Aeroflots August - double digit incrases in passenger numbers for the Russian Airline

The Russian airline Aeroflot had another bumper month in August the airline has revealed in its latest figures. 

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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