OREANDA-NEWS. Aeroflot PJSC (Moscow Exchange ticker: AFLT) today announces traffic statistics for Aeroflot Group (“the Group”) and Aeroflot – Russian Airlines (“the Company”) for August and the first eight months of 2016.

8M 2016 Operating Highlights

In the first eight months of 2016, Aeroflot Group carried 28.7 million passengers, up 8.9% year-on-year. Aeroflot airline carried 19.0 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 10.2%. Group and Company revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs) increased by 12.2% and 10.6% year-on-year, respectively. Available seat kilometres (ASKs) rose by 8.2% year-on-year for Aeroflot Group and by 8.4% for Aeroflot airline. The passenger load factor increased by 2.9 percentage points (p.p.) year-on-year to 81.9% for the Group and by 1.7 p.p. year-on-year to 81.6% for the Company.

August 2016 Operating Highlights

In August 2016, Aeroflot Group carried 4.5 million passengers, up 6.4% year-on-year. Aeroflot airline carried 2.8 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 6.1%.

Group and Company RPKs increased by 12.2% and 6.7% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs rose by 9.3% year-on-year for Aeroflot Group and by 5.9% for Aeroflot airline.

On domestic routes, Group passengers carried and RPKs grew by 1.2% and 4.8% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs decreased by 0.1% year-on-year. Company passengers carried on domestic routes were up 3.2%, while RPKs declined by 0.9% and ASKs declined by 4.3%. The decrease in Company’s ASKs was due to postponement of aircraft deliveries required for summer schedule operations and respective adjustments in the flight program.

On international routes, Group passengers carried rose 14.4% year-on-year while Group RPKs were up 19.3% year-on-year. ASKs for the period increased 18.2% year-on-year. Passengers carried on Aeroflot airline international flights increased 8.8%, RPKs increased by 11.7% and ASKs rose 12.5%. International traffic growth was supported by a decline in competition as several foreign carriers reduced flight frequencies to Russia, Aeroflot airline’s international transit traffic through its Sheremetyevo hub and Transaero’s exit from the market, which triggered a reallocation of domestic and international routes amongst market players.

As a result of these factors, the passenger load factor increased by 2.3 p.p. year-on-year to 89.7% for the Group and by 0.6 p.p. year-on-year to 88.5% for the Company.

 

Aeroflot Group Operating Results

 

August 2016

August 2015

Change

8M 2016

8M 2015

Change

Passengers carried, thousand PAX

4,535.9

4,263.5

       6.4%

28,657.4

26,316.7

       8.9%

- international

1,910.1

1,669.0

     14.4%

11,859.1

10,881.5

      9.0%

- domestic

2,625.8

2,594.5

      1.2%

16,798.3

15,435.2

      8.8%

Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mln

11,791.3

10,509.9

12.2%

73,311.4

65,331.7

12.2%

- international

6,399.2

5,363.3

     19.3%

40,875.4

35,667.3

     14.6%

- domestic

5,392.1

5,146.6

      4.8%

32,436.0

29,664.4

      9.3%

Available Seat Kilometres, mln

13,145.3

12,027.6

       9.3%

89,509.1

82,720.4

       8.2%

- international

7,296.2

6,174.2

     18.2%

51,185.5

45,292.1

     13.0%

- domestic

5,849.1

5,853.4

     (0.1%)

38,323.6

37,428.3

      2.4%

Passenger load factor, %

89.7%

87.4%

     2.3 p.p.

81.9%

79.0%

    2.9 p.p.

- international

87.7%

86.9%

    0.8 p.p.

79.9%

78.7%

    1.2 p.p.

- domestic

92.2%

87.9%

     4.3 p.p.

84.6%

79.3%

    5.3 p.p.

