Moscow, 28 January2020 – Aeroflot PJSC (Moscow Exchange ticker: AFLT) today announces operating results for Aeroflot Group (“the Group”) and Aeroflot – Russian Airlines (“the Company”) for December and 12M 2019 [1] .
In 12M 2019, Aeroflot Group carried 60.7 million passengers, up 9.0% year-on-year. Aeroflot airline carried 37.2 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 4.1%.
Group and Company RPKs increased by 9.2% and 3.8% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs rose by 10.3% year-on-year for the Group and by 5.5% year-on-year for the Company.
The passenger load factor decreased by 0.8 p.p. year-on-year to 81.9% for Aeroflot Group and decreased by 1.3 p.p. to 79.2% for Aeroflot airline.
In December 2019, Aeroflot Group carried 4.4 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 0.9%. Aeroflot airline carried 2.8 million passengers, a year-on-year decrease of 3.9%.
Group RPK increased by 0.6% year-on-year and Company RPK decreased 2.2% year-on-year. ASKs rose by 1.5% for Aeroflot Group and decreased by 0.4% for Aeroflot airline.
Aeroflot Group’s passenger load factor was 76.4%, representing a 0.7 p.p. decrease versus the same period a year earlier. The passenger load factor at Aeroflot – Russian Airlines decreased by 1.4 p.p. year-on-year to 73.5%.
In December 2019, Aeroflot Group phased out four aircraft: Airbus A330-300, Airbus A319, Airbus A320 and DHC-8-200. At the same period, Aeroflot airline phased out two aircraft: Airbus A330-300 and Airbus A320.
As of 31 December 2019, Group and Company fleet had 358 and 245 aircraft, respectively.
| Net changes in the fleet[2] | Number of aircraft | ||
| December 2019 | as of 31.12.2019 | as of 31.12.2019 | |
| Aeroflot Group | (4) | (8) | 358 |
| Aeroflot airline | (2) | (8) | 245 |
| December 2019 | December 2018 | Change | 12M 2019 | 12M 2018 | Change | |
| Passengers carried, thousand PAX | 4,372.9 | 4,335.2 | 0.9% | 60,718.7 | 55,710.2 | 9.0% |
| - international | 1,868.9 | 1,913.2 | (2.3%) | 27,118.1 | 24,737.3 | 9.6% |
| - domestic | 2,504.0 | 2,422.0 | 3.4% | 33,600.6 | 30,972.9 | 8.5% |
| Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn | 11,294.6 | 11,227.2 | 0.6% | 156,249.8 | 143,150.4 | 9.2% |
| - international | 6,594.5 | 6,691.1 | (1.4%) | 91,400.9 | 83,249.6 | 9.8% |
| - domestic | 4,700.1 | 4,536.1 | 3.6% | 64,848.9 | 59,900.8 | 8.3% |
| Available Seat Kilometres, mn | 14,778.2 | 14,554.1 | 1.5% | 190,855.5 | 173,074.6 | 10.3% |
| - international | 8,828.7 | 8,938.1 | (1.2%) | 113,766.1 | 102,843.2 | 10.6% |
| - domestic | 5,949.5 | 5,616.0 | 5.9% | 77,089.4 | 70,231.5 | 9.8% |
| Passenger load factor, % | 76.4% | 77.1% | (0.7 p.p.) | 81.9% | 82.7% | (0.8 p.p.) |
| - international | 74.7% | 74.9% | (0.2 p.p.) | 80.3% | 80.9% | (0.6 p.p.) |
| - domestic | 79.0% | 80.8% | (1.8 p.p.) | 84.1% | 85.3% | (1.2 p.p.) |
| Cargo and mail carried, tonnes | 29,867.0 | 28,264.2 | 5.7% | 316,997.3 | 303,879.1 | 4.3% |
| - international | 15,445.4 | 16,115.6 | (4.2%) | 172,801.2 | 171,147.3 | 1.0% |
| - domestic | 14,421.6 | 12,148.6 | 18.7% | 144,196.1 | 132,731.8 | 8.6% |
| Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mn | 124.8 | 117.9 | 5.8% | 1,314.1 | 1,299.7 | 1.1% |
| - international | 74.3 | 75.5 | (1.6%) | 804.3 | 803.0 | 0.2% |
| - domestic | 50.5 | 42.5 | 19.0% | 509.8 | 496.7 | 2.6% |
| Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mn | 1,141.3 | 1,128.4 | 1.1% | 15,376.6 | 14,183.2 | 8.4% |
| - international | 667.8 | 677.7 | (1.5%) | 9,030.4 | 8,295.5 | 8.9% |
