OREANDA-NEWS. Air France KLM Traffic Results February 2016.

Passenger network: strict capacity discipline, increase in both traffic and load factor.

Traffic highlights

Passenger network activity (Air France, KLM, HOP!)

Capacity(ASK, %ch.)

Traffic(RPK, %ch.)

Load Factor (%)

Change (pts)

Long-haul

+ 3.9%

+ 5.1%

84.8%

+ 0.9

North America

+ 9.0%

+ 7.7%

82.1%

- 1.0

Latin America

+ 6.8%

+ 11.7%

89.3%

+ 3.9

Asia

- 2.5%

- 2.2%

86.0%

+ 0.3

Africa / Middle East

+ 2.4%

+ 7.7%

80.1%

+ 3.9

Caribbean / Indian Ocean

+ 7.2%

+ 5.5%

87.7%

- 1.4

Short and Medium-haul

+ 1.6%

+ 6.4%

77.1%

+ 3.5

Total

+ 3.5%

+ 5.3%

83.3%

+ 1.4

Capacity and traffic impacted by leap year effect

5.7 million passengers, +5.8%

Strong increase in traffic and load factor in both Latin America and Africa, and on the short and medium-haul network

Unit revenue per available seat kilometer (RASK) ex-currency down compared to February 2015.

Transavia activity

Capacity(ASK, %ch.)

Traffic(RPK, %ch.)

Load Factor (%)

Change (pts)

Total

+ 5.3%

+ 4.1%

88.5%

 - 1.0

0.6 million passengers, +10.7%

Total group passenger activity (Air France, KLM, HOP!, Transavia)

Capacity(ASK, %ch.)

Traffic(RPK, %ch.)

Load Factor (%)

Change (pts)

Total

+ 3.6%

+ 5.2%

83.6%

+ 1.3

6.3 million passengers, +6.3%

Cargo activity

Capacity(ATK, %ch.)

Traffic(RTK, %ch.)

Load Factor

(%)

Change (pts)

Total

- 6.5%

- 9.7%

60.6%

 - 2.2

Unit revenue per available ton kilometer (RATK) ex-currency clearly down compared to February 2015

Passenger network activity*

 

 

February

 

  

Year to date

Total Passenger network*

2016

2015

Variation

  

2016

2015

Variation

Passengers carried (‘000s)

5,700

5,386

5.8%

 

11,543

11,091

4.1%

Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK)

17,078

16,220

5.3%

 

35,690

34,272

4.1%

Available seat-kilometers (m ASK)

20,496

19,809

3.5%

 

42,336

41,735

1.4%

Load factor (%)

83.3%

81.9%

1.4

 

84.3%

82.1%

2.2
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-haul

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Passengers carried (‘000s)

1,870

1,771

5.6%

 

3,952

3,778

4.6%

Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK)

14,006

13,332

5.1%

 

29,600

28,415

4.2%

Available seat-kilometers (m ASK)

16,512

15,888

3.9%

 

34,411

33,707

2.1%

Load factor (%)

84.8%

83.9%

0.9

 

86.0%

84.3%

1.7
 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

North America

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Passengers carried (‘000s)

455

424

7.3%

 

977

918

6.4%

Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK)

3,248

3,017

7.7%

 

6,985

6,544

6.7%

Available seat-kilometers (m ASK)

3,956

3,628

9.0%

 

8,250

7,730

6.7%

Load factor (%)

82.1%

83.1%

(1.0)

 

84.7%

84.7%

0.0
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Latin America

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Passengers carried (‘000s)

243

215

12.9%

 

517

473

9.1%

Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK)

2,321

2,079

11.7%

 

4,921

4,563

7.8%

Available seat-kilometers (m ASK)

2,600

2,435

6.8%

 

5,429

5,193

4.5%

Load factor (%)

89.3%

85.4%

3.9

 

90.6%

87.9%

2.8
               

Asia / Pacific

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Passengers carried (‘000s)

447

453

(1.2%)

 

935

940

(0.6%)

Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK)

3,828

3,913

(2.2%)

 

8,029

8,126

(1.2%)

Available seat-kilometers (m ASK)

4,452

4,565

(2.5%)

 

9,298

9,634

(3.5%)

Load factor (%)

86.0%

85.7%

0.3

 

86.4%

84.3%

2.0
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Africa / Middle East

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Passengers carried (‘000s)

409

381

7.5%

 

870

819

6.3%

Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK)

2,319

2,154

7.7%

 

4,912

4,609

6.6%

Available seat-kilometers (m ASK)

2,893

2,825

2.4%

 

6,042

5,974

1.1%

Load factor (%)

80.1%

76.2%

3.9

 

81.3%

77.2%

4.1
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Caribbean / Indian,Ocean

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Passengers carried (‘000s)

315

298

5.7%

 

653

627

4.2%

Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK)

2,290

2,170

5.5%

 

4,753

4,573

3.9%

Available seat-kilometers (m ASK)

2,611

2,435

7.2%

 

5,392

5,177

4.2%

Load factor (%)

87.7%

89.1%

(1.4)

 

88.1%

88.3%

(0.2)
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short and Medium-haul

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Passengers carried (‘000s)

3,830

3,615

5.9%

 

7,592

7,314

3.8%

Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK)

3,072

2,888

6.4%

 

6,090

5,857

4.0%

Available seat-kilometers (m ASK)

3,984

3,921

1.6%

 

7,925

8,028

(1.3%)

Load factor (%)

77.1%

73.6%

3.5

 

76.8%

73.0%

3.9

* Air France, KLM, and HOP!

