
The Aeroflot Group carried an amazing 6.0 million passengers during August this year, which is an increase of 14.0% over the same period last year. Aeroflot itself, carried 3.6 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 11.7%.
Group and Company RPKs were up 11.8% and 9.4% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs rose by 10.2% for Aeroflot Group and by 7.8% for Aeroflot airline.
On domestic routes, Group passengers carried and RPKs grew by 16.3% and 15.8% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs grew by 12.5% year-on-year. Company passengers carried and RPKs increased by 14.4% and 12.5% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs grew by 8.7%.
In August 2018, the number of passengers carried on the Group’s international routes increased by 11.1% year-on-year. RPKs grew by 8.9%, while capacity grew by 8.5%. The number of passengers carried by Aeroflot airline on international routes increased by 9.2%. RPKs grew by 7.7%, ASKs by 7.3%.
Aeroflot Group’s passenger load factor was 91.3%, representing a 1.3 percentage point increase versus the same period a year earlier. The passenger load factor at Aeroflot – Russian Airlines increased by 1.3 percentage points year-on-year to 89.4%.
Fleet update
In August 2018, Aeroflot Group added six aircraft: two Boeing 737-800 and four SSJ100. As of 31 August 2018, the Group fleet had 358 aircraft.
Aeroflot airline added five aircraft: one Boeing 737-800 and four SSJ100. As of 31 August 2018, the Company fleet had 248 aircraft.
Net changes in the fleet
|
Number of aircraft[2]
as of 31.08.2018
| ||
August 2018
|
8M 2018
| ||
Aeroflot Group
|
+6
|
+32
|
358
|
Aeroflot airline
|
+5
|
+24
|
248
|
Aeroflot Group Operating Results
August2018
|
August2017
|
Change
|
8M 2018
|
8M 2017
|
Change
| |
Passengers carried, thousand PAX
|
5,999.8
|
5,263.9
|
14.0%
|
36,842.2
|
33,552.4
|
9.8%
|
- international
|
2,647.7
|
2,382.5
|
11.1%
|
16,351.0
|
15,037.3
|
8.7%
|
- domestic
|
3,352.1
|
2,881.4
|
16.3%
|
20,491.2
|
18,515.2
|
10.7%
|
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn
|
15,319.2
|
13,698.4
|
11.8%
|
94,513.0
|
86,886.7
|
8.8%
|
- international
|
8,522.9
|
7,829.0
|
8.9%
|
54,922.3
|
51,222.7
|
7.2%
|
- domestic
|
6,796.3
|
5,869.4
|
15.8%
|
39,590.7
|
35,664.0
|
11.0%
|
Available Seat Kilometres, mn
|
16,784.1
|
15,232.1
|
10.2%
|
113,434.8
|
104,125.8
|
8.9%
|
- international
|
9,566.6
|
8,815.6
|
8,5%
|
67,040.4
|
61,338.5
|
9.3%
|
- domestic
|
7,217.5
|
6,416.6
|
12,5%
|
46,394.4
|
42,787.4
|
8.4%
|
Passenger load factor, %
|
91.3%
|
89.9%
|
1.3 p.p,
|
83.3%
|
83.4%
|
(0.1 p.p.)
|
- international
|
89.1%
|
88.8%
|
0.3 p.p.
|
81.9%
|
83.5%
|
(1.6 p.p.)
|
- domestic
|
94.2%
|
91.5%
|
2.7 p.p.
|
85.3%
|
83.4%
|
2.0 p.p.
|
Cargo and mail carried, tonnes
|
28,724.8
|
23,046.3
|
24.6%
|
190,336.7
|
167,629.8
|
13.5%
|
- international
|
15,667.6
|
12,467.4
|
25.7%
|
106,335.9
|
93,287.9
|
14.0%
|
- domestic
|
13,057.3
|
10,578.8
|
23.4%
|
84,000.7
|
74,341.9
|
13.0%
|
Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mn
|
123.3
|
106.3
|
15.9%
|
817.0
|
762.2
|
7.2%
|
- international
|
73.3
|
62.4
|
17.5%
|
502.5
|
462.9
|
8.6%
|
- domestic
|
49.9
|
43.9
|
13.8%
|
314.5
|
299.3
|
5.1%
|
Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mn
|
1,502.0
|
1,339.1
|
12.2%
|
9,323.1
|
8,582.1
|
8.8%
|
- international
|
840.4
|
767.0
|
9.6%
|
5,445,5
|
5,072.9
|
7.2%
|
- domestic
|
661.6
|
572.2
|
15.6%
|
3,877.6
|
3,509.0
|
11.0%
|
Available Tonne Kilometres, mn
|
1,982.3
|
1,817.6
|
9.1%
|
13,395.2
|
12,532.3
|
6.9%
|
- international
|
1,119.4
|
1,042.4
|
7.4%
|
7,911.3
|
7,.371.4
|
7.3%
|
- domestic
|
862.9
|
775.2
|
11.3%
|
5,483.9
|
5,160.9
|
6.3%
|
Revenue load factor, %
|
75.8%
|
73.7%
|
2.1 p.p.