| - domestic | 473.6 | 450.7 | 5.1% | 6,346.2 | 5,887.7 | 7.8% |
| Available Tonne Kilometres, mn | 1,767.2 | 1,733.4 | 2.0% | 22,721.4 | 20,476.3 | 11.0% |
| - international | 1,078.9 | 1,079.5 | (0.1%) | 13,636.2 | 12,185.3 | 11.9% |
| - domestic | 688.3 | 653.9 | 5.3% | 9,085.2 | 8,291.0 | 9.6% |
| Revenue load factor, % | 64.6% | 65.1% | (0.5 p.p.) | 67.7% | 69.3% | (1.6 p.p.) |
| - international | 61.9% | 62.8% | (0.9 p.p.) | 66.2% | 68.1% | (1.9 p.p.) |
| - domestic | 68.8% | 68.9% | (0.1 p.p.) | 69.9% | 71.0% | (1.2 p.p.) |
| Revenue flights | 35,593 | 35,264 | 0.9% | 446,009 | 411,455 | 8.4% |
| - international | 14,539 | 14,952 | (2.8%) | 186,983 | 173,407 | 7.8% |
| - domestic | 21,054 | 20,312 | 3.7% | 259,026 | 238,048 | 8.8% |
| Flight hours | 98,146 | 96,851 | 1.3% | 1,225,785 | 1,123,546 | 9.1% |
| December 2019 | December 2018 | Change | 12M 2019 | 12M 2018 | Change | |
| Passengers carried, thousand PAX | 2,800.5 | 2,915.1 | (3.9%) | 37,220.7 | 35,762.5 | 4.1% |
| - international | 1,436.3 | 1,480.2 | (3.0%) | 19,423.4 | 18,213.9 | 6.6% |
| - domestic | 1,364.2 | 1,434.9 | (4.9%) | 17,797.3 | 17,548.6 | 1.4% |
| Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn | 7,716.9 | 7,893.4 | (2.2%) | 101,640.1 | 97,955.8 | 3.8% |
| - international | 5,167.5 | 5,275.5 | (2.0%) | 68,923.8 | 64,044.1 | 7.6% |
| - domestic | 2,549.5 | 2,617.9 | (2.6%) | 32,716.3 | 33,911.7 | (3.5%) |
| Available Seat Kilometres, mn | 10,495.3 | 10,532.7 | (0.4%) | 128,295.0 | 121,661.9 | 5.5% |
| - international | 7,124.9 | 7,219.7 | (1.3%) | 88,244.8 | 81,464.7 | 8.3% |
| - domestic | 3,370.4 | 3,313.0 | 1.7% | 40,050.2 | 40,197.2 | (0.4%) |
| Passenger load factor, % | 73.5% | 74.9% | (1.4 p.p.) | 79.2% | 80.5% | (1.3 p.p.) |
| - international | 72.5% | 73.1% | (0.5 p.p.) | 78.1% | 78.6% | (0.5 p.p.) |
| - domestic | 75.6% | 79.0% | (3.4 p.p.) | 81.7% | 84.4% | (2.7 p.p.) |
| Cargo and mail carried, tonnes | 20,708.2 | 20,735.1 | (0.1%) | 217,812.5 | 223,830.7 | (2.7%) |
| - international | 13,125.9 | 14,105.7 | (6.9%) | 147,354.8 | 152,280.9 | (3.2%) |
| - domestic | 7,582.3 | 6,629.4 | 14.4% | 70,457.7 | 71,549.8 | (1.5%) |
| Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mn | 94.7 | 93.0 | 1.8% | 996.4 | 1,045.7 | (4.7%) |
| - international | 66.2 | 69.3 | (4.5%) | 727.9 | 751.4 | (3.1%) |
| - domestic | 28.5 | 23.7 | 20.4% | 268.5 | 294.3 | (8.8%) |
| Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mn | 789.2 | 803.4 | (1.8%) | 10,144.0 | 9,861.7 | 2.9% |
| - international | 531.3 | 544.1 | (2.4%) | 6,931.0 | 6,515.4 | 6.4% |
| - domestic | 258.0 | 259.3 | (0.5%) | 3,213.0 | 3,346.3 | (4.0%) |
| Available Tonne Kilometres, mn | 1,273.7 | 1,264.3 | 0.7% | 15,471.6 | 14,630.7 | 5.7% |
| - international | 884.4 | 884.0 | 0.0% | 10,820.7 | 9,880.4 | 9.5% |
| - domestic | 389.3 | 380.3 | 2.4% | 4,650.8 | 4,750.3 | (2.1%) |
| Revenue load factor, % | 62.0% | 63.5% | (1.6 p.p.) | 65.6% | 67.4% | (1.8 p.p.) |
| - international | 60.1% | 61.6% | (1.5 p.p.) | 64.1% | 65.9% | (1.9 p.p.) |
| - domestic | 66.3% | 68.2% | (1.9 p.p.) | 69.1% | 70.4% | (1.4 p.p.) |
| Revenue flights | 24,251 | 24,429 | (0.7%) | 291,743 | 273,177 | 6.8% |
| - international | 11,641 | 11,944 | (2.5%) | 142,344 | 134,291 | 6.0% |
| - domestic | 12,610 | 12,485 | 1.0% | 149,399 | 138,886 | 7.6% |
| Flight hours | 69,624 | 70,011 | (0.6%) | 833,574 | 778,795 | 7.0% |
[1] Management accounts. [2] Excluding aircraft leased or subleased out.
