661.6 |
(5.5%) |
|
- international |
59.1 |
68.6 |
(13.9%) |
461.0 |
471.5 |
(2.2%) |
|
- domestic |
24.6 |
27.4 |
(10.2%) |
164.5 |
190.1 |
(13.5%) |
|
Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mn |
980.6 |
982.3 |
(0.2%) |
6,813.8 |
6,468.4 |
5.3% |
|
- international |
662.0 |
633.4 |
4.5% |
4,674.9 |
4,273.2 |
9.4% |
|
- domestic |
318.5 |
348.9 |
(8.7%) |
2,138.9 |
2,195.2 |
(2.6%) |
|
Available Tonne Kilometres, mn |
1,365.8 |
1,321.4 |
3.4% |
10,342.0 |
9,554.9 |
8.2% |
|
- international |
946.1 |
866.0 |
9.2% |
7,249.1 |
6,420.7 |
12.9% |
|
- domestic |
419.7 |
455.4 |
(7.8%) |
3,092.9 |
3,134.2 |
(1.3%) |
|
Revenue load factor, % |
71.8% |
74.3% |
(2.5 p.p.) |
65.9% |
67.7% |
(1.8 p.p.) |
|
- international |
70.0% |
73.1% |
(3.2 p.p.) |
64.5% |
66.6% |
(2.1 p.p.) |
|
- domestic |
75.9% |
76.6% |
(0.7 p.p.) |
69.2% |
70.0% |
(0.9 p.p.) |
|
Revenue flights |
25,906 |
24,736 |
4.7% |
194,161 |
176,721 |
9.9% |
|
- international |
12,474 |
12,152 |
2.6% |
95,103 |
87,230 |
9.0% |
|
- domestic |
13,432 |
12,584 |
6.7% |
99,058 |
89,491 |
10.7% |
|
Flight hours |
73,206 |
69,788 |
4.9% |
555,868 |
504,269 |
10.2% |