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.
