Azul, Brazil's largest airline by the number of cities served has announced its April preliminary results. Which showed an increase in passenger traffic of 17.2% compared to the same period last year. As a result, load factor was 81.4%, 0.3 percentage points lower than in the same period last year. And crucially for passengers, Azul continues to be the most on-time airline in Brazil with 90% of flights departing within 15 minutes of departure time, according to FlightStats.
Abr-18
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Abr-17
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% ∆
|
YTD 2018
|
YTD 2017
|
% ∆
| |
Total
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RPK (million)
|
1,874
|
1,599
|
17.2%
|
7,764
|
6,795
|
14.3%
|
ASK (million)
|
2,301
|
1,957
|
17.6%
|
9,466
|
8,341
|
13.5%
|
Load factor
|
81.4%
|
81.7%
|
-0.3 p.p.
|
82.0%
|
81.5%
|
+0.5 p.p.
|
Domestic
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RPK (million)
|
1,372
|
1,287
|
6.7%
|
5,730
|
5,580
|
2.7%
|
ASK (million)
|
1,726
|
1,613
|
7.0%
|
7,118
|
7,013
|
1.5%
|
Load factor
|
79.5%
|
79.8%
|
-0.3 p.p.
|
80.5%
|
79.6%
|
+0.9 p.p.
|
International
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RPK (million)
|
501
|
312
|
60.5%
|
2,035
|
1,216
|
67.4%
|
ASK (million)
|
575
|
344
|
67.3%
|
2,348
|
1,327
|
76.9%
|
Load factor
|
87.2%
|
90.9%
|
-3.7 p.p.
|
86.7%
|
91.6%
|
-4.9 p.p.
|
Azul offers 739 daily flights to 106 destinations. With an operating fleet of 120 aircraft and more than 10,000 crewmembers, the company has a network of 206 non-stop routes as of March 31, 2018. This year, Azul was awarded best airline in Latin America by TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice and in 2017, the Company was elected best low-cost carrier in South America for the seventh consecutive time by Skytrax. Azul also ranked as most on-time airline in Brazil and most on-time low-cost carrier in the Americas in 2017 according to OAG's Punctuality League, the industry's most comprehensive annual ranking of on-time performance.