The leading Russian airline group, Aeroflot, issued its latest figures today, which showed the group carried an amazing 51.4 million passengers, up 10.8% year-on-year in the first 11 months of this year.
Aeroflot airline carried 32.8 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 8.5%.
Group and Company RPKs increased by 9.6% and 6.5% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs rose by 9.5% year-on-year for the Group and by 8.0% year-on-year for the Company.
The passenger load factor remained flat year-on-year at 83.2% for Aeroflot Group and decreased by 1.2 % to 81.0% for Aeroflot airline.
November 2018 Operating Highlights
In November 2018, Aeroflot Group carried 4.3 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 16.2%. Aeroflot airline carried 2.9 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 13.8%.
Group and Company RPKs were up 14.8% and 9.9% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs rose by 16.5% for Aeroflot Group and by 12.7% for Aeroflot airline.
Aeroflot Group’s passenger load factor was 78.4%, representing a 1.1 percentage point decrease versus the same period a year earlier. The passenger load factor at Aeroflot – Russian Airlines decreased by 2.0 percentage points year-on-year to 76.0%.
Fleet update
In November 2018, Aeroflot Group added three Boeing 737-800. One Airbus A321 was phased-out. As of 30 November 2018, the Group fleet had 366 aircraft.
Aeroflot airline added two Boeing 737-800 aircraft as well as phased-out one Airbus A321 aircraft. As of 30 November 2018, the Company fleet had 252 aircraft.
Net changes in the fleet
|
Number of aircraft[2]
as of 30.11.2018
| ||
November 2018
|
11M 2018
| ||
Aeroflot Group
|
+2
|
+40
|
366
|
Aeroflot airline
|
+1
|
+28
|
252
|
Aeroflot Group Operating Results
November2018
|
November2017
|
Change
|
11M 2018
|
11M 2017
|
Change
| |
Passengers carried, thousand PAX
|
4,334.1
|
3,730.4
|
16.2%
|
51,374.7
|
46,371.5
|
10.8%
|
- international
|
1,902.4
|
1,662.3
|
14.4%
|
22,823.9
|
20,880.2
|
9.3%
|
- domestic
|
2,431.7
|
2,068.1
|
17.6%
|
28,550.8
|
25,491.2
|
12.0%
|
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn
|
11,190.6
|
9,744.7
|
14.8%
|
131,922.4
|
120,397.1
|
9.6%
|
- international
|
6,658.5
|
5,896.5
|
12.9%
|
76,557.8
|
71,106.8
|
7.7%
|
- domestic
|
4,532.1
|
3,848.2
|
17.8%
|
55,364.5
|
49,290.3
|
12.3%
|
Available Seat Kilometres, mn
|
14,273.3
|
12,249.8
|
16.5%
|
158,520.6
|
144,715.8
|
9.5%
|
- international
|
8,862.0
|
7,557.8
|
17.3%
|
93,905.1
|
85,707.5
|
9.6%
|
- domestic
|
5,411.3
|
4,692.0
|
15.3%
|
64,615.5
|
59,008.3
|
9.5%
|
Passenger load factor, %
|
78.4%
|
79.5%
|
(1.1 p.p.)
|
83.2%
|
83.2%
|
-
|
- international
|
75.1%
|
78.0%
|
(2.9 p.p.)
|
81.5%
|
83.0%
|
(1.4 p.p.)
|
- domestic
|
83.8%
|
82.0%
|
1.7 p.p.
|
85.7%
|
83.5%
|
2.2 p.p.
|
Cargo and mail carried, tonnes
|
27,660.9
|
27,456.8
|
0.7%
|
275,619.4
|
246,173.4
|
12.0%
|
- international
|
16,795.2
|
16,330.8
|
2.8%
|
155,033.6
|
138,246.5
|
12.1%
|
- domestic
|
10,865.6
|
11,126.1
|
(2.3%)
|
120,585.8
|
107,926.9
|
11.7%
|
Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mn
|
118.1
|
122.5
|
(3.7%)
|
1,181.8
|
1,114.8
|
6.0%
|
- international
|
78.5
|
80.3
|
(2.3%)
|
727.6
|
683.2
|
6.5%
|
- domestic
|
39.5
|
42.2
|
(6.3%)
|
454.2
|
431.5
|
5.3%
|
Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mn
|
1,125.2
|
999.5
|
12.6%
|
13,054.8
|
11,950.6
|
9.2%
|
- international
|
677.8
|
610.9
|
10.9%
|
7,617.8
|
7,082.9
|
7.6%
|
- domestic
|
447.4
|
388.6
|
15.1%
|
5,437.0
|
4,867.7
|
11.7%
|
Available Tonne Kilometres, mn
|
1,706.1
|
1,459.4
|
16.9%
|
18,742.9
|
17,363.4
|
7.9%
|
- international
|
1,072.5
|
907.7
|
18.1%
|
11,105.8
|
10,263.4
|
8.2%
|
- domestic
|
633.7
|
551.7
|
14.9%
|
7,637.2
|
7,100.0
|
7.6%
|
Revenue load factor, %
|
66.0%
|
68.5%
|
(2.5 p.p.)
|
69.7%
|
68.8%
|
0.8 p.p.