|
69.6%
|
68.5%
|
1.1 p.p.
|
- international
|
75.1%
|
73.6%
|
1.5 p.p.
|
68.8%
|
68.8%
|
-
|
- domestic
|
76.7%
|
73.8%
|
2.9 p.p.
|
70.7%
|
68.0%
|
2.7 p.p.
|
Revenue flights
|
38,812
|
34,390
|
12.9%
|
268,492
|
243,579
|
10.2%
|
- international
|
16,361
|
14,298
|
14.4%
|
112,560
|
100,825
|
11.6%
|
- domestic
|
22,451
|
20,092
|
11.7%
|
155,932
|
142,754
|
9.2%
|
Flight hours for fleet
|
105,458
|
93,986
|
12.2%
|
731,903
|
664,995
|
10.1%
|
Aeroflot - Russian Airlines Operating Results
August2018
|
August2017
|
Change
|
8M 2018
|
8M 2017
|
Change
| |
Passengers carried, thousand PAX
|
3,627.1
|
3,247.5
|
11.7%
|
23,471.5
|
21,793.6
|
7.7%
|
- international
|
1,841.7
|
1,686.5
|
9.2%
|
12,027.8
|
11,409.9
|
5.4%
|
- domestic
|
1,785.4
|
1,561.0
|
14.4%
|
11,443.7
|
10,383.7
|
10.2%
|
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn
|
9,847.5
|
9,003.6
|
9.4%
|
64,519.2
|
60,891.3
|
6.0%
|
- international
|
6,275.1
|
5,827.3
|
7.7%
|
42,240.7
|
40,276.9
|
4.9%
|
- domestic
|
3,572.3
|
3,176.3
|
12.5%
|
22,278.5
|
20,614.4
|
8.1%
|
Available Seat Kilometres, mn
|
11,014.5
|
10,220.8
|
7.8%
|
79,553.1
|
73,697.6
|
7.9%
|
- international
|
7,208.1
|
6,718.4
|
7.3%
|
53,174.0
|
49,321.0
|
7.8%
|
- domestic
|
3,806.4
|
3,502.4
|
8.7%
|
26,379.0
|
24,376.6
|
8.2%
|
Passenger load factor, %
|
89.4%
|
88.1%
|
1.3 p.p.
|
81.1%
|
82.6%
|
(1.5 p.p.)
|
- international
|
87.1%
|
86.7%
|
0.4 p.p.
|
79.4%
|
81.7%
|
(2.3 p.p.)
|
- domestic
|
93.9%
|
90.7%
|
3.2 p.p.
|
84.5%
|
84.6%
|
(0.1 p.p.)
|
Cargo and mail carried, tonnes
|
20,334.4
|
19,145.0
|
6.2%
|
140,197.8
|
141,802.4
|
(1.1%)
|
- international
|
13,812.5
|
12,191.9
|
13.3%
|
95,045.6
|
91,594.3
|
3.8%
|
- domestic
|
6,521.9
|
6,953.1
|
(6.2%)
|
45,152.2
|
50,208.1
|
(10.1%)
|
Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mn
|
96.0
|
89.3
|
7.6%
|
661.6
|
658.1
|
0.5%
|
- international
|
68.6
|
60.9
|
12.6%
|
471.5
|
455.2
|
3.6%
|
- domestic
|
27.4
|
28.3
|
(3.2%)
|
190.1
|
202.9
|
(6.3%)
|
Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mn
|
982.3
|
899.6
|
9.2%
|
6,468.4
|
6,138.3
|
5.4%
|
- international
|
633.4
|
585.4
|
8.2%
|
4,273.2
|
4,080.1
|
4.7%
|
- domestic
|
348.9
|
314.2
|
11.1%
|
2,195.2
|
2,058.2
|
6.7%
|
Available Tonne Kilometres, mn
|
1,321.4
|
1,242.0
|
6.4%
|
9,554.9
|
9,019.4
|
5.9%
|
- international
|
866.0
|
816.1
|
6.1%
|
6,420.7
|
6,067.6
|
5.8%
|
- domestic
|
455.4
|
425.9
|
6.9%
|
3,134.2
|
2,951.8
|
6.2%
|
Revenue load factor, %
|
74.3%
|
72.4%
|
1.9 p.p.
|
67.7%
|
68.1%
|
(0.4 p.p.)
|
- international
|
73.1%
|
71.7%
|
1.4 p.p.
|
66.6%
|
67.2%
|
(0.6 p.p.)
|
- domestic
|
76.6%
|
73.8%
|
2.8 p.p.
|
70.0%
|
69.7%
|
0.3 p.p.
|
Revenue flights
|
24,736
|
21,798
|
13.5%
|
176,721
|
159,396
|
10.9%
|
- international
|
12,152
|
10,710
|
13.5%
|
87,230
|
79,306
|
10.0%
|
- domestic
|
12,584
|
11,088
|
13.5%
|
89,491
|
80,090
|
11.7%
|
Flight hours for fleet
|
69,788
|
62,297
|
12.0%
|
504,269
|
459,627
|
9.7%
|
.
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