Moscow, 22 November 2019 – Aeroflot PJSC (Moscow Exchange ticker: AFLT) today announces operating results for Aeroflot Group (“the Group”) and Aeroflot – Russian Airlines (“the Company”) for October and 10M 2019[1].
10M 2019 Operating Highlights
In 10M 2019, Aeroflot Group carried 51.9 million passengers, up 10.4% year-on-year. Aeroflot airline carried 31.6 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 5.7%.
Group and Company RPKs increased by 10.6% and 5.0% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs rose by 11.9% year-on-year for the Group and by 6.8% year-on-year for the Company.
The passenger load factor decreased by 1.0 p.p. year-on-year to 82.7% for Aeroflot Group and decreased by 1.4 p.p. to 80.2% for Aeroflot airline.
October 2019 Operating Highlights
In October 2019, Aeroflot Group carried 5.2 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 8.5%. Aeroflot airline carried 3.2 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 0.9%.
Group and Company RPKs were up 8.1% and 0.1% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs rose by 8.2% for Aeroflot Group and by 1.6% for Aeroflot airline.
Aeroflot Group’s passenger load factor was 82.7%, representing a 0.1 percentage point decrease versus the same period a year earlier. The passenger load factor at Aeroflot – Russian Airlines decreased by 1.2 percentage points year-on-year to 79.9%.
Fleet update
There were no changes in Aeroflot Group fleet in October 2019. As of 31 October 2019, Group and Company fleet had 364 and 249 aircraft, respectively.
Net changes in the fleet[2] | Number of aircraft as of 31.10.2019 | ||
October 2019 | 10M 2019 | ||
Aeroflot Group | - | -2 | 364 |
Aeroflot airline | - | -4 | 249 |
Aeroflot Group Operating Results
October 2019 | October 2018 | Change | 10M 2019 | 10M 2018 | Change | |||
Passengers carried, thousand PAX | 5,201.2 | 4,791.9 | 8.5% | 51,929.6 | 47,040.9 | 10.4% | ||
- international | 2,379.9 | 2,162.6 | 10.0% | 23,337.4 | 20,921.6 | 11.5% | ||
- domestic | 2,821.3 | 2,629.3 | 7.3% | 28,592.2 | 26,119.2 | 9.5% | ||
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn | 13,294.8 | 12,304.1 | 8.1% | 133,559.8 | 120,732.3 | 10.6% | ||
- international | 7,878.1 | 7,174.3 | 9.8% | 78,087.5 | 69,899.7 | 11.7% | ||
- domestic | 5,416.7 | 5,129.8 | 5.6% | 55,472.3 | 50,832.6 | 9.1% | ||
Available Seat Kilometres, mn | 16,076.1 | 14,854.7 | 8.2% | 161,455.8 | 144,247.2 | 11.9% | ||
- international | 9,739.6 | 8,863.2 | 9.9% | 96,072.4 | 85,043.1 | 13.0% | ||
- domestic | 6,336.6 | 5,991.4 | 5.8% | 65,383.4 | 59,204.2 | 10.4% | ||
Passenger load factor, % | 82.7% | 82.8% | (0.1 p.p.) | 82.7% | 83.7% | (1.0 p.p.) | ||
- international | 80.9% | 80.9% | (0.1 p.p.) | 81.3% | 82.2% | (0.9 p.p.) | ||
- domestic | 85.5% | 85.6% | (0.1 p.p.) | 84.8% | 85.9% | (1.0 p.p.) | ||
Cargo and mail carried, tonnes | 29,308.2 | 29,340.0 | (0.1%) | 257,999.2 | 247,956.4 | 4.1% | ||
- international | 15,425.8 | 16,911.5 | (8.8%) | 141,087.2 | 138,238.0 | 2.1% | ||
- domestic | 13,882.4 | 12,428.5 | 11.7% | 116,912.0 | 109,718.4 | 6.6% | ||
Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mn | 120.7 | 126.4 | (4.5%) | 1,063.8 | 1,063.7 | 0.0% | ||
- international | 71.6 | 78.6 | (8.8%) | 650.7 | 649.1 | 0.3% | ||
- domestic | 49.1 | 47.9 | 2.6% | 413.1 | 414.6 | (0.4%) | ||
Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mn | 1,317.2 | 1,233.8 | 6.8% | 13,084.2 | 11,929.6 | 9.7% | ||
- international | 780.6 | 724.3 | 7.8% | 7,678.6 | 6,940.0 | 10.6% | ||