|
- international
|
63.2%
|
67.3%
|
(4.1 p.p.)
|
68.6%
|
69.0%
|
(0.4 p.p.)
|
- domestic
|
70.6%
|
70.4%
|
0.2 p.p.
|
71.2%
|
68.6%
|
2.6 p.p.
|
Revenue flights
|
34,369
|
29,403
|
16.9%
|
376,191
|
338,474
|
11.1%
|
- international
|
14,677
|
12,380
|
18.6%
|
158,455
|
140,890
|
12.5%
|
- domestic
|
19,692
|
17,023
|
15.7%
|
217,736
|
197,584
|
10.2%
|
Flight hours
|
94,524
|
80,932
|
16.8%
|
1,026,695
|
926,217
|
10.8%
|
Aeroflot - Russian Airlines Operating Results
November2018
|
November2017
|
Change
|
11M 2018
|
11M 2017
|
Change
| ||
Passengers carried, thousand PAX
|
2,932.5
|
2,575.8
|
13.8%
|
32,847.3
|
30,277.7
|
8.5%
| |
- international
|
1,471.9
|
1,339.5
|
9.9%
|
16,733.7
|
15,801.7
|
5.9%
| |
- domestic
|
1,460.6
|
1,236.3
|
18.1%
|
16,113.7
|
14,476.0
|
11.3%
| |
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn
|
7,947.2
|
7,233.9
|
9.9%
|
90,062.4
|
84,573.2
|
6.5%
| |
- international
|
5,341.9
|
4,852.1
|
10.1%
|
58,768.6
|
55,778.2
|
5.4%
| |
- domestic
|
2,605.4
|
2,381.8
|
9.4%
|
31,293.8
|
28,795.0
|
8.7%
| |
Available Seat Kilometres, mn
|
10,452.0
|
9,277.4
|
12.7%
|
111,129.2
|
102,862.7
|
8.0%
| |
- international
|
7,279.0
|
6,386.1
|
14.0%
|
74,245.0
|
68,781.1
|
7.9%
| |
- domestic
|
3,173.0
|
2,891.3
|
9.7%
|
36,884.2
|
34,081.6
|
8.2%
| |
Passenger load factor, %
|
76.0%
|
78.0%
|
(2.0 p.p.)
|
81.0%
|
82.2%
|
(1.2 p.p.)
| |
- international
|
73.4%
|
76.0%
|
(2.6 p.p.)
|
79.2%
|
81.1%
|
(1.9 p.p.)
| |
- domestic
|
82.1%
|
82.4%
|
(0.3 p.p.)
|
84.8%
|
84.5%
|
0.3 p.p.
| |
Cargo and mail carried, tonnes
|
20,677.7
|
21,991.8
|
(6.0%)
|
203,095.5
|
205,852.4
|
(1.3%)
| |
- international
|
15,128.9
|
15,472.8
|
(2.2%)
|
138,175.2
|
134,690.5
|
2.6%
| |
- domestic
|
5,548.8
|
6,519.0
|
(14.9%)
|
64,920.4
|
71,161.9
|
(8.8%)
| |
Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mn
|
93.2
|
103.8
|
(10.2%)
|
952.7
|
958.1
|
(0.6%)
| |
- international
|
73.6
|
77.7
|
(5.3%)
|
682.1
|
669.4
|
1.9%
| |
- domestic
|
19.6
|
26.1
|
(24.8%)
|
270.6
|
288.6
|
(6.2%)
| |
Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mn
|
808.5
|
754.8
|
7.1%
|
9,058.3
|
8,569.7
|
5.7%
| |
- international
|
554.4
|
514.3
|
7.8%
|
5,971.3
|
5,689.5
|
5.0%
| |
- domestic
|
254.1
|
240.5
|
5.7%
|
3,087.0
|
2,880.2
|
7.2%
| |
Available Tonne Kilometres, mn
|
1,263.4
|
1,121.7
|
12.6%
|
13,366.3
|
12,548.7
|
6.5%
| |
- international
|
902.2
|
782.4
|
15.3%
|
8,996.4
|
8,433.6
|
6.7%
| |
- domestic
|
361.2
|
339.3
|
6.5%
|
4,369.9
|
4,115.1
|
6.2%
| |
Revenue load factor, %
|
64.0%
|
67.3%
|
(3.3 p.p.)
|
67.8%
|
68.3%
|
(0.5 p.p.)
| |
- international
|
61.4%
|
65.7%
|
(4.3 p.p.)
|
66.4%
|
67.5%
|
(1.1 p.p.)
| |
- domestic
|
70.3%
|
70.9%
|
(0.6 p.p.)
|
70.6%
|
70.0%
|
0.6 p.p.
| |
Revenue flights
|
23,853
|
20,289
|
17.6%
|
248,748
|
222,822
|
11.6%
| |
- international
|
11,656
|
10,199
|
14.3%
|
122,347
|
110,652
|
10.6%
| |
- domestic
|
12,197
|
10,090
|
20.9%
|
126,401
|
112,170
|
12.7%
| |
Flight hours
|
68,297
|
59,069
|
15.6%
|
708,784
|
642,701
|
10.3%
| |