Aeroflot Group Announces Traffic Statistics for November 2014

25 December 2014

Moscow, 25 December 2014 – JSC Aeroflot (“the Company”, Moscow Exchange ticker: AFLT) announces operating results of Aeroflot Group (“the Group”) and the Company for November 2014 and the eleven months of 2014 (“11M 2014”).

Operating Highlights

Passenger traffic of Aeroflot Group in November 2014 was 2.6 mln, up 9.9% year-on-year. For 11M 2014, Group traffic totalled 32.0 mln, a 10.2% year-on-year increase. JSC Aeroflot’s traffic was 1.8 mln in November 2014 and 21.7 mln in 11M 2014, up 10.7% and 12.8% year-on-year, respectively.

In November 2014, Group revenue passenger kilometres (“RPKs”) rose by 4.3% year-on-year, while the Company posted 9.9% year-on-year RPK growth. The Group and the Company delivered increases in available seat kilometres (“ASKs”) of 9.8% and 14.1% respectively.

On domestic routes, Group traffic and RPKs increased 23.6% and 22.2% year-on-year respectively in November 2014, mainly driven by increased flight frequencies and carrying capacities on high-demand routes. JSC Aeroflot’s domestic passenger traffic was up by 19.2%, while RPKs increased 15.9% year-on-year in November.

On international routes, Group traffic and RPKs decreased 2.3% and 5.1% year-on-year in November 2014. This was mainly due to a decline in traffic and RPKs in the charter flight segment, as well as lower frequency of flights on Ukrainian routes. JSC Aeroflot’s international passenger traffic was up 4.4% year-on-year, while RPKs increased 6.9% year-on-year in November.

Seat load factor of the Group and the Company decreased by 3.8 percentage points (pps) year-on-year to 71.8% and by 2.8 pps year-on-year to 73.0% respectively. The decrease in the seat load factor was mainly attributed to high pace of capacity growth, decrease in the CIS traffic and overall market environment.         

Fleet Update

During 11M 2014, JCS Aeroflot expanded its fleet with 13 Airbus A320s, three Boeing 737-800s, six Boeing 777-300ERs and two SSJ-100s. In the same period, five Boeing 767-300ERs and two Airbus A320 family aircraft exited the Aeroflot fleet as their leases expired, and five Airbus A320 family aircraft were transferred to subsidiary airlines. The Company’s fleet is now one of the youngest in the world with an average aircraft age of 4.1 years as of 30 November 2014.

Aeroflot Group operating results

 

 

 		  

November 2014

 		  

November 2013

 		  

Change

 		  

 

 		  

11M 2014

 		  

11M 2013

 		  

Change

 
 

Passengers carried, thousand PAX

 		  

2,598.0

 		  

2,364.7

 		  

9.9%

 		  

 

 		  

32,048.9

 		  

29,074.2

 		  

10.2%

 
 

- international

 		  

1,225.0

 		  

1,254.3

 		  

(2.3%)

 		  

 

 		  

15,908.6

 		  

16,181.5

 		  

(1.7%)

 
 

- domestic

 		  

1,373.0

 		  

1,110.4

 		  

23.6%

 		  

 

 		  

16,140.3

 		  

12,892.7

 		  

25.2%

 
 

Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mln

 		  

6,634.3

 		  

6,363.3

 		  

4.3%

 		  

 

 		  

83,347.8

 		  

79,021.0

 		  

5.5%

 
 

- international

 		  

3,968.5

 		  

4,181.3

 		  

(5.1%)

 		  

 

 		  

51,273.4

 		  

52,060.9

 		  

(1.5%)

 
 

- domestic

 		  

2,665.8

 		  

2,182.0

 		  

22.2%

 		  

 

 		  

32,074.4

 		  

26,960.1

 		  

19.0%

 
 

Available Seat Kilometres, mln

 		  

9,235.9

 		  

8,411.8

 		  

9.8%

 		  

 

 		  

106,360.1

 		  

100,474.2

 		  

5.9%

 
 

- international

 		  

5,581.2

 		  

5,462.4

 		  

2.2%

 		  

 

 		  

66,620.3

 		  

65,929.5

 		  

1.0%

 
 

- domestic

 		  

3,654.7

 		  

2,949.4

 		  

23.9%

 		  

 

 		  

39,739.8

 		  

34,544.7

 		  

15.0%

 
 

Seat load factor

 		  

71.8%

 		  

75.6%

 		  

(3.8 p.p.)

 		  

 

 		  

78.4%

 		  

78.6%

 		  

(0.2 p.p.)

 
 

- international

 		  

71.1%

 		  

76.5%

 		  

(5.4 p.p.)

 		  

 

 		  

77.0%

 		  

79.0%

 		  

(2.0 p.p.)