Transavia activity

 

 

February

 

  

Year to date

Transavia

2016

2015

Variation

  

2016

2015

Variation

Passengers carried (‘000s)

592

535

10.7%

 

1,122

1,020

10.0%

Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK)

1,022

981

4.1%

 

1,958

1,879

4.3%

Available seat-kilometers (m ASK)

1,154

1,096

5.3%

 

2,272

2,164

5.0%

Load factor (%)

88.5%

89.5%

(1.0)

 

86.2%

86.8%

(0.6)

Total group passenger activity**

 

 

February

 

  

Year to date

Total group**

2016

2015

Variation

  

2016

2015

Variation

Passengers carried (‘000s)

6,292

5,921

6.3%

 

12,665

12,111

4.6%

Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK)

18,099

17,201

5.2%

 

37,648

36,150

4.1%

Available seat-kilometers (m ASK)

21,651

20,905

3.6%

 

44,608

43,899

1.6%

Load factor (%)

83.6%

82.3%

1.3

 

84.4%

82.3%

2.1

** Air France, KLM, HOP! and Transavia

Cargo activity

 

 

February

 

  

Year to date

Total Group

2016

2015

Variation

  

2016

2015

Variation

Revenue tonne-km (m RTK)

656

726

(9.7%)

 

1,323

1,439

(8.1%)

Available tonne-km (m ATK)

1,083

1,158

(6.5%)

 

2,257

2,418

(6.7%)

Load factor (%)

60.6%

62.7%

(2.2)

 

58.6%

59.5%

(0.9)

Air France and HOP! activity

 

 

February

 

  

Year to date

Total Passenger network activity

2016

2015

Variation

  

2016

2015

Variation

Passengers carried (‘000s)

3,621

3,531

2.6%

 

7,343

7,274

0.9%

Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK)

10,214

9,897

3.2%

 

21,395

20,924

2.3%

Available seat-kilometers (m ASK)

12,360

12,176

1.5%

 

25,613

25,621

(0.0%)

Load factor (%)

82.6%

81.3%

1.4

 

83.5%

81.7%

1.9

Long-haul

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Passengers carried (‘000s)

1,132

1,083

4.6%

 

2,397

2,307

3.9%

Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK)

8,282

7,990

3.7%

 

17,551

17,042

3.0%

Available seat-kilometers (m ASK)

9,770

9,579

2.0%

 

20,465

20,302

0.8%

Load factor (%)

84.8%

83.4%

1.4

 

85.8%

83.9%

1.8

Short and Medium-haul

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Passengers carried (‘000s)

2,489

2,448

1.7%

 

4,945

4,967

(0.4%)

Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK)

1,932

1,907

1.3%

 

3,845

3,882

(1.0%)

Available seat-kilometers (m ASK)

2,591

2,598

(0.3%)

 

5,147

5,319

(3.2%)

Load factor (%)

74.6%

73.4%

1.1

 

74.7%

73.0%

1.7
 

 

February

 

  

Year to date

Cargo activity

2016

2015

Variation

  

2016

2015

Variation

Revenue tonne-km (m RTK)

272

289

(5.8%)

 

543

578

(6.0%)

Available tonne-km (m ATK)

512

521

(1.7%)

 

1,072

1,110

(3.4%)

Load factor (%)

53.1%

55.4%

(2.3)

 

50.7%

52.1%

(1.4)

KLM activity

 

 

February

 

  

Year to date

Total Passenger network activity

2016

2015

Variation

  

2016

2015

Variation

Passengers carried (‘000s)

2,079

1,856

12.0%

 

4,201

3,817

10.0%

Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK)

6,864

6,323

8.6%

 

14,294

13,348

7.1%

Available seat-kilometers (m ASK)

8,136

7,633

6.6%

 

16,723

16,114

3.8%

Load factor (%)

84.4%

82.8%

1.5

 

85.5%

82.8%

2.6

Long-haul

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Passengers carried (‘000s)

738

688

7.2%

 

1,554

1,470

5.7%

Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK)

5,724

5,342

7.1%

 

12,049

11,373

5.9%

Available seat-kilometers (m ASK)

6,743

6,310

6.9%

 

13,946

13,405

4.0%

Load factor (%)

84.9%

84.7%

0.2

 

86.4%

84.8%

1.6

Short and Medium-haul

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Passengers carried (‘000s)

1,341

1,167

14.9%

 

2,646

2,347

12.8%

Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK)

1,140

980

16.3%

 

2,245

1,975

13.7%

Available seat-kilometers (m ASK)

1,393

1,323

5.3%

 

2,777

2,709

2.5%

Load factor (%)

81.8%

74.1%

7.8

 

80.8%

72.9%

7.9
 

 

February

 

  

Year to date

Cargo activity

2016

2015

Variation

  

2016

2015

Variation

Revenue tonne-km (m RTK)

384

438

(12.3%)

 

779

861

(9.5%)

Available tonne-km (m ATK)

571

637

(10.4%)

 

1,185

1,308

(9.4%)

Load factor (%)

67.2%

68.7%

(1.5)

 

65.8%

65.8%

(0.1)