Aeroflot Group Announces Operating Results for June 2021

26 July 2021

Moscow, 26 July 2021 – Aeroflot PJSC (Moscow Exchange ticker: AFLT) today announces Aeroflot Group operating results for June and 6M 2021[1].

Key highlights of June 2021[2]:

  • Aeroflot Group carried 4.6 million passengers, 3.9x up year-on-year and 17.8% down vs. 2019;
  • 9 million passengers carried in domestic segment, 3.5x up year-on-year and 29.9% up vs. 2019;
  • Group’s RPK increased by 4.2x year-on-year and decreased by 30.9% vs. 2019, ASK increased by 3.3x year-on-year and decreased by 27.1% vs. 2019;
  • Aeroflot Group’s passenger load factor was 80.0%, a 17.5 percentage point increase year-on-year;
  • Pobeda Airlines carried 1.4 million passengers, passenger load factor was 94.5%.

June 2021 Operating Highlights compared to June 2020 and 2019

Aeroflot Group airlines: All flights

  Aeroflot Pobeda Rossiya Total
Passengers carried, thousand PAX 2,111.0 1,393.4 1,070.7 4,575.2
Change vs. 2020, % 4.0х 3.2х 5.4х 3.9х
Change vs. 2019, % (36.1%) 53.8% (20.8%) (17.8%)
Available Seat Kilometres, mn 6,815.8 2,410.4 3,150.6 12,376.8
Change vs. 2020, % 3.4х 2.9х 3.4х 3.3х
Change vs. 2019, % (37.8%) 35.8% (25.7%) (27.1%)
Passenger load factor, % 74.1% 94.5% 81.6% 80.0%
Change vs. 2020, % 17.7 p.p. 9.7 p.p. 25.9 p.p. 17.5 p.p.
Change vs. 2019, % (7.6 p.p.) 0.4 p.p. (5.5 p.p.) (4.4 p.p.)
Cargo and mail carried, tonnes 12,234.5 6,288.7 3,217.7 21,740.9
Change vs. 2020, % 43.8% 3.6х 51.9% 75.4%
Change vs. 2019, % (31.0%) 26.9% 2.9% (15.8%)

Aeroflot Group airlines: Domestic flights

  Aeroflot Pobeda Rossiya Total
Passengers carried, thousand PAX 1.607.9 1,379.4 958.1 3,945.3
Change vs. 2020, % 3.2х 3.1х 4.9х 3.5х
Change vs. 2019, % 2.1% 93.8% 27.8% 29.9%
Available Seat Kilometres, mn 4,435.0 2,367.0 2,732.7 9,534.7
Change vs. 2020, % 2.5х 2.9х 3.0х 2.7х
Change vs. 2019, % 32.7% 85.2% 13.3% 35.6%
Passenger load factor, % 75.4% 94.8% 80.9% 81.8%
Change vs. 2020, % 18.2 p.p. 10.0 p.p. 26.3 p.p. 18.8 p.p.
Change vs. 2019, % (11.3 p.p.) (0.9 p.p.) (2.3 p.p.) (5.3 p.p.)
Cargo and mail carried, tonnes 6,975.7 6,127.6 3,200.3 16,303.6
Change vs. 2020, % 11.6% 3.5х 63.6% 63.5%
Change vs. 2019, % 30.5% 94.9% 7.1% 42.0%

Fleet update

In June 2021 Aeroflot Airlines added three Airbus A350 and two Airbus А320N. One Airbus A320 was phased-out. Aeroflot Airlines transferred two Boeing 737-800 to the fleet of Pobeda Airlines and five SSJ100 to the fleet of Rossiya Airlines as part of intra-group redistribution. As of 30 June 2021, the fleet of Aeroflot Group consisted of 344 aircraft.

