Moscow, 23 April 2019 – Aeroflot PJSC (Moscow Exchange ticker: AFLT) today announces operating results for Aeroflot Group (“the Group”) and Aeroflot – Russian Airlines (“the Company”) for March and 3M 2019[1].
3M 2019 Operating Highlights
In 3M 2019, Aeroflot Group carried 12.8 million passengers, up 16.2% year-on-year. Aeroflot airline carried 8.5 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 14.3%.
Group and Company RPKs increased by 16.7% and 11.0% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs rose by 17.5% year-on-year for the Group and by 12.0% year-on-year for the Company.
The passenger load factor decreased by 0.6 p.p. year-on-year to 77.9% for Aeroflot Group and decreased by 0.7 p.p. to 75.8% for Aeroflot airline.
March 2019 Operating Highlights
In March 2019, Aeroflot Group carried 4.6 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 16.9%. Aeroflot airline carried 3.0 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 13.8%.
Group and Company RPKs were up 18.3% and 11.9% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs rose by 17.9% for Aeroflot Group and by 11.2% for Aeroflot airline.
Aeroflot Group’s passenger load factor was 80.3%, representing a 0.3 percentage point increase versus the same period a year earlier. The passenger load factor at Aeroflot – Russian Airlines increased by 0.5 percentage points year-on-year to 78.8%.
Fleet update
In March 2019, Aeroflot Group added two Boeing 777-300ER and two Boeing 737-800. As of 31 March 2019, the Group fleet had 371 aircraft.
Aeroflot airline added two Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. As of 31 March 2019, the Company fleet had 255 aircraft.
| Net changes in the fleet | Number of aircraft[2] as of 31.03.2019 | ||
| March 2019 | 3M 2019 | ||
| Aeroflot Group | +4 | +5 | 371 |
| Aeroflot airline | +2 | +2 | 255 |
Aeroflot Group Operating Results
| March 2019 | March 2018 | Change | 3M 2019 | 3M 2018 | Change | |
| Passengers carried, thousand PAX | 4,594.1 | 3,930.1 | 16.9% | 12,764.2 | 10,985.2 | 16.2% |
| - international | 2,056.4 | 1,744.5 | 17.9% | 5,730.8 | 4,887.8 | 17.2% |
| - domestic | 2,537.6 | 2,185.6 | 16.1% | 7,033.4 | 6,097.3 | 15.4% |
| Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn | 12,058.8 | 10,190.1 | 18.3% | 33,541.7 | 28,743.1 | 16.7% |
| - international | 7,410.0 | 6,198.0 | 19.6% | 20,565.2 | 17,567.8 | 17.1% |
| - domestic | 4,648.8 | 3,992.1 | 16.4% | 12,976.5 | 11,175.3 | 16.1% |
| Available Seat Kilometres, mn | 15,016.7 | 12,735.0 | 17.9% | 43,043.0 | 36,623.6 | 17.5% |
| - international | 9,322.4 | 7,764.6 | 20.1% | 26,547.0 | 22,503.8 | 18.0% |
| - domestic | 5,694.3 | 4,970.3 | 14.6% | 16,496.0 | 14,119.8 | 16.8% |
| Passenger load factor, % | 80.3% | 80.0% | 0.3 p.p. | 77.9% | 78.5% | (0.6 p.p.) |
| - international | 79.5% | 79.8% | (0.3 p.p.) | 77.5% | 78.1% | (0.6 p.p.) |
| - domestic | 81.6% | 80.3% | 1.3 p.p. | 78.7% | 79.1% | (0.5 p.p.) |
| Cargo and mail carried, tonnes | 24,272.3 | 23,140.2 | 4.9% | 64,995.6 | 62,666.2 | 3.7% |
| - international | 14,041.3 | 13,372.7 | 5.0% | 37,161.7 | 36,010.3 | 3.2% |
| - domestic | 10,231.0 | 9,767.5 | 4.7% | 27,833.8 | 26,655.9 | 4.4% |
| Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mn | 102.9 | 100.1 | 2.8% | 269.4 | 270.6 | (0.4%) |
| - international | 66.3 | 64.0 | 3.7% | 169.6 | 171.4 | (1.0%) |
| - domestic | 36.6 | 36.2 | 1.3% | 99.8 | 99.2 | 0.6% |
| Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mn | 1,188.2 | 1,017.2 | 16.8% | 3,288.1 | 2,857.5 | 15.1% |
