Aeroflot PJSC (Moscow Exchange ticker: AFLT) today announces Aeroflot Group operating results for March & Q1 2026[1].
March 2026 Key Highlights
- Aeroflot Group carried 4.1 million passengers, on par with March 2025 (up 0.1%).
- Domestic traffic amounted to 3.0 million passengers, down 1.9% compared to March 2025.
- Despite the suspension of flights to the UAE due to the situation in the Middle East, Aeroflot Group delivered strong performance in the international segment, supported by the successful redeployment of fleet capacity to destinations in Southeast Asia, Turkey and Egypt. International traffic increased by 5.8% to 1.1 million passengers.
- Revenue Passenger Kilometers (RPK) increased by 5.0%, while Available Seat Kilometers (ASK) grew by 2.2%.
- Passenger load factor (PLF) increased by 2.4 p.p. to 92.0%, driven by a 7.1 p.p. increase on international routes to 94.6%.
- Aeroflot Airlines carried 2.3 million passengers, up 0.8% year-on-year, with RPK growing by 8.8% and PLF increasing by 3.8 p.p. to 92.4%.
4.1 millionpassengers carried |
+5.0%RPK growth |
+2.4 p.p.PLF increase |
Q1 2026 Key Highlights
- Aeroflot Group carried 11.9 million passengers, up 2.2% compared to the same period in 2025.
- Domestic traffic amounted to 8.7 million passengers, flat year-on-year.
- International traffic amounted to 3.2 million passengers, up 8.9% year-on-year.
- RPK increased by 6.9%, while ASK grew by 3.3%.
- PLF stood at 91.2%, up 3.1 p.p. year-on-year.
- Aeroflot Airlines carried 6.5 million passengers, up 3.2% year-on-year, with RPK growing by 10.5% and PLF increasing by 4.4 p.p. to 91.3%.
+2.2%PAX growth |
+6.9%RPK growth |
+3.1 p.p.PLF increase |
Aeroflot Group Operating Results
|
Показатель |
March 2026 |
March 2025 |
Change |
3M 2026 |
3M 2025 |
Change |
|
Passengers carried, thousand PAX |
4,122.4 |
4,118.3 |
0.1% |
11,880.8 |
11,619.8 |
2.2% |
|
- international |
1,114.2 |
1,052.8 |
5.8% |
3,228.7 |
2,966.0 |
8.9% |
|
- domestic |
3,008.3 |
3,065.5 |
-1.9% |
8,652.1 |
8,653.9 |
0.0% |
|
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn |
12,200.0 |
11,619.4 |
5.0% |
35,027.0 |
32,753.7 |
6.9% |
|
- international |
5,489.1 |
5,006.9 |
9.6% |
15,756.5 |
14,080.9 |
11.9% |
|
- domestic |
6,710.9 |
6,612.5 |
1.5% |
19,270.5 |
18,672.9 |
3.2% |
|
Available Seat Kilometres, mn |
13,264.2 |
12,974.9 |
2.2% |
38,398.3 |
37,160.2 |
3.3% |
|
- international |
5,805.3 |
5,725.4 |
1.4% |
17,074.8 |
16,463.4 |
3.7% |
|
- domestic |
7,458.9 |
7,249.5 |
2.9% |
21,323.5 |
20,696.8 |
3.0% |
|
Passenger load factor, % |
92.0% |
89.6% |
2.4 p.p. |
91.2% |
88.1% |
3.1 p.p. |
|
- international |
94.6% |
87.5% |
7.1 p.p. |
92.3% |
85.5% |
6.8 p.p. |
|
- domestic |
90.0% |
91.2% |
-1.2 p.p. |
90.4% |
90.2% |
0.2 p.p. |
|
Cargo and mail carried, tonnes |
17,215.1 |
18,507.5 |
-7.0% |
48,103.1 |
51,421.6 |
-6.5% |
|
- international |
6,092.0 |
6,368.3 |
-4.3% |
16,761.2 |
17,537.0 |
-4.4% |
|
- domestic |
11,123.0 |
12,139.2 |
-8.4% |
31,342.0 |
33,884.7 |
-7.5% |
|
Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mn |
80.1 |
83.7 |
-4.3% |
220.4 |
232.8 |
-5.3% |
|
- international |
36.0 |
35.5 |
1.3% |
95.3 |
97.4 |
-2.2% |
|
- domestic |
44.1 |
48.2 |
-8.4% |
125.1 |
135.4 |
-7.6% |
|
Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mn |
1,178.1 |
1,129.4 |
4.3% |
3,372.8 |
3,180.7 |
6.0% |
|
- international |
