The Aeroflot Group has released the operating results for October and the first ten months of the year this week, which shows increases in both passenger numbers and revenue for the leading Russian airline.
Some of the highlights for the group are that during the first 10 months of the year, it carried 47.0 million passengers, that is up 10.3% year-on-year. Aeroflot airline carried 29.9 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 8.0%. Group and Company RPKs increased by 9.1% and 6.2% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs rose by 8.9% year-on-year for the Group and by 7.6% year-on-year for the Company. The passenger load factor increased slightly across the group to 83.7% for the Aeroflot Group and although, for Aeroflot itself, it fell by 1% to 81.6%.
October 2018 Operating Highlights
In October 2018, Aeroflot Group carried 4.8 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 11.4%. Aeroflot airline carried 3.1 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 8.0%.
Group and Company RPKs were up 9.2% and 5.2% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs rose by 8.3% for Aeroflot Group and by 5.6% for Aeroflot airline.
On domestic routes, Group passengers carried and RPKs grew by 14.1% and 14.8% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs grew by 11.3% year-on-year. Company passengers carried and RPKs increased by 11.6% and 9.1% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs grew by 7.5%.
The number of passengers carried on the Group’s international routes increased by 8.3% year-on-year. RPKs grew by 5.5%, while capacity grew by 6.4%. The number of passengers carried by Aeroflot airline on international routes increased by 4.6%. RPKs grew by 3.1%, ASKs by 4.6%.
Aeroflot Group’s passenger load factor was 82.8%, representing a 0.6 percentage point increase versus the same period a year earlier. The passenger load factor at Aeroflot – Russian Airlines immaterially decreased by 0.3 percentage points year-on-year to 81.1%.
Fleet update
In October 2018, Aeroflot Group added four aircraft: three Boeing 737-800 and one Boeing 777-300. One Airbus A320 was phased-out. As of 31 October 2018, the Group fleet had 364 aircraft.
Aeroflot airline added two Boeing 737-800 aircraft as well as phased-out one Airbus A320 aircraft. As of 31 October 2018, the Company fleet had 251 aircraft.
Net changes in the fleet
|
Number of aircraft[2]
as of 31.10.2018
| ||
October 2018
|
10M 2018
| ||
Aeroflot Group
|
+3
|
+38
|
364
|
Aeroflot airline
|
+1
|
+27
|
251
|
Aeroflot Group Operating Results
October2018
|
October2017
|
Change
|
10M 2018
|
10M 2017
|
Change
| |
Passengers carried, thousand PAX
|
4,791.7
|
4,301.4
|
11.4%
|
47,040.6
|
42,641.1
|
10.3%
|
- international
|
2,162.5
|
1,997.2
|
8.3%
|
20,921.5
|
19,217.8
|
8.9%
|
- domestic
|
2,629.2
|
2,304.2
|
14.1%
|
26,119.1
|
23,423.2
|
11.5%
|
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn
|
12,303.6
|
11,270.8
|
9.2%
|
120,731.7
|
110,652.4
|
9.1%
|
- international
|
7,174.0
|
6,802.8
|
5.5%
|
69,899.3
|
65,210.3
|
7.2%
|
- domestic
|
5,129.6
|
4,468.2
|
14.8%
|
50,832.4
|
45,442.2
|
11.9%
|
Available Seat Kilometres, mn
|
14,854.7
|
13,712.4
|
8.3%
|
144,247.2
|
132,466.0
|
8.9%
|
- international
|
8,863.2
|
8,329.9
|
6.4%
|
85,043.1
|
78,149.7
|
8.8%
|
- domestic
|
5,991.4
|
5,382.5
|
11.3%
|
59,204.2
|
54,316.4
|
9.0%
|
Passenger load factor, %
|
82.8%
|
82.2%
|
0.6 p.p.
|
83.7%
|
83.5%
|
0.2 p.p.
|
- international
|
80.9%
|
81.7%
|
(0.7 p.p.)
|
82.2%
|
83.4%
|
(1.2 p.p.)
|
- domestic
|
85.6%
|
83.0%
|
2.6 п.п.
|
85.9%
|
83.7%
|
2.2 p.p.
|
Cargo and mail carried, tonnes
|
29,342.1
|
27,214.0
|
7.8%
|
247,958.6
|
218,716.7
|
13.4%
|
- international
|
16,911.8
|
15,200.8
|
11.3%
|
138,238.4
|
121,915.8
|
13.4%
|
- domestic
|
12,430.3
|
12,013.2
|
3.5%
|
109,720.2
|
96,800.8
|
13.3%
|
Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mn
|
126.4
|
120.0
|
5.3%
|
1,063.7
|
992.3
|
7.2%
|
- international
|
78.6
|
73.0
|
7.6%
|
649.1
|
603.0
|
7.6%
|
- domestic
|
47.9
|
46.9
|
2.0%
|
414.7
|
389.3
|
6.5%
|
Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mn
|
1,233.8
|
1,134.4
|
8.8%
|
11,929.6
|
10,951.0
|
8.9%
|
- international
|
724.2
|
685.3
|
5.7%
|
6,940.0
|
6,471.9
|
7.2%
|
- domestic
|
509.5
|
449.1
|
13.5%
|
4,989.6
|
4,479.1
|
11.4%
|
Available Tonne Kilometres, mn
|
1,753.2
|
1,627.7
|
7.7%
|
17,036.8
|
15,903.9
|
7.1%
|
- international
|
1,047.6
|
982.4
|
6.6%
|
10,033.3
|
9,355.6
|
7.2%
|
- domestic
|
705.6
|
645.2
|
9.4%
|
7,003.5
|
6,548.3
|
7.0%
|
Revenue load factor, %
|
70.4%
|
69.7%
|
0.7 p.p.