Cargo and mail carried, tonnes

17,637.0

14,059.1

     25.4%

118,355.4

103,229.2

     14.7%

- international

7,598.2

7,030.3

      8.1%

53,460.9

53,702.1

     (0.4%)

- domestic

10,038.8

7,028.8

     42.8%

64,894.5

49,527.1

     31.0%

Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mln

81.4

59.7

     36.3%

522.1

435.1

     20.0%

- international

38.0

33.7

     12.8%

251.7

255.2

     (1.4%)

- domestic

43.4

26.0

     66.9%

270.4

179.9

     50.3%

Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mln

1,142.5

1,005.7

     13.6%

7,120.2

6,314.9

     12.8%

- international

613.8

516.3

     18.9%

3,930.6

3,465.3

     13.4%

- domestic

528.7

489.4

      8.0%

3,189.6

2,849.6

     11.9%

Available Tonne Kilometres, mln

1,587.1

1,451.6

       9.3%

10,857.9

9,970.8

       8.9%

- international

880.3

752.2

     17.0%

6,279.8

5,577.7

     12.6%

- domestic

706.8

699.4

      1.1%

4,578.1

4,393.1

      4.2%

Revenue load factor, %

72.0%

69.3%

     2.7 p.p.

65.6%

63.3%

     2.3 p.p.

- international

69.7%

68.6%

    1.1 p.p.

62.6%

62.1%

     0.5 p.p.

- domestic

74.8%

70.0%

4.8 p.p.

69.7%

64.9%

     4.8 p.p.

Flight hours for fleet

85,074.3

81,226.6

       4.7%

599,389.1

573,662

       4.5%

Aeroflot – Russian Airlines Operating Results

 

August 2016

August 2015

Change

8M 2016

8M 2015

Change

Passengers carried, thousand PAX

2,814.1

2,653.3

       6.1%

19,033.2

17,275.0

     10.2%

- international

1,458.0

1,339.5

      8.8%

9,696.7

9,017.5

      7.5%

- domestic

1,356.1

1,313.8

      3.2%

9,336.5

8,257.5

     13.1%

Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mln

8,029.9

7,523.4

6.7%

54,350.4

49,122.5

10.6%

- international

5,092.2

4,559.7

     11.7%

34,751.8

31,272.3

     11.1%

- domestic

2,937.7

2,963.7

     (0.9%)

19,598.6

17,850.2

      9.8%

Available Seat Kilometres, mln

9,071.7

8,563.0

       5.9%

66,608.3

61,448.8

       8.4%

- international

5,886.1

5,234.3

     12.5%

43,836.0

39,508.5

     11.0%

- domestic

3,185.6

3,328.7

     (4.3%)

22,772.3

21,940.3

      3.8%

Passenger load factor, %

88.5%

87.9%

   0.6 p.p.

81.6%

79.9%

    1.7 p.p.

- international

86.5%

87.1%

 (0.6 p.p.)

79.3%

79.2%

     0.1 p.p.

- domestic

92.2%

89.0%

  3.2 p.p.

86.1%

81.4%

     4.7 p.p.

Cargo and mail carried, tonnes

14,782.4

12,312.1

     20.1%

102,272.8

90,031.4

     13.6%

- international

7,466.9

6,786.0

     10.0%

52,170.9

52,045.8

      0.2%

- domestic

7,315.5

5,526.1

     32.4%

50,101.9

37,985.6

     31.9%

Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mln

69.7

56.3

     23.8%

474.5

407.7

     16.4%

- international

37.6

33.1

     13.6%

249.0

251.4

     (1.0%)

- domestic

32.1

23.2

     38.4%

225.5

156.3

     44.3%

Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mln

792.4

733.4

       8.0%

5,366.1

4,828.7

     11.1%

- international

495.9

443.4

     11.8%

3,376.7

3,065.9

     10.1%

- domestic

296.5

290.0

      2.2%

1,989.4

1,762.8

     12.9%

Available Tonne Kilometres, mln

1,130.3

1,077.2

       4.9%

8,314.7

7,689.5

       8.1%

- international

727.4

650.9

     11.8%

5,458.1

4,956.0

     10.1%

- domestic

402.9

426.3

     (5.5%)

2,856.6

2,733.5

      4.5%

Revenue load factor, %

70.1%

68.1%

   2.0 p.p.

64.5%

62.8%

     1.7 p.p.

- international

68.2%

68.1%

   0.1 p.p.

61.9%

61.9%

           -  

- domestic

73.6%

68.0%

  5.6 p.p.

69.6%

64.5%

     5.1 p.p.

Flight hours for fleet

56,233

53,285

       5.5%

420,032

392,164

       7.1%