- domestic | 536.6 | 509.5 | 5.3% | 5,405.6 | 4,989.6 | 8.3% | ||
Available Tonne Kilometres, mn | 1,906.0 | 1,753.2 | 8.7% | 19,196.8 | 17,036.8 | 12.7% | ||
- international | 1,159.0 | 1,047.6 | 10.6% | 11,471.7 | 10,033.3 | 14.3% | ||
- domestic | 747.0 | 705.6 | 5.9% | 7,725.1 | 7,003.5 | 10.3% | ||
Revenue load factor, % | 69.1% | 70.4% | (1.3 p.p.) | 68.2% | 70.0% | (1.9 p.p.) | ||
- international | 67.4% | 69.1% | (1.8 p.p.) | 66.9% | 69.2% | (2.2 p.p.) | ||
- domestic | 71.8% | 72.2% | (0.4 p.p.) | 70.0% | 71.2% | (1.3 p.p.) | ||
Revenue flights | 38,251 | 36,092 | 6.0% | 375,674 | 341,822 | 9.9% | ||
- international | 16,305 | 15,420 | 5.7% | 157,996 | 143,778 | 9.9% | ||
- domestic | 21,946 | 20,672 | 6.2% | 217,678 | 198,044 | 9.9% | ||
Flight hours | 104,619 | 98,393 | 6.3% | 1,031,955 | 932,170 | 10.7% |
Aeroflot – Russian Airlines Operating Results
October 2019 | October 2018 | Change | 10M 2019 | 10M 2018 | Change | |||
Passengers carried, thousand PAX | 3,173.3 | 3,144.6 | 0.9% | 31,606.7 | 29,914.8 | 5.7% | ||
- international | 1,641.5 | 1,574.0 | 4.3% | 16,548.6 | 15,261.7 | 8.4% | ||
- domestic | 1,531.9 | 1,570.7 | (2.5%) | 15,058.1 | 14,653.1 | 2.8% | ||
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn | 8,599.7 | 8,590.1 | 0.1% | 86,221.8 | 82,115.1 | 5.0% | ||
- international | 5,777.1 | 5,468.4 | 5.6% | 58,600.6 | 53,426.7 | 9.7% | ||
- domestic | 2,822.6 | 3,121.7 | (9.6%) | 27,621.2 | 28,688.5 | (3.7%) | ||
Available Seat Kilometres, mn | 10,760.9 | 10,589.4 | 1.6% | 107,515.6 | 100,677.2 | 6.8% | ||
- international | 7,363.4 | 6,911.9 | 6.5% | 74,116.1 | 66,966.0 | 10.7% | ||
- domestic | 3,397.5 | 3,677.5 | (7.6%) | 33,399.5 | 33,711.3 | (0.9%) | ||
Passenger load factor, % | 79.9% | 81.1% | (1.2 p.p.) | 80.2% | 81.6% | (1.4 p.p.) | ||
- international | 78.5% | 79.1% | (0.7 p.p.) | 79.1% | 79.8% | (0.7 p.p.) | ||
- domestic | 83.1% | 84.9% | (1.8 p.p.) | 82.7% | 85.1% | (2.4 p.p.) | ||
Cargo and mail carried, tonnes | 20,148.0 | 22,321.9 | (9.7%) | 176,161.1 | 182,417.8 | (3.4%) | ||
- international | 13,265.5 | 15,005.9 | (11.6%) | 119,986.1 | 123,046.2 | (2.5%) | ||
- domestic | 6,882.6 | 7,316.0 | (5.9%) | 56,175.0 | 59,371.6 | (5.4%) | ||
Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mn | 91.5 | 104.7 | (12.7%) | 803.7 | 859.5 | (6.5%) | ||
- international | 65.6 | 73.3 | (10.4%) | 589.4 | 608.5 | (3.1%) | ||
- domestic | 25.8 | 31.4 | (17.9%) | 214.3 | 251.0 | (14.6%) | ||
Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mn | 865.4 | 877.8 | (1.4%) | 8,563.6 | 8,249.8 | 3.8% | ||
- international | 585.6 | 565.4 | 3.6% | 5,863.4 | 5,416.9 | 8.2% | ||
- domestic | 279.9 | 312.4 | (10.4%) | 2,700.2 | 2,832.9 | (4.7%) | ||
Available Tonne Kilometres, mn | 1,296.6 | 1,278.0 | 1.5% | 12,945.0 | 12,103.0 | 7.0% | ||
- international | 903.4 | 840.9 | 7.4% | 9,063.7 | 8,094.3 | 12.0% | ||
- domestic | 393.2 | 437.2 | (10.1%) | 3,881.4 | 4,008.7 | (3.2%) | ||
Revenue load factor, % | 66.7% | 68.7% | (1.9 p.p.) | 66.2% | 68.2% | (2.0 p.p.) | ||
- international | 64.8% | 67.2% | (2.4 p.p.) | 64.7% | 66.9% | (2.2 p.p.) | ||
- domestic | 71.2% | 71.5% | (0.3 p.p.) | 69.6% | 70.7% | (1.1 p.p.) | ||
Revenue flights | 25,029 | 24,244 | 3.2% | 244,016 | 224,895 | 8.5% | ||
- international | 12,157 | 11,728 | 3.7% | 119,367 | 110,691 | 7.8% | ||
- domestic | 12,872 | 12,516 | 2.8% | 124,649 | 114,204 | 9.1% | ||
Flight hours | 70,725 | 68,484 | 3.3% | 696,903 | 640,487 | 8.8% | ||
[1] Management accounts.
[2] Excluding aircraft leased or subleased out.