OREANDA-NEWS. Group traffic in December, measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres, increased by 10.5 per cent versus December 2014 (up 3.8 per cent on a pro-forma basis); Group capacity measured in Available Seat Kilometres rose by 12.1 per cent (up 4.6 per cent on a pro-forma basis).

Including Aer Lingus, for the full year IAG airlines carried almost 95 million passengers in 2015.

Group premium traffic for the month of December decreased by 0.3 per cent on a pro-forma basis.

The terrorist incidents in Paris in November and the US Government travel advisory had a temporary negative impact on load factors and premium traffic in December. However, our guidance for full-year 2015 operating profit, issued with our third quarter results, remains unchanged.

 

On 28 December, Iberia took delivery of its first of 13 Airbus 330-200 that IAG has ordered to replace and expand the airline's existing longhaul fleet. This modern, fuel efficient aircraft will bring both cost efficiencies and environmental benefits to Iberia. 

 

Group Performance1

 

Month of December

 

Year to Date
 

2015

2014

Change

Pro-forma2

  

2015

2014

Change

Pro-forma3
                   

Passengers Carried ('000s)

6,735

5,793

16.3%

5.0%

  

88,333

77,334

14.2%

9.3%

Domestic4

1,603

1,526

5.0%

2.8%

  

21,390

19,974

7.1%

6.2%

Europe

3,304

2,590

27.6%

7.5%

  

44,987

36,704

22.6%

13.9%

North America

796

699

13.9%

-0.6%

  

9,730

9,076

7.2%

1.2%

Latin America & Caribbean

403

368

9.5%

    

4,668

4,202

11.1%

  

Africa, Middle East & S,Asia

471

468

0.6%

    

5,558

5,562

-0.1%

  

Asia Pacific

158

142

11.3%

    

2,000

1,816

10.1%

  
                   

Revenue Passenger Km (m)

17,553

15,878

10.5%

3.8%

  

221,996

202,562

9.6%

6.5%

Domestic

1,108

1,018

8.8%

6.9%

  

14,413

13,230

8.9%

8.2%

Europe

3,652

2,927

24.8%

8.1%

  

53,104

43,564

21.9%

14.2%

North America

5,203

4,686

11.0%

-0.8%

  

64,966

61,009

6.5%

1.6%

Latin America & Caribbean

3,342

3,116

7.3%

    

39,260

35,730

9.9%

  

Africa, Middle East & S,Asia

2,665

2,711

-1.7%

    

30,396

31,049

-2.1%

  

Asia Pacific

1,583

1,420

11.5%

    

19,857

17,980

10.4%

  
                   

Available Seat Km (m)

22,328

19,923

12.1%

4.6%

  

272,702

251,931

8.2%

5.1%

Domestic

1,435

1,332

7.7%

5.4%

  

18,437

17,112

7.7%

6.9%

Europe

5,008

3,939

27.1%

8.6%

  

67,169

55,746

20.5%

12.5%

North America

6,395

5,608

14.0%

1.1%

  

77,315

73,429

5.3%

0.5%

Latin America & Caribbean

4,119

3,857

6.8%

    

47,251

43,895

7.6%

  

Africa, Middle East & S,Asia

3,350

3,428

-2.3%

    

38,659

39,841

-3.0%

  

Asia Pacific

2,021

1,759

14.9%

    

23,871

21,908

9.0%

  
                   

Passenger Load Factor (%)

78.6

79.7

-1.1 pts

-0.6 pts

  

81.4

80.4

+1.0 pts

+1.0 pts

Domestic

77.2

76.4

+0.8 pts

+1.1 pts

  

78.2

77.3

+0.9 pts

+1.0 pts

Europe

72.9

74.3

-1.4 pts

-0.4 pts

  

79.1

78.1

+1.0 pts

+1.2 pts

North America

81.4

83.6

-2.2 pts

-1.5 pts

  

84.0

83.1

+0.9 pts

+0.9 pts

Latin America & Caribbean

81.1

80.8

+0.3 pts

    

83.1

81.4

+1.7 pts

  

Africa, Middle East & S,Asia

79.6

79.1

+0.5 pts

    

78.6

77.9

+0.7 pts

  

Asia Pacific

78.3

80.7

-2.4 pts

    

83.2

82.1

+1.1 pts

  
                   

Cargo Tonne Km (m)

                  

Cargo CTK

464

458

1.3%

-1.3%

  

5,293

5,453

-2.9%

-3.9%
                   

 

Performance by Airline

 

Month of December

  

Year to Date

 

 

VUELING

 

2015

 

2014

 

Change

Pro-forma

  

 

2015

 

2014

 

Change

Pro-forma

Revenue Passenger Km (m)

1,490

1,340

11.2%

    

24,775

21,445

15.5%

  

Available Seat Km (m)

1,903

1,735

9.7%

    

30,476

26,686

14.2%

  

Cargo Tonne Km (m)

0

0

n/a

    

0

0

n/a

  

 

 

AER LINGUS

 

                  

Revenue Passenger Km (m)

1,142

0

n/a

11.0%

  

6,641

0

n/a

11.1%

Available Seat Km (m)

1,533

0

n/a

7.6%

  

8,080

0

n/a

6.3%

Cargo Tonne Km (m)

13

0

n/a

8.3%

  

56

0

n/a

1.8%

 

IBERIA

                  

Revenue Passenger Km (m)

3,896

3,476

12.1%

    

48,564

42,686

13.8%

  

Available Seat Km (m)

4,950

4,453

11.2%

    

59,872

54,328

10.2%

  

Cargo Tonne Km (m)

103

95

8.4%

    

1,057

999

5.8%

  

 

BRITISH AIRWAYS

                  

Revenue Passenger Km (m)

11,025

11,062

-0.3%

    

142,016

138,431

2.6%

  

Available Seat Km (m)

13,942

13,735

1.5%

    

174,274

170,917

2.0%

  

Cargo Tonne Km (m)

348

363

-4.1%

    

4,180

4,454

-6.2%

  

 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