Moscow, 28 October 2019 – Aeroflot PJSC (Moscow Exchange ticker: AFLT) today announces operating results for Aeroflot Group (“the Group”) and Aeroflot – Russian Airlines (“the Company”) for September and 9M 2019[1].
In 9M 2019, Aeroflot Group carried 46.7 million passengers, up 10.6% year-on-year. Aeroflot airline carried 28.4 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 6.2%.
Group and Company RPKs increased by 10.9% and 5.6% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs rose by 12.4% year-on-year for the Group and by 7.4% year-on-year for the Company.
The passenger load factor decreased by 1.1 p.p. year-on-year to 82.7% for Aeroflot Group and decreased by 1.4 p.p. to 80.2% for Aeroflot airline.
In September 2019, Aeroflot Group carried 5.7 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 5.1%. Aeroflot airline carried 3.3 million passengers, a year-on-year decrease of 1.3%.
Group RPK increased by 5.0% year-on-year and Company RPK decreased 1.6% year-on-year. ASKs rose by 7.6% for Aeroflot Group and by 2.8% for Aeroflot airline.
Aeroflot Group’s passenger load factor was 85.1%, representing a 2.1 percentage point decrease versus the same period a year earlier. The passenger load factor at Aeroflot – Russian Airlines decreased by 3.6 percentage points year-on-year to 81.8%.
There were no changes in Aeroflot Group fleet in September 2019. As of 30 September 2019, Group and Company fleet had 364 and 249 aircraft, respectively.
| Net changes in the fleet | Number of aircraft[2] as of 30.09.2019 | ||
| September2019 | 9M2019 | ||
| Aeroflot Group | - | -2 | 364 |
| Aeroflot airline | - | -4 | 249 |
Aeroflot Group Operating Results
| September2019 | September2018 | Change | 9M2019 | 9M2018 | Change | |
| Passengers carried, thousand PAX | 5,682.9 | 5,406.6 | 5.1% | 46,728.4 | 42,248.9 | 10.6% |
| - international | 2,576.6 | 2,408.0 | 7.0% | 20,957.5 | 18,759.0 | 11.7% |
| -domestic | 3,106.3 | 2,998.6 | 3.6% | 25,770.9 | 23,489.9 | 9.7% |
| Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn | 14,605.3 | 13,915.0 | 5.0% | 120,265.0 | 108,428.2 | 10.9% |
| - international | 8,336.2 | 7,803.0 | 6.8% | 70,209.4 | 62,725.4 | 11.9% |
| -domestic | 6,269.1 | 6,112.0 | 2.6% | 50,055.6 | 45,702.8 | 9.5% |
| Available Seat Kilometres, mn | 17,171.9 | 15,957.8 | 7.6% | 145,381.5 | 129,392.6 | 12.4% |
| - international | 9,956.0 | 9,139.4 | 8.9% | 86,333.1 | 76,179.8 | 13.3% |
| -domestic | 7,215.9 | 6,818.4 | 5.8% | 59,048.3 | 53,212.7 | 11.0% |
| Passenger load factor, % | 85.1% | 87.2% | (2.1p.p.) | 82.7% | 83.8% | (1.1p.p.) |
| - international | 83.7% | 85.4% | (1.6p.p.) | 81.3% | 82.3% | (1.0p.p.) |
| -domestic | 86.9% | 89.6% | (2.8p.p.) | 84.8% | 85.9% | (1.1p.p.) |
| Cargo and mail carried, tonnes | 28,972.6 | 28,280.5 | 2.4% | 228,697.5 | 218,616.3 | 4.6% |
| - international | 14,901.7 | 14,990.7 | (0.6%) | 125,662.2 | 121,326.5 | 3.6% |
| -domestic | 14,070.9 | 13,289.8 | 5.9% | 103,035.4 | 97,289.8 | 5.9% |
| Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mn | 118.4 | 121.5 | (2.5%) | 943.1 | 937.3 | 0.6% |
| - international | 68.8 | 69.1 | (0.4%) | 579.1 | 570.5 | 1.5% |
| -domestic | 49.6 | 52.4 | (5.3%) | 364.0 | 366.8 | (0.8%) |
| Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mn | 1,432.9 | 1,373.9 | 4.3% | 11,767.0 | 10,695.8 | 10.0% |
| - international | 819.1 | 771.4 | 6.2% | 6,897.9 | 6,215.8 | 11.0% |
| -domestic | 613.8 | 602.5 | 1.9% | 4,869.0 | 4,480.0 | 8.7% |
