Passenger numbers increase for Aeroflot

July was a busy month for the Aeroflot Group, 6 million passengers travelled with the Russian group of airlines during July, that's an increase of 12.4 percent over last years figures. More than half of that number travelled with Aeroflot itself, indeed the leading Russian carrier flew 3.6 million passengers during the month, nearly 10 percent up on 2017 figures.  

In July 2018, the Aeroflot Group added two Airbus А321 to the fleet, which as of 31st July 2018 now amounts to 352 aircraft.  

On domestic routes, Group passengers carried and RPKs grew by 14.6% and 13.7% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs grew by 11.9% year-on-year. Company passengers carried and RPKs increased by 12.8% and 10.3% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs grew by 8.3%.

In July 2018, the number of passengers carried on the Group’s international routes increased by 9.7% year-on-year. RPKs grew by 7.6%, while capacity grew by 8.3%. The number of passengers carried by Aeroflot airline on international routes increased by 6.9%. RPKs grew by 5.6%, ASKs by 6.5%.

Aeroflot Group’s passenger load factor was 91.2%, representing a 0.3 percentage point increase versus the same period a year earlier. The passenger load factor at Aeroflot – Russian Airlines increased by 0.1 percentage points year-on-year to 89.3%. The load factor was supported by Russia’s hosting of the World Cup during the reporting period.

Aeroflot Group Operating Results

	July 2018	July 2017	Change	7M 2018	7M 2017	Change
Passengers carried, thousand PAX	5,986.5	5,326.5	12.4%	30,842.4	28,288.5	9.0%
- international	2,644.1	2,409.3	9.7%	13,703.4	12,654.7	8.3%
- domestic	3,342.4	2,917.2	14.6%	17,139.1	15,633.8	9.6%
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mln	15,206.8	13,796.2	10.2%	79,193.7	73,188.3	8.2%
- international	8,467.4	7,870.5	7.6%	46,399.4	43,393.7	6.9%
- domestic	6,739.4	5,925.8	13.7%	32,794.3	29,794.6	10.1%
Available Seat Kilometres, mln	16,669.0	15,174.7	9.8%	96,650.6	88,893.7	8.7%
- international	9,512.7	8,781.4	8.3%	57,473.8	52,522.9	9.4%
- domestic	7,156.3	6,393.3	11.9%	39,176.8	36,370.8	7.7%
Passenger load factor, %	91.2%	90.9%	0.3 p.p.	81.9%	82.3%	(0.4 p.p.)
- international	89.0%	89.6%	(0.6 p.p.)	80.7%	82.6%	(1.9 p.p.)
- domestic	94.2%	92.7%	1.5 p.p.	83.7%	81.9%	1.8 p.p.
Cargo and mail carried, tonnes	26,265.2	22,226.4	18.2%	161,611.8	144,583.5	11.8%
- international	14,373.3	11,920.0	20.6%	90,668.4	80,820.5	12.2%
- domestic	11,891.9	10,306.5	15.4%	70,943.4	63,763.0	11.3%
Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mln	112.6	101.8	10.6%	693.7	656.0	5.8%
- international	67.6	59.1	14.4%	429.2	400.5	7.2%
- domestic	45.0	42.7	5.3%	264.5	255.4	3.6%
Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mln	1,481.2	1,343.4	10.3%	7,821.2	7,242.9	8.0%
- international	829.7	767.4	8.1%	4,605.1	4,305.9	6.9%
- domestic	651.5	576.0	13.1%	3,216.0	2,937.0	9.5%
Available Tonne Kilometres, mln	1,971.9	1,811.1	8.9%	11,412.9	10,714.7	6.5%
- international	1,116.8	1,040.4	7.4%	6,791.9	6,329.0	7.3%
- domestic	855.1	770.7	10.9%	4,621.0	4,385.8	5.4%
Revenue load factor, %	75.1%	74.2%	0.9 p.p.	68.5%	67.6%	0.9 p.p.
- international	74.3%	73.8%	0.5 p.p.	67.8%	68.0%	(0.2 p.p.)
- domestic	76.2%	74.7%	1.5 p.p.	69.6%	67.0%	2.6 p.p.
Revenue flights	38,667	34,331	12.6%	229,680	209,189	9.8%
- international	16,260	14,242	14.2%	96,199	86,527	11.2%
- domestic	22,407	20,089	11.5%	133,481	122,662	8.8%
Flight hours for fleet	104,522	93,770	11.5%	626,445	571,009	9.7%

Aeroflot - Russian Airlines Operating Results

	July 2018	July 2017	Change	7M 2018	7M 2017	Change
Passengers carried, thousand PAX	3,621.5	3,300.6	9.7%	19,844.5	18,546.2	7.0%
- international	1,834.9	1,716.6	6.9%	10,186.1	9,723.5	4.8%
- domestic	1,786.6	1,584.0	12.8%	9,658.3	8,822.7	9.5%
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mln	9,745.3	9,086.8	7.2%	54,671.7	51,887.6	5.4%
- international	6,214.0	5,884.6	5.6%	35,965.6	34,449.6	4.4%
- domestic	3,531.3	3,202.2	10.3%	18,706.2	17,438.0	7.3%
Available Seat Kilometres, mln	10,913.8	10,187.6	7.1%	68,538.6	63,476.8	8.0%
- international	7,148.1	6,711.4	6.5%	45,965.9	42,602.6	7.9%
- domestic	3,765.7	3,476.2	8.3%	22,572.6	20,874.2	8.1%
Passenger load factor, %	89.3%	89.2%	0.1 p.p.	79.8%	81.7%	(1.9 p.p.)
- international	86.9%	87.7%	(0.8 p.p.)	78.2%	80.9%	(2.7 p.p.)
- domestic	93.8%	92.1%	1.7 p.p.	82.9%	83.5%	(0.6 p.p.)
Cargo and mail carried, tonnes	18,313.6	18,461.9	(0.8%)	119,863.4	122,657.4	(2.3%)
- international	12,510.8	11,703.4	6.9%	81,233.1	79,402.4	2.3%
- domestic	5,802.8	6,758.5	(14.1%)	38,630.3	43,255.0	(10.7%)
Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mln	86.9	85.5	1.7%	565.6	568.8	(0.6%)
- international	62.8	58.1	8.1%	402.9	394.1	2.2%
- domestic	24.2	27.4	(11.8%)	162.7	174.7	(6.9%)
Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mln	964.0	903.3	6.7%	5,486.1	5,238.7	4.7%
- international	622.0	587.7	5.8%	3,639.8	3,494.6	4.2%
- domestic	342.0	315.6	8.4%	1,846.2	1,744.1	5.9%
Available Tonne Kilometres, mln	1,313.2	1,240.4	5.9%	8,233.4	7,777.4	5.9%
- international	862.2	817.5	5.5%	5,554.7	5,251.5	5.8%
- domestic	451.0	422.9	6.6%	2,678.8	2,525.9	6.1%
Revenue load factor, %	73.4%	72.8%	0.6 p.p.	66.6%	67.4%	(0.8 p.p.)
- international	72.1%	71.9%	0.2 p.p.	65.5%	66.5%	(1.0 p.p.)
- domestic	75.8%	74.6%	1.2 p.p.	68.9%	69.0%	(0.1 p.p.)
Revenue flights	24,604	21,853	12.6%	151,985	137,598	10.5%
- international	12,061	10,691	12.8%	75,078	68,596	9.4%
- domestic	12,543	11,162	12.4%	76,907	69,002	11.5%
Flight hours for fleet	69,070	62,396	10.7%	434,481	397,330	9.4%