Azul the largest airline in Brazil by the number of cities served, announces today its preliminary traffic results for May 2018.
Consolidated passenger traffic (RPKs) increased 14.0% compared to May 2017 on a capacity increase (ASKs) of 13.5%. As a result, load factor was 80.1%, 0.3 percentage points higher than in the same period last year.
Domestic passenger traffic increased 1.5% on a 2.6% increase in capacity resulting in a load factor of 77.1%, 0.9 percentage points lower than May 2017. This reduction was due to the truck driver's strike in Brazil, which resulted in a higher number of reservations cancelled and an increase in no-show rates between May 24th and May 31st".
Year to date Azul continues to be the most on-time airline in Brazil with 91% of flights departing within 15 minutes of departure time, according to FlightStats.
May-18
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May-17
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% ∆
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YTD 2018
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YTD 2017
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% ∆
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Total
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RPK (million)
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1.839
|
1.614
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14,0%
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9.604
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8.409
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14,2%
|
ASK (million)
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2.295
|
2.022
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13,5%
|
11.762
|
10.362
|
13,5%
|
Load factor
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80,1%
|
79,8%
|
+0,3 p.p.
|
81,7%
|
81,1%
|
+0,6 p.p.
|
Domestic
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RPK (million)
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1.345
|
1.325
|
1,5%
|
7.075
|
6.905
|
2,5%
|
ASK (million)
|
1.744
|
1.700
|
2,6%
|
8.862
|
8.713
|
1,7%
|
Load factor
|
77,1%
|
78,0%
|
-0,9 p.p.
|
79,8%
|
79,2%
|
+0,6 p.p.
|
International
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RPK (million)
|
494
|
288
|
71,4%
|
2.529
|
1.504
|
68,1%
|
ASK (million)
|
552
|
322
|
71,5%
|
2.900
|
1.649
|
75,9%
|
Load factor
|
89,5%
|
89,6%
|
-0,1 p.p.
|
87,2%
|
91,2%
|
-4,0 p.p.
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