| Available Tonne Kilometres, mn | 2,044.6 | 1,888.1 | 8.3% | 17,290.8 | 15,283.6 | 13.1% |
| - international | 1,181.6 | 1,074.1 | 10.0% | 10,312.7 | 8,985.7 | 14.8% |
| -domestic | 863.0 | 814.0 | 6.0% | 6,978.1 | 6,297.9 | 10.8% |
| Revenue load factor, % | 70.1% | 72.8% | (2.7p.p.) | 68.1% | 70.0% | (1.9p.p.) |
| - international | 69.3% | 71.8% | (2.5p.p.) | 66.9% | 69.2% | (2.3p.p.) |
| -domestic | 71.1% | 74.0% | (2.9p.p.) | 69.8% | 71.1% | (1.4p.p.) |
| Revenue flights | 39,404 | 37,238 | 5.8% | 337,423 | 305,730 | 10.4% |
| - international | 16,495 | 15,798 | 4.4% | 141,691 | 128,358 | 10.4% |
| -domestic | 22,909 | 21,440 | 6.9% | 195,732 | 177,372 | 10.4% |
| Flight hours | 107,828 | 101,873 | 5.8% | 927,336 | 833,777 | 11.2% |
Aeroflot – Russian Airlines Operating Results
| September2019 | September2018 | Change | 9M2019 | 9M2018 | Change | |
| Passengers carried, thousand PAX | 3,257.1 | 3,298.7 | (1.3%) | 28,433.4 | 26,770.2 | 6.2% |
| - international | 1,723.1 | 1,660.0 | 3.8% | 14,907.1 | 13,687.8 | 8.9% |
| -domestic | 1,534.1 | 1,638.7 | (6.4%) | 13,526.3 | 13,082.5 | 3.4% |
| Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn | 8,862.4 | 9,005.9 | (1.6%) | 77,622.1 | 73,525.1 | 5.6% |
| - international | 6,002.0 | 5,717.6 | 5.0% | 52,823.5 | 47,958.3 | 10.1% |
| -domestic | 2,860.4 | 3,288.3 | (13.0%) | 24,798.6 | 25,566.8 | (3.0%) |
| Available Seat Kilometres, mn | 10,828.4 | 10,534.7 | 2.8% | 96,754.7 | 90,087.8 | 7.4% |
| - international | 7,439.7 | 6,880.0 | 8.1% | 66,752.7 | 60,054.0 | 11.2% |
| -domestic | 3,388.6 | 3,654.8 | (7.3%) | 30,002.0 | 30,033.8 | (0.1%) |
| Passenger load factor, % | 81.8% | 85.5% | (3.6 p.p.) | 80.2% | 81.6% | (1.4 p.p.) |
| - international | 80.7% | 83.1% | (2.4 p.p.) | 79.1% | 79.9% | (0.7 p.p.) |
| -domestic | 84.4% | 90.0% | (5.6p.p.) | 82.7% | 85.1% | (2.5p.p.) |
| Cargo and mail carried, tonnes | 18,983.2 | 19,898.1 | (4.6%) | 156,013.0 | 160,095.9 | (2.6%) |
| - international | 12,650.5 | 12,994.7 | (2.6%) | 106,720.6 | 108,040.3 | (1.2%) |
| -domestic | 6,332.7 | 6,903.4 | (8.3%) | 49,292.4 | 52,055.6 | (5.3%) |
| Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mn | 86.8 | 93.1 | (6.8%) | 712.2 | 754.8 | (5.6%) |
| - international | 62.8 | 63.7 | (1.5%) | 523.8 | 535.2 | (2.1%) |
| -domestic | 24.0 | 29.4 | (18.4%) | 188.5 | 219.5 | (14.1%) |
| Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mn | 884.4 | 903.6 | (2.1%) | 7,698.2 | 7,372.0 | 4.4% |
| - international | 602.9 | 578.3 | 4.3% | 5,277.9 | 4,851.5 | 8.8% |
| -domestic | 281.4 | 325.4 | (13.5%) | 2,420.3 | 2,520.5 | (4.0%) |
| Available Tonne Kilometres, mn | 1,306.4 | 1,270.1 | 2.9% | 11,648.4 | 10,824.9 | 7.6% |
| - international | 911.2 | 832.7 | 9.4% | 8,160.3 | 7,253.4 | 12.5% |
| -domestic | 395.3 | 437.3 | (9.6%) | 3,488.1 | 3,571.5 | (2.3%) |
| Revenue load factor, % | 67.7% | 71.1% | (3.5p.p.) | 66.1% | 68.1% | (2.0p.p.) |
| - international | 66.2% | 69.4% | (3.3p.p.) | 64.7% | 66.9% | (2.2p.p.) |
| -domestic | 71.2% | 74.4% | (3.2p.p.) | 69.4% | 70.6% | (1.2p.p.) |
| Revenue flights | 24,826 | 23,930 | 3.7% | 218,987 | 200,651 | 9.1% |
| - international | 12,107 | 11,733 | 3.2% | 107,210 | 98,963 | 8.3% |
| -domestic | 12,719 | 12,197 | 4.3% | 111,777 | 101,688 | 9.9% |
| Flight hours | 70,310 | 67,734 | 3.8% | 626,178 | 572,003 | 9.5% |
[1] Management accounts.
[2] Excluding aircraft leased or subleased out.