530.0 |
486.2 |
9.0% |
1,513.4 |
1,364.7 |
10.9% |
|
- domestic |
648.1 |
643.3 |
0.7% |
1,859.4 |
1,816.0 |
2.4% |
|
Available Tonne Kilometres, mn |
1,609.7 |
1,541.8 |
4.4% |
4,650.7 |
4,422.2 |
5.2% |
|
- international |
751.7 |
717.3 |
4.8% |
2,187.3 |
2,065.3 |
5.9% |
|
- domestic |
858.0 |
824.5 |
4.1% |
2,463.4 |
2,356.9 |
4.5% |
|
Revenue load factor, % |
73.2% |
73.3% |
-0.1 p.p. |
72.5% |
71.9% |
0.6 p.p. |
|
- international |
70.5% |
67.8% |
2.7 p.p. |
69.2% |
66.1% |
3.1 p.p. |
|
- domestic |
75.5% |
78.0% |
-2.5 p.p. |
75.5% |
77.0% |
-1.6 p.p. |
|
Revenue flights |
26,244 |
26,756 |
-1.9% |
76,148 |
76,175 |
0.0% |
|
- international |
5,722 |
5,801 |
-1.4% |
17,039 |
16,547 |
3.0% |
|
- domestic |
20,522 |
20,955 |
-2.1% |
59,109 |
59,628 |
-0.9% |
|
Flight hours |
80,957 |
79,782 |
1.5% |
236,928 |
227,622 |
4.1% |
Aeroflot Airlines Operating Results
|
Показатель |
March 2026 |
March 2025 |
Change |
3M 2026 |
3M 2025 |
Change |
|
Passengers carried, thousand PAX |
2,262.3 |
2,245.4 |
0.8% |
6,546.4 |
6,344.4 |
3.2% |
|
- international |
886.9 |
774.5 |
14.5% |
2,533.7 |
2,185.3 |
15.9% |
|
- domestic |
1,375.4 |
1,470.8 |
-6.5% |
4,012.7 |
4,159.1 |
-3.5% |
|
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn |
8,255.8 |
7,591.1 |
8.8% |
23,621.9 |
21,382.6 |
10.5% |
|
- international |
4,760.5 |
3,968.4 |
20.0% |
13,325.9 |
11,186.1 |
19.1% |
|
- domestic |
3,495.3 |
3,622.7 |
-3.5% |
10,296.0 |
10,196.6 |
1.0% |
|
Available Seat Kilometres, mn |
8,932.0 |
8,567.4 |
4.3% |
25,878.1 |
24,610.9 |
5.1% |
|
- international |
5,031.1 |
4,578.5 |
9.9% |
14,453.7 |
13,235.2 |
9.2% |
|
- domestic |
3,901.0 |
3,988.9 |
-2.2% |
11,424.4 |
11,375.7 |
0.4% |
|
Passenger load factor, % |
92.4% |
88.6% |
3.8 p.p. |
91.3% |
86.9% |
4.4 p.p. |
|
- international |
94.6% |
86.7% |
7.9 p.p. |
92.2% |
84.5% |
7.7 p.p. |
|
- domestic |
89.6% |
90.8% |
-1.2 p.p. |
90.1% |
89.6% |
0.5 p.p. |
|
Cargo and mail carried, tonnes |
10,946.9 |
11,702.2 |
-6.5% |
30,374.2 |
31,929.3 |
-4.9% |
|
- international |
5,246.3 |
5,118.6 |
2.5% |
13,653.5 |
13,848.6 |
-1.4% |
|
- domestic |
5,700.6 |
6,583.6 |
-13.4% |
16,720.7 |
18,080.7 |
-7.5% |
|
Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mn |
58.8 |
60.7 |
-3.3% |
161.4 |
167.3 |
-3.5% |
|
- international |
33.5 |
31.0 |
7.9% |
84.7 |
84.4 |
0.4% |
|
- domestic |
25.3 |
29.7 |
-14.9% |
76.7 |
82.9 |
-7.5% |
|
Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mn |
801.8 |
743.9 |
7.8% |
2,287.4 |
2,091.7 |
9.4% |
|
- international |
461.9 |
388.2 |
19.0% |
1,284.1 |
1,091.1 |
17.7% |
|
- domestic |
339.9 |
355.8 |
-4.5% |
1,003.3 |
1,000.6 |
0.3% |
|
Available Tonne Kilometres, mn |
1,137.0 |
1,060.7 |
7.2% |
3,291.9 |
3,048.6 |
8.0% |
|
- international |
672.4 |
599.8 |
12.1% |
1,915.8 |
1,734.8 |
10.4% |
|
- domestic |
464.6 |
460.8 |
0.8% |
1,376.1 |
1,313.7 |
4.7% |
|
Revenue load factor, % |
70.5% |
70.1% |
0.4 p.p. |
69.5% |
68.6% |
0.9 p.p. |
|
- international |
68.7% |
64.7% |
4.0 p.p. |
67.0% |
62.9% |
4.1 p.p. |
|
- domestic |
73.2% |
77.2% |
-4.1 p.p. |
72.9% |
76.2% |
-3.3 p.p. |
|
Revenue flights |
13,017 |
13,226 |
-1.6% |
37,953 |
37,954 |
0.0% |
|
- international |
4,230 |
3,928 |
7.7% |
12,564 |
11,310 |
11.1% |
|
- domestic |
8,787 |
9,298 |
-5.5% |
25,389 |
26,644 |
-4.7% |
|
Flight hours |
49,109 |
47,121 |
4.2% |
144,082 |
135,127 |
6.6% |