  Net changes in the fleet Number of aircraft
  June 2021 6M 2021 as of 30.06.2021
Aeroflot Group +4 +2 344
Aeroflot Airlines –3 –32 209
Pobeda Airlines +2 +9 43
Rossiya Airlines +5 +25 92

Aeroflot Group Operating Results (pro forma, excluding the results of Aurora Airlines in 2020)[3]

  June 2021 June 2020 Change 6M 2021 6M 2020 Change
Passengers carried, thousand PAX 4,575.2 1,160.9 3.9х 18,557.0 12,567.7 47.7%
- international 629.9 26.2 24.0х 2,453.0 4,495.9 (45.4%)
- domestic 3,945.3 1,134.7 3.5х 16,104.0 8,071.8 99.5%
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn 9,896.7 2,343.7 4.2х 38,990.4 32,226.6 21.0%
- international 2,101.3 116.4 18.1х 8,342.0 16,736.3 (50.2%)
- domestic 7,795.4 2,227.3 3.5х 30,648.3 15,490.3 97.9%
Available Seat Kilometres, mn 12,376.8 3,753.7 3.3х 49,451.7 46,859.5 5.5%
- international 2,842.1 213.5 13.3х 11,659.0 23,660.7 (50.7%)
- domestic 9,534.7 3,540.2 2.7х 37,792.7 23,198.8 62.9%
Passenger load factor, % 80.0% 62.4% 17.5 p.p. 78.8% 68.8% 10.1 p.p.
- international 73.9% 54.5% 19.4 p.p. 71.6% 70.7% 0.8 p.p.
- domestic 81.8% 62.9% 18.8 p.p. 81.1% 66.8% 14.3 p.p.
Cargo and mail carried, tonnes 21,740.9 12,393.8 75.4% 126,648.4 103,440.2 22.4%
- international 5,437.3 2,421.7 2.2х 44,479.5 49,734.7 (10.6%)
- domestic 16,303.6 9,972.1 63.5% 82,168.9 53,705.6 53.0%
Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mn 82.9 58.6 41.4% 541.1 486.2 11.3%
- international 25.7 16.5 55.4% 248.6 273.9 (9.2%)
- domestic 57.2 42.1 35.9% 292.5 212.3 37.8%
Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mn 973.6 269.6 3.6х 4,050.2 3,386.6 19.6%
- international 214.8 27.0 8.0х 999.4 1,780.1 (43.9%)
- domestic 758.8 242.6 3.1х 3,050.9 1,606.4 89.9%
Available Tonne Kilometres, mn 1,492.0 499.4 3.0х 6,346.1 5,970.4 6.3%
- international 364.2 81.3 4.5х 1,907.4 3,235.5 (41.0%)
- domestic 1,127.8 418.1 2.7х 4,438.6 2,734.9 62.3%
Revenue load factor, % 65.3% 54.0% 11.3 p.p. 63.8% 56.7% 7.1 p.p.
- international 59.0% 33.2% 25.8 p.p. 52.4% 55.0% (2.6 p.p.)
- domestic 67.3% 58.0% 9.3 p.p. 68.7% 58.7% 10.0 p.p.
Revenue flights 32,054 11,258 2.8х 137,242 112,831 21.6%
- international 3,642 364 10.0х 16,411 36,952 (55.6%)
- domestic 28,412 10,894 2.6х 120,831 75,879 59.2%
Flight hours 79,392 27,030 2.9х 339,867 310,859 9.3%