 
 

- domestic

 		  

72.9%

 		  

74.0%

 		  

(1.1 p.p.)

 		  

 

 		  

80.7%

 		  

78.0%

 		  

2.7 p.p.

 
 

Cargo and mail carried, tonnes

 		  

16,428.5

 		  

16,262.9

 		  

1.0%

 		  

 

 		  

149,595.2

 		  

187,575.7

 		  

(20.2%)

 
 

- international

 		  

8,714.2

 		  

8,988.0

 		  

(3.0%)

 		  

 

 		  

76,048.9

 		  

112,680.3

 		  

(32.5%)

 
 

- domestic

 		  

7,714.3

 		  

7,274.9

 		  

6.0%

 		  

 

 		  

73,546.3

 		  

74,895.4

 		  

(1.8%)

 
 

Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mln

 		  

73.4

 		  

70.4

 		  

4.3%

 		  

 

 		  

653.5

 		  

920.2

 		  

(29.0%)

 
 

- international

 		  

42.1

 		  

42.1

 		  

(0.0%)

 		  

 

 		  

363.8

 		  

619.1

 		  

(41.2%)

 
 

- domestic

 		  

31.3

 		  

28.3

 		  

10.6%

 		  

 

 		  

289.7

 		  

301.1

 		  

(3.8%)

 
 

Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mln

 		  

670.5

 		  

643.1

 		  

4.3%

 		  

 

 		  

8,154.8

 		  

8,032.1

 		  

1.5%

 
 

- international

 		  

399.3

 		  

418.4

 		  

(4.6%)

 		  

 

 		  

4,978.4

 		  

5,304.6

 		  

(6.1%)

 
 

- domestic

 		  

271.2

 		  

224.7

 		  

20.7%

 		  

 

 		  

3,176.4

 		  

2,727.5

 		  

16.5%

 
 

Available Tonne Kilometres, mln

 		  

1,110.6

 		  

1,006.0

 		  

10.4%

 		  

 

 		  

12,710.8

 		  

12,361.2

 		  

2.8%

 
 

- international

 		  

682.4

 		  

655.4

 		  

4.1%

 		  

 

 		  

7,974.6

 		  

8,202.9

 		  

(2.8%)

 
 

- domestic

 		  

428.2

 		  

350.6

 		  

22.1%

 		  

 

 		  

4,736.2

 		  

4,158.3

 		  

13.9%

 
 

Revenue load factor

 		  

60.4%

 		  

63.9%

 		  

(3.5 p.p.)

 		  

 

 		  

64.2%

 		  

65.0%

 		  

(0.8 p.p.)

 
 

- international

 		  

58.5%

 		  

63.8%

 		  

(5.3 p.p.)

 		  

 

 		  

62.4%

 		  

64.7%

 		  

(2.3 p.p.)

 
 

- domestic

 		  

63.3%

 		  

64.1%

 		  

(0.8 p.p.)

 		  

 

 		  

67.1%

 		  

65.6%

 		  

1.5 p.p.

 
 

Flight hours for fleet

 		  

65,347

 		  

60,126

 		  

8.7%

 		  

 

 		  

747,877

 		  

714,555

 		  

4.7%

 
                                   

 

JSC Aeroflot operating results

 

 

 		  

November 2014

 		  

November 2013

 		  

Change

 		  

 

 		  

11M 2014

 		  

11M 2013

 		  

Change

 
 

Passengers carried, thousand PAX

 		  

1,842.8

 		  

1,664.3

 		  

10.7%

 		  

 

 		  

21,744.1

 		  

19,272.2

 		  

12.8%

 
 

- international

 		  

994.0

 		  

952.3

 		  

4.4%

 		  

 

 		  

11,487.9

 		  

11,381.1

 		  

0.9%

 
 

- domestic

 		  

848.8

 		  

712.0

 		  

19.2%

 		  

 

 		  

10,256.2

 		  

7,891.1

 		  

30.0%

 
 

Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mln

 		  

5,219.9

 		  

4,749.1

 		  

9.9%

 		  

 

 		  

61,861.3

 		  

55,536.9

 		  

11.4%

 
 

- international

 		  

3,389.4

 		  

3,169.8

 		  

6.9%

 		  

 

 		  

39,324.9

 		  

37,523.7

 		  

4.8%

 
 

- domestic

 		  

1,830.5

 		  

1,579.3

 		  

15.9%

 		  

 

 		  

22,536.4

 		  

18,013.2

 		  

25.1%

 
 

Available Seat Kilometres, mln

 		  

7,150.2

 		  

6,268.6

 		  

14.1%

 		  

 

 		  

78,536.5

 		  

70,054.0

 		  

12.1%

 
 

- international

 		  

4,778.5

 		  

4,238.4

 		  

12.7%

 		  

 

 		  

51,351.5

 		  

48,039.4

 		  

6.9%

 
 

- domestic

 		  

2,371.7

 		  

2,030.2

 		  

16.8%

 		  

 

 		  

27,185.0

 		  

22,014.6

 		  

23.5%

 
 

Seat load factor

 		  

73.0%

 		  

75.8%

 		  

(2.8 p.p.)