|
70.0%
|
68.9%
|
1.2 p.p.
|
- international
|
69.1%
|
69.8%
|
(0.6 p.p.)
|
69.2%
|
69.2%
|
-
|
- domestic
|
72.2%
|
69.6%
|
2.6 p.p.
|
71.2%
|
68.4%
|
2.8 p.p.
|
Revenue flights
|
36,092
|
32,292
|
11.8%
|
341,822
|
309,071
|
10.6%
|
- international
|
15,420
|
13,778
|
11.9%
|
143,778
|
128,510
|
11.9%
|
- domestic
|
20,672
|
18,514
|
11.7%
|
198,044
|
180,561
|
9.7%
|
Flight hours
|
98,393
|
88,980
|
10.6%
|
932,170
|
845,285
|
10.3%
|
Aeroflot - Russian Airlines Operating Results
October2018
|
October2017
|
Change
|
10M 2018
|
10M 2017
|
Change
| ||
Passengers carried, thousand PAX
|
3,144.6
|
2,912.5
|
8.0%
|
29,914.8
|
27,701.9
|
8.0%
| |
- international
|
1,574.0
|
1,505.2
|
4.6%
|
15,261.7
|
14,462.2
|
5.5%
| |
- domestic
|
1,570.7
|
1,407.3
|
11.6%
|
14,653.1
|
13,239.7
|
10.7%
| |
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn
|
8,590.1
|
8,166.6
|
5.2%
|
82,115.1
|
77,339.3
|
6.2%
| |
- international
|
5,468.4
|
5,305.9
|
3.1%
|
53,426.7
|
50,926.1
|
4.9%
| |
- domestic
|
3,121.7
|
2,860.7
|
9.1%
|
28,688.5
|
26,413.2
|
8.6%
| |
Available Seat Kilometres, mn
|
10,589.4
|
10,029.2
|
5.6%
|
100,677.2
|
93,585.3
|
7.6%
| |
- international
|
6,911.9
|
6,606.9
|
4.6%
|
66,966.0
|
62,394.9
|
7.3%
| |
- domestic
|
3,677.5
|
3,422.3
|
7.5%
|
33,711.3
|
31,190.4
|
8.1%
| |
Passenger load factor, %
|
81.1%
|
81.4%
|
(0.3 p.p.)
|
81.6%
|
82.6%
|
(1.0 p.p.)
| |
- international
|
79.1%
|
80.3%
|
(1.2 p.p.)
|
79.8%
|
81.6%
|
(1.8 p.p.)
| |
- domestic
|
84.9%
|
83.6%
|
1.3 p.p.
|
85.1%
|
84.7%
|
0.4 p.p.
| |
Cargo and mail carried, tonnes
|
22,321.9
|
22,019.0
|
1.4%
|
182,417.8
|
183,860.7
|
(0.8%)
| |
- international
|
15,005.9
|
14,415.9
|
4.1%
|
123,046.2
|
119,217.8
|
3.2%
| |
- domestic
|
7,316.0
|
7,603.1
|
(3.8%)
|
59,371.6
|
64,642.9
|
(8.2%)
| |
Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mn
|
104.7
|
102.8
|
1.8%
|
859.5
|
854.3
|
0.6%
| |
- international
|
73.3
|
70.7
|
3.7%
|
608.5
|
591.8
|
2.8%
| |
- domestic
|
31.4
|
32.1
|
(2.2%)
|
251.0
|
262.5
|
(4.4%)
| |
Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mn
|
877.8
|
837.8
|
4.8%
|
8,249.8
|
7,814.8
|
5.6%
| |
- international
|
565.4
|
548.2
|
3.1%
|
5,416.9
|
5,175.1
|
4.7%
| |
- domestic
|
312.4
|
289.6
|
7.9%
|
2,832.9
|
2,639.7
|
7,3%
| |
Available Tonne Kilometres, mn
|
1,278.0
|
1,211.3
|
5.5%
|
12,103.0
|
11,427.0
|
5.9%
| |
- international
|
840.9
|
798.7
|
5.3%
|
8,094.3
|
7,651.2
|
5.8%
| |
- domestic
|
437.2
|
412.6
|
6.0%
|
4,008.7
|
3,775.8
|
6.2%
| |
Revenue load factor, %
|
68.7%
|
69.2%
|
(0.5 p.p.)
|
68.2%
|
68.4%
|
(0.2 p.p.)
| |
- international
|
67.2%
|
68.6%
|
(1.4 p.p.)
|
66.9%
|
67.6%
|
(0.7 p.p.)
| |
- domestic
|
71.5%
|
70.2%
|
1.3 p.p.
|
70.7%
|
69.9%
|
0.8 p.p.
| |
Revenue flights
|
24,244
|
21,844
|
11.0%
|
224,895
|
202,533
|
11.0%
| |
- international
|
11,728
|
10,709
|
9.5%
|
110,691
|
100,453
|
10.2%
| |
- domestic
|
12,516
|
11,135
|
12.4%
|
114,204
|
102,080
|
11.9%
| |
Flight hours
|
68,484
|
62,966
|
8.8%
|
640,487
|
583,631
|
9.7%
| |