Aeroflot Group Operating Results Aeroflot Airlines

  June 2021 June 2020 Change 6M 2021 6M 2020 Change
Passengers carried, thousand PAX 2,111.0 523.0 4.0х 8,364.8 7,807.3 7.1%
- international 503.2 22.6 22.2х 1,900.1 3,479.0 (45.4%)
- domestic 1,607.9 500.3 3.2х 6,464.7 4,328.4 49.4%
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn 5,048.3 1,122.8 4.5х 19,790.9 21,133.8 (6.4%)
- international 1,706.2 93.7 18.2х 6,741.2 12,860.3 (47.6%)
- domestic 3,342.1 1,029.1 3.2х 13,049.7 8,273.5 57.7%
Available Seat Kilometres, mn 6,815.8 1,990.8 3.4х 27,226.2 32,982.4 (17.5%)
- international 2,380.8 190.8 12.5х 9,778.5 19,161.6 (49.0%)
- domestic 4,435.0 1,800.0 2.5х 17,447.7 13,820.8 26.2%
Passenger load factor, % 74.1% 56.4% 17.7 p.p. 72.7% 64.1% 8.6 p.p.
- international 71.7% 49.1% 22.6 p.p. 68.9% 67.1% 1.8 p.p.
- domestic 75.4% 57.2% 18.2 p.p. 74.8% 59.9% 14.9 p.p.
Revenue flights 15,635 6,593 2.4х 67,280 80,075 (16.0%)
- international 2,969 338 8.8х 12,773 30,854 (58.6%)
- domestic 12,666 6,255 2.0х 54,507 49,221 10.7%
Flight hours 42,119 15,452 2.7х 178,808 223,696 (20.1%)

Pobeda Airlines

  June 2021 June 2020 Change 6M 2021 6M 2020 Change
Passengers carried, thousand PAX 1,393.4 439.2 3.2х 6,397.7 2,933.8 2.2х
- international 14.1 - - 222.8 447.4 (50.2%)
- domestic 1,379.4 439.2 3.1х 6,174.9 2,486.3 2.5х
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn 2,277.9 697.8 3.3х 10,488.2 5,184.1 2.0х
- international 35.0 - - 549.5 998.2 (45.0%)
- domestic 2,242.9 697.8 3.2х 9,938.7 4,185.9 2.4х
Available Seat Kilometres, mn 2,410.4 823.2 2.9х 11,267.8 5,752.0 95.9%
- international 43.4 - - 661.5 1,141.0 (42.0%)
- domestic 2,367.0 823.2 2.9х 10,606.3 4,611.0 2.3х
Passenger load factor, % 94.5% 84.8% 9.7 p.p. 93.1% 90.1% 3.0 p.p.
- international 80.6% - - 83.1% 87.5% (4.4 p.p.)
- domestic 94.8% 84.8% 10.0 p.p. 93.7% 90.8% 2.9 p.p.
Revenue flights 7,814 2,709 2.9х 36,412 17,250 2.1х
- international 92 - - 1,424 2,720 (47.6%)
- domestic 7,722 2,709 2.9х 34,988 14,530 2.4х
Flight hours 16,948 5,730 3.0х 80,477 40,892 96.8%

Rossiya Airlines

  June 2021 June 2020 Change 6M 2021 6M 2020 Change
Passengers carried, thousand PAX 1,070.7 198.7 5.4х 3,794.6 1,826.5 2.1х
- international 112.7 3.6 31.7х 330.2 569.4 (42.0%)
- domestic 958.1 195.2 4.9х 3,464.4 1,257.1 2.8х
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn 2,570.5 523.1 4.9х 8,711.3 5,908.7 47.4%
- international 360.1 22.7 15.9х 1,051.3 2,877.7 (63.5%)
- domestic 2,210.4 500.4 4.4х 7,659.9 3,031.0 2.5х
Available Seat Kilometres, mn 3,150.6 939.7 3.4х 10,957.7 8,125.1 34.9%
- international 417.9 22.7 18.4х 1,219.1 3,358.1 (63.7%)
- domestic 2,732.7 917.0 3.0х 9,738.6 4,766.9 2.0х
Passenger load factor, % 81.6% 55.7% 25.9 p.p. 79.5% 72.7% 6.8 p.p.
- international 86.2% 100.0% (13.8 p.p.) 86.2% 85.7% 0.5 p.p.
- domestic 80.9% 54.6% 26.3 p.p. 78.7% 63.6% 15.1 p.p.
Revenue flights 8,605 1,956 4.4х 33,550 15,506 2.2х
- international 581 26 22.3х 2,214 3,378 (34.5%)
- domestic 8,024 1,930 4.2х 31,336 12,128 2.6х
Flight hours 20,324 5,847 3.5х 80,582 46,270 74.2%