 		  

 

 		  

78.8%

 		  

79.3%

 		  

(0.5 p.p.)

 
 

- international

 		  

70.9%

 		  

74.8%

 		  

(3.9 p.p.)

 		  

 

 		  

76.6%

 		  

78.1%

 		  

(1.5 p.p.)

 
 

- domestic

 		  

77.2%

 		  

77.8%

 		  

(0.6 p.p.)

 		  

 

 		  

82.9%

 		  

81.8%

 		  

1.1 p.p.

 
 

Cargo and mail carried, tonnes

 		  

14,545.8

 		  

14,223.9

 		  

2.3%

 		  

 

 		  

130,838.8

 		  

161,649.3

 		  

(19.1%)

 
 

- international

 		  

8,529.0

 		  

8,705.9

 		  

(2.0%)

 		  

 

 		  

73,499.4

 		  

109,206.1

 		  

(32.7%)

 
 

- domestic

 		  

6,016.8

 		  

5,518.0

 		  

9.0%

 		  

 

 		  

57,339.4

 		  

52,443.2

 		  

9.3%

 
 

Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mln

 		  

69.2

 		  

66.3

 		  

4.4%

 		  

 

 		  

616.2

 		  

852.5

 		  

(27.7%)

 
 

- international

 		  

41.7

 		  

41.4

 		  

0.7%

 		  

 

 		  

357.6

 		  

610.9

 		  

(41.5%)

 
 

- domestic

 		  

27.5

 		  

24.9

 		  

10.4%

 		  

 

 		  

258.6

 		  

241.6

 		  

7.0%

 
 

Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mln

 		  

539.0

 		  

493.7

 		  

9.2%

 		  

 

 		  

6,183.8

 		  

5,850.8

 		  

5.7%

 
 

- international

 		  

346.7

 		  

326.7

 		  

6.1%

 		  

 

 		  

3,896.9

 		  

3,988.0

 		  

(2.3%)

 
 

- domestic

 		  

192.3

 		  

167.0

 		  

15.1%

 		  

 

 		  

2,286.9

 		  

1,862.8

 		  

22.8%

 
 

Available Tonne Kilometres, mln

 		  

890.6

 		  

773.7

 		  

15.1%

 		  

 

 		  

9,752.9

 		  

9,058.7

 		  

7.7%

 
 

- international

 		  

598.7

 		  

521.0

 		  

14.9%

 		  

 

 		  

6,375.1

 		  

6,287.0

 		  

1.4%

 
 

- domestic

 		  

291.9

 		  

252.7

 		  

15.5%

 		  

 

 		  

3,377.8

 		  

2,771.7

 		  

21.9%

 
 

Revenue load factor

 		  

60.5%

 		  

63.8%

 		  

(3.3 p.p.)

 		  

 

 		  

63.4%

 		  

64.6%

 		  

(1.2 p.p.)

 
 

- international

 		  

57.9%

 		  

62.7%

 		  

(4.8 p.p.)

 		  

 

 		  

61.1%

 		  

63.4%

 		  

(2.3 p.p.)

 
 

- domestic

 		  

65.9%

 		  

66.1%

 		  

(0.2 p.p.)

 		  

 

 		  

67.7%

 		  

67.2%

 		  

0.5 p.p.

 
 

Flight hours for fleet

 		  

46,095

 		  

41,869

 		  

10.1%

 		  

 

 		  

507,264

 		  

466,341

 		  

8.8%

 

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About Aeroflot

Aeroflot is Russia’s flagship carrier and one of the largest airline groups in Europe. In 2013, its 90th anniversary year, Aeroflot carried 20.9 million passengers (31.4 million passengers as Aeroflot Group including subsidiaries), a record for any Russian airline. A proud member of the SkyTeam global airline alliance, Aeroflot and its partners serve 1,052 destinations in 177 countries worldwide. Aeroflot operates the youngest fleet in the world among major airlines, numbering 154 Airbus, Boeing and Sukhoi airliners. Aeroflot is among the global leaders in aviation safety. The company’s European Community Safety Assessment of Foreign Aircraft (SAFA) Index, which is the main globally recognized safety parameter, is comparable to global peers. The first Russian carrier to enter the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) register, renewing its registration for the fifth time in 2013, Aeroflot has successfully passed the IATA Safety Audit for Ground Operations (ISAGO) and is fully ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004 compliant. In 2014 Aeroflot was named by SKYTRAX as the Best Airline in Eastern Europe for the third time. Find more at www.aeroflot.com.