Passenger numbers up for Aeroflot

Aeroflot 777                          Photo Aeroflot

The Russian airline group, Aeroflot say passenger numbers rise by more than 16% during March, the latest figures from the Moscow based airline revealed.

In March 2019, Aeroflot Group carried 4.6 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 16.9%. Aeroflot Group’s passenger load factor was 80.3%, representing a 0.3 percentage point increase versus the same period a year earlier. The passenger load factor at Aeroflot – Russian Airlines increased by 0.5 percentage points year-on-year to 78.8%.

According to the latest results, in the first three months of 2019 the Aeroflot Group carried 12.8 million passengers, up 16.2% year-on-year. Aeroflot airline carried 8.5 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 14.3%.  Group and Company RPKs increased by 16.7% and 11.0% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs rose by 17.5% year-on-year for the Group and by 12.0% year-on-year for the Company.  The passenger load factor decreased by 0.6 p.p. year-on-year to 77.9% for the Aeroflot Group and decreased by 0.7 p.p. to 75.8% for Aeroflot airline.

Fleet update  -   In March 2019, Aeroflot Group added two Boeing 777-300ER and two Boeing 737-800. As of 31 March 2019, the Group fleet had 371 aircraft. 

Aeroflot the airline added two Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. As of 31 March 2019, the Company fleet had 255 aircraft.

Aeroflot Group Operating Results

	March 2019	March 2018	Change	3M 2019	3M 2018	Change
Passengers carried, thousand PAX	4,594.1	3,930.1	16.9%	12,764.2	10,985.2	16.2%
- international	2,056.4	1,744.5	17.9%	5,730.8	4,887.8	17.2%
- domestic	2,537.6	2,185.6	16.1%	7,033.4	6,097.3	15.4%
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn	12,058.8	10,190.1	18.3%	33,541.7	28,743.1	16.7%
- international	7,410.0	6,198.0	19.6%	20,565.2	17,567.8	17.1%
- domestic	4,648.8	3,992.1	16.4%	12,976.5	11,175.3	16.1%
Available Seat Kilometres, mn	15,016.7	12,735.0	17.9%	43,043.0	36,623.6	17.5%
- international	9,322.4	7,764.6	20.1%	26,547.0	22,503.8	18.0%
- domestic	5,694.3	4,970.3	14.6%	16,496.0	14,119.8	16.8%
Passenger load factor, %	80.3%	80.0%	0.3 p.p.	77.9%	78.5%	(0.6 p.p.)
- international	79.5%	79.8%	(0.3 p.p.)	77.5%	78.1%	(0.6 p.p.)
- domestic	81.6%	80.3%	1.3 p.p.	78.7%	79.1%	(0.5 p.p.)
Cargo and mail carried, tonnes	24,272.3	23,140.2	4.9%	64,995.6	62,666.2	3.7%
- international	14,041.3	13,372.7	5.0%	37,161.7	36,010.3	3.2%
- domestic	10,231.0	9,767.5	4.7%	27,833.8	26,655.9	4.4%
Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mn	102.9	100.1	2.8%	269.4	270.6	(0.4%)
- international	66.3	64.0	3.7%	169.6	171.4	(1.0%)
- domestic	36.6	36.2	1.3%	99.8	99.2	0.6%
Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mn	1,188.2	1,017.2	16.8%	3,288.1	2,857.5	15.1%
- international	733.2	621.8	17.9%	2,020.5	1,752.5	15.3%
- domestic	455.0	395.5	15.1%	1,267.6	1,105.0	14.7%
Available Tonne Kilometres, mn	1,773.5	1,501.7	18.1%	5,113.3	4,327.5	18.2%
- international	1,114.5	924.1	20.6%	3,202.9	2,682.7	19.4%
- domestic	659.0	577.6	14.1%	1,910.4	1,644.8	16.1%
Revenue load factor, %	67.0%	67.7%	(0.7 p.p.)	64.3%	66.0%	(1.7 p.p.)
- international	65.8%	67.3%	(1.5 p.p.)	63.1%	65.3%	(2.2 p.p.)
- domestic	69.1%	68.5%	0.6 p.p.	66.4%	67.2%	(0.8 p.p.)
Revenue flights	35,409	31,026	14.1%	102,458	88,536	15.7%
- international	14,896	12,866	15.8%	43,226	36,869	17.2%
- domestic	20,513	18,160	13.0%	59,232	51,667	14.6%
Flight hours	98,188	84,449	16.3%	283,538	241,952	17.2%

Aeroflot - Russian Airlines Operating Results

	March 2019		March 2018	Change	3M 2019	3M 2018	Change
Passengers carried, thousand PAX		3,035.1	2,667.4	13.8%	8,452.7	7,394.0	14.3%
- international		1,571.8	1,392.9	12.8%	4,380.1	3,899.5	12.3%
- domestic		1,463.3	1,274.5	14.8%	4,072.6	3,494.6	16.5%
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn		8,390.8	7,496.8	11.9%	23,285.2	20,975.3	11.0%
- international		5,750.2	5,087.6	13.0%	15,924.8	14,324.7	11.2%
- domestic		2,640.6	2,409.2	9.6%	7,360.4	6,650.6	10.7%
Available Seat Kilometres, mn		10,644.4	9,568.1	11.2%	30,716.1	27,419.2	12.0%
- international		7,350.8	6,540.6	12.4%	21,062.8	18,912.0	11.4%
- domestic		3,293.6	3,027.5	8.8%	9,653.3	8,507.2	13.5%
Passenger load factor, %		78.8%	78.4%	0.5 p.p.	75.8%	76.5%	(0.7 p.p.)
- international		78.2%	77.8%	0.4 p.p.	75.6%	75.7%	(0.1 p.p.)
- domestic		80.2%	79.6%	0.6 p.p.	76.2%	78.2%	(1.9 p.p.)
Cargo and mail carried, tonnes		17,499.1	17,690.2	(1.1%)	45,832.1	47,547.8	(3.6%)
- international		11,876.4	12,183.5	(2.5%)	30,953.1	32,765.3	(5.5%)
- domestic		5,622.7	5,506.7	2.1%	14,879.0	14,782.5	0.7%
Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mn		79.8	83.3	(4.2%)	206.2	224.5	(8.2%)
- international		58.3	60.5	(3.6%)	149.0	162.1	(8.1%)
- domestic		21.4	22.8	(5.9%)	57.1	62.3	(8.3%)
Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mn		834.9	758.0	10.2%	2,301.8	2,112.2	9.0%
- international		575.9	518.4	11.1%	1,582.3	1,451.4	9.0%
- domestic		259.1	239.6	8.1%	719.6	660.9	8.9%
Available Tonne Kilometres, mn		1,270.0	1,147.2	10.7%	3,685.0	3,291.5	12.0%
- international		888.6	793.4	12.0%	2,568.6	2,296.9	11.8%
- domestic		381.4	353.8	7.8%	1,116.4	994.7	12.2%
Revenue load factor, %		65.7%	66.1%	(0.3 p.p.)	62.5%	64.2%	(1.7 p.p.)
- international		64.8%	65.3%	(0.5 p.p.)	61.6%	63.2%	(1.6 p.p.)
- domestic		67.9%	67.7%	0.2 p.p.	64.5%	66.4%	(2.0 p.p.)
Revenue flights		23,991	21,125	13.6%	70,136	60,232	16.4%
- international		11,725	10,524	11.4%	34,191	30,259	13.0%
- domestic		12,266	10,601	15.7%	35,945	29,973	19.9%
Flight hours