| - international | 733.2 | 621.8 | 17.9% | 2,020.5 | 1,752.5 | 15.3% |
| - domestic | 455.0 | 395.5 | 15.1% | 1,267.6 | 1,105.0 | 14.7% |
| Available Tonne Kilometres, mn | 1,773.5 | 1,501.7 | 18.1% | 5,113.3 | 4,327.5 | 18.2% |
| - international | 1,114.5 | 924.1 | 20.6% | 3,202.9 | 2,682.7 | 19.4% |
| - domestic | 659.0 | 577.6 | 14.1% | 1,910.4 | 1,644.8 | 16.1% |
| Revenue load factor, % | 67.0% | 67.7% | (0.7 p.p.) | 64.3% | 66.0% | (1.7 p.p.) |
| - international | 65.8% | 67.3% | (1.5 p.p.) | 63.1% | 65.3% | (2.2 p.p.) |
| - domestic | 69.1% | 68.5% | 0.6 p.p. | 66.4% | 67.2% | (0.8 p.p.) |
| Revenue flights | 35,409 | 31,026 | 14.1% | 102,458 | 88,536 | 15.7% |
| - international | 14,896 | 12,866 | 15.8% | 43,226 | 36,869 | 17.2% |
| - domestic | 20,513 | 18,160 | 13.0% | 59,232 | 51,667 | 14.6% |
| Flight hours | 98,188 | 84,449 | 16.3% | 283,538 | 241,952 | 17.2% |
Aeroflot - Russian Airlines Operating Results
| March 2019 | March 2018 | Change | 3M 2019 | 3M 2018 | Change | ||
| Passengers carried, thousand PAX | 3,035.1 | 2,667.4 | 13.8% | 8,452.7 | 7,394.0 | 14.3% | |
| - international | 1,571.8 | 1,392.9 | 12.8% | 4,380.1 | 3,899.5 | 12.3% | |
| - domestic | 1,463.3 | 1,274.5 | 14.8% | 4,072.6 | 3,494.6 | 16.5% | |
| Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn | 8,390.8 | 7,496.8 | 11.9% | 23,285.2 | 20,975.3 | 11.0% | |
| - international | 5,750.2 | 5,087.6 | 13.0% | 15,924.8 | 14,324.7 | 11.2% | |
| - domestic | 2,640.6 | 2,409.2 | 9.6% | 7,360.4 | 6,650.6 | 10.7% | |
| Available Seat Kilometres, mn | 10,644.4 | 9,568.1 | 11.2% | 30,716.1 | 27,419.2 | 12.0% | |
| - international | 7,350.8 | 6,540.6 | 12.4% | 21,062.8 | 18,912.0 | 11.4% | |
| - domestic | 3,293.6 | 3,027.5 | 8.8% | 9,653.3 | 8,507.2 | 13.5% | |
| Passenger load factor, % | 78.8% | 78.4% | 0.5 p.p. | 75.8% | 76.5% | (0.7 p.p.) | |
| - international | 78.2% | 77.8% | 0.4 p.p. | 75.6% | 75.7% | (0.1 p.p.) | |
| - domestic | 80.2% | 79.6% | 0.6 p.p. | 76.2% | 78.2% | (1.9 p.p.) | |
| Cargo and mail carried, tonnes | 17,499.1 | 17,690.2 | (1.1%) | 45,832.1 | 47,547.8 | (3.6%) | |
| - international | 11,876.4 | 12,183.5 | (2.5%) | 30,953.1 | 32,765.3 | (5.5%) | |
| - domestic | 5,622.7 | 5,506.7 | 2.1% | 14,879.0 | 14,782.5 | 0.7% | |
| Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mn | 79.8 | 83.3 | (4.2%) | 206.2 | 224.5 | (8.2%) | |
| - international | 58.3 | 60.5 | (3.6%) | 149.0 | 162.1 | (8.1%) | |
| - domestic | 21.4 | 22.8 | (5.9%) | 57.1 | 62.3 | (8.3%) | |
| Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mn | 834.9 | 758.0 | 10.2% | 2,301.8 | 2,112.2 | 9.0% | |
| - international | 575.9 | 518.4 | 11.1% | 1,582.3 | 1,451.4 | 9.0% | |
| - domestic | 259.1 | 239.6 | 8.1% | 719.6 | 660.9 | 8.9% | |
| Available Tonne Kilometres, mn | 1,270.0 | 1,147.2 | 10.7% | 3,685.0 | 3,291.5 | 12.0% | |
| - international | 888.6 | 793.4 | 12.0% | 2,568.6 | 2,296.9 | 11.8% | |
| - domestic | 381.4 | 353.8 | 7.8% | 1,116.4 | 994.7 | 12.2% | |
| Revenue load factor, % | 65.7% | 66.1% | (0.3 p.p.) | 62.5% | 64.2% | (1.7 p.p.) | |
| - international | 64.8% | 65.3% | (0.5 p.p.) | 61.6% | 63.2% | (1.6 p.p.) | |
| - domestic | 67.9% | 67.7% | 0.2 p.p. | 64.5% | 66.4% | (2.0 p.p.) | |
| Revenue flights | 23,991 | 21,125 | 13.6% | 70,136 | 60,232 | 16.4% | |
| - international | 11,725 | 10,524 | 11.4% | 34,191 | 30,259 | 13.0% | |
| - domestic | 12,266 | 10,601 | 15.7% | 35,945 | 29,973 | 19.9% | |
| Flight hours | 69,446 | 60,979 | 13.9% | 202,127 | 174,577 | 15.8% | |
[1] Management accounts.
[2] Excluding aircraft leased or subleased out.
