OREANDA-NEWS. On 29 October, IAG's Board of Directors approved the distribution in cash of a gross interim dividend, against the 2015 financial results, of euro 0.10 per share. For the full year IAG expects to pay out 25 per cent of its underlying profit after tax in dividends and plans to announce a proposal for a final dividend for 2015 when the full year results are published in 2016.

On 21 October, Aer Lingus announced that in 2016 it will operate three new routes from Dublin to Los Angeles, Hartford (Connecticut) and Newark. 

On 30 September, British Airways took delivery of its first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.  The new aircraft is being operated to Delhi, Abu Dhabi and Muscat. It is the first of 22 787-9s that the airline is set to receive.

On 23 October, Iberia announced a new codeshare agreement with Boliviana de Aviaci?n which offers connections to Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Cochabamba and La Paz in Bolivia.

Group Performance1

 

Month of October

 

Year to Date
 

2015

2014

Change

Pro-forma2 

  

2015

2014

Change

Pro-forma3
                   

Passengers Carried ('000s)

8,508

6,899

23.3%

9.6%

  

74,710

65,806

13.5%

9.8%

Domestic4

1,925

1,802

6.8%

4.5%

  

18,118

16,862

7.4%

6.8%

Europe

4,562

3,304

38.1%

14.1%

  

38,252

31,549

21.2%

14.6%

North America

976

816

19.6%

3.3%

  

8,132

7,711

5.5%

1.1%

Latin America & Caribbean

402

366

9.8%

    

3,885

3,489

11.3%

  

Africa, Middle East & S.Asia

462

447

3.4%

    

4,643

4,666

-0.5%

  

Asia Pacific

181

164

10.4%

    

1,680

1,529

9.9%

  
                   

Revenue Passenger Km (m)

20,754

17,805

16.6%

7.6%

  

186,901

171,342

9.1%

6.6%

Domestic

1,319

1,186

11.2%

9.3%

  

12,176

11,184

8.9%

8.4%

Europe

5,361

3,939

36.1%

14.1%

  

45,649

37,721

21.0%

14.8%

North America

6,388

5,468

16.8%

3.5%

  

54,500

51,826

5.2%

1.6%

Latin America & Caribbean

3,378

3,121

8.2%

    

32,737

29,691

10.3%

  

Africa, Middle East & S.Asia

2,510

2,473

1.5%

    

25,186

25,810

-2.4%

  

Asia Pacific

1,798

1,618

11.1%

    

16,653

15,110

10.2%

  
                   

Available Seat Km (m)

24,870

21,969

13.2%

4.3%

  

228,251

212,203

7.6%

5.2%

Domestic

1,616

1,509

7.1%

4.9%

  

15,537

14,446

7.6%

7.0%

Europe

6,595

4,956

33.1%

10.7%

  

57,183

47,877

19.4%

13.2%

North America

7,304

6,425

13.7%

0.6%

  

64,561

62,283

3.7%

0.4%

Latin America & Caribbean

4,055

3,865

4.9%

    

39,146

36,232

8.0%

  

Africa, Middle East & S.Asia

3,176

3,275

-3.0%

    

32,017

33,060

-3.2%

  

Asia Pacific

2,124

1,939

9.5%

    

19,807

18,305

8.2%

  
                   

Passenger Load Factor (%)

83.4

81.0

+2.4 pts

+2.5 pts

  

81.9

80.7

+1.2 pts

+1.1 pts

Domestic

81.6

78.6

+3.0 pts

+3.2 pts

  

78.4

77.4

+1.0 pts

+1.0 pts

Europe

81.3

79.5

+1.8 pts

+2.4 pts

  

79.8

78.8

+1.0 pts

+1.1 pts

North America

87.5

85.1

+2.4 pts

+2.4 pts

  

84.4

83.2

+1.2 pts

+1.0 pts

Latin America & Caribbean

83.3

80.8

+2.5 pts

    

83.6

81.9

+1.7 pts

  

Africa, Middle East & S.Asia

79.0

75.5

+3.5 pts

    

78.7

78.1

+0.6 pts

  

Asia Pacific

84.7

83.4

+1.3 pts

    

84.1

82.5

+1.6 pts

  
                   

Cargo Tonne Km (m)

                  

Cargo CTK

476

480

-0.8%

-3.4%

  

4,347

4,503

-3.5%

-4.1%
                   

 

Performance by Airline

 

Month of October

  

Year to Date

 

 

VUELING

 

2015

 

2014

 

Change

Pro-forma

  

 

2015

 

2014

 

Change

Pro-forma

Revenue Passenger Km (m)

2,227

1,918

16.1%

    

21,738

18,768

15.8%

  

Available Seat Km (m)

2,678

2,350

14.0%

    

26,657

23,247

14.7%

  

Cargo Tonne Km (m)

0

0

n/a

    

0

0

n/a

  

 

 

AER LINGUS

 

                  

Revenue Passenger Km (m)

1,638

0

n/a

9.9%

  

4,339

0

n/a

10.5%

Available Seat Km (m)

1,945

0

n/a

3.9%

  

5,044

0

n/a

5.8%

Cargo Tonne Km (m)

13

0

n/a

0.0%

  

31

0

n/a

3.3%

 

IBERIA

                  

Revenue Passenger Km (m)

4,316

3,734

15.6%

    

40,891

35,912

13.9%

  

Available Seat Km (m)

5,201

4,759

9.3%

    

50,089

45,458

10.2%

  

Cargo Tonne Km (m)

104

98

6.1%

    

851

805

5.7%

  

 

BRITISH AIRWAYS

                  

Revenue Passenger Km (m)

12,573

12,153

3.5%

    

119,933

116,662

2.8%

  

Available Seat Km (m)

15,046

14,860

1.3%

    

146,461

143,498

2.1%

  

Cargo Tonne Km (m)

359

382

-6.0%

    

3,465

3,698

-6.3%

  

 1 Group performance comprises Aer Lingus, British Airways, Iberia (including Iberia Express) and Vueling. Vueling traffic is currently accounted as non-premium traffic.

2 Monthly pro-forma includes Aer Lingus in the base

3 For Year to Date pro-forma, Aer Lingus data is only included from 18th August 2014/15

4 Domestic includes routes within UK, Spain, Ireland and Italy