Appendix 1. Aeroflot Group Operating Results (including the results of Aurora Airlines in 2020)[4]

  June 2021 June 2020 Change 6M 2021 6M 2020 Change
Passengers carried, thousand PAX 4,575.2 1,196.6 3.8х 18,557.0 12,927.1 43.6%
- international 629.9 26.6 23.7х 2,453.0 4,566.6 (46.3%)
- domestic 3,945.3 1,170.1 3.4х 16,104.0 8,360.5 92.6%
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn 9,896.7 2,391.7 4.1х 38,990.4 32,718.5 19.2%
- international 2,101.3 117.4 17.9х 8,342.0 16,844.5 (50.5%)
- domestic 7,795.4 2,274.3 3.4х 30,648.3 15,874.0 93.1%
Available Seat Kilometres, mn 12,376.8 3,891.3 3.2х 49,451.7 47,870.8 3.3%
- international 2,842.1 218.0 13.0х 11,659.0 23,871.2 (51.2%)
- domestic 9 534.7 3,673.3 2.6х 37,792.7 23,999.6 57.5%
Passenger load factor, % 80.0% 61.5% 18.5 p.p 78.8% 68.3% 10.5 p.p.
- international 73.9% 53.9% 20.0 p.p 71.6% 70.6% 1.0 p.p.
- domestic 81.8% 61.9% 19.9 p.p 81.1% 66.1% 15.0 p.p.
Cargo and mail carried, tonnes 21,740.9 12,877.4 68.8% 126,648.4 105,990.3 19.5%
- international 5,437.3 2,421.7 2.2х 44,479.5 49,855.4 (10.8%)
- domestic 16,303.6 10,455.7 55.9% 82,168.9 56,134.9 46.4%
Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mn 82.9 59.4 39.5% 541.1 490.4 10.3%
- international 25.7 16.5 55.4% 248.6 274.1 (9.3%)
- domestic 57.2 42.9 33.4% 292.5 216.3 35.2%
Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mn 973.6 274.7 3.5х 4,050.2 3,435.0 17.9%
- international 214.8 27.1 7.9х 999.4 1,790.1 (44.2%)
- domestic 758.8 247.6 3.1х 3,050.9 1,645.0 85.5%
Available Tonne Kilometres, mn 1,492.0 513.3 2.9х 6,346.1 6,075.7 4.5%
- international 364.2 81.7 4.5х 1,907.4 3,258.5 (41.5%)
- domestic 1,127.8 431.6 2.6х 4,438.6 2,817.2 57.6%
Revenue load factor, % 65.3% 53.5% 11.8 p.p 63.8% 56.5% 7.3 p.p.
- international 59.0% 33.1% 25.9 p.p 52.4% 54.9% (2.5 p.p.)
- domestic 67.3% 57.4% 9.9 p.p 68.7% 58.4% 10.3 p.p.
Revenue flights 32,054 12,395 2.6х 137,242 120,934 13.5%
- international 3,642 379 9.6х 16,411 38,108 (56.9%)
- domestic 28,412 12,016 2.4х 120,831 82,826 45.9%
Flight hours 79,392 29,048 2.7х 339,867 325,216 4.5%

[1] Management accounts.

[2] Comparison of 2021 Aeroflot Group figures vs. corresponding period of previous year is based on pro forma results, which exclude the results of Aurora Airlines in 2019 and 2020.

[3] PJSC "Aeroflot" terminated its participation in the capital of JSC "Aurora Airlines" on December 25, 2020, having sold the shares owned by the Company.

[4] PJSC "Aeroflot" terminated its participation in the capital of JSC "Aurora Airlines" on December 25, 2020, having sold the shares owned by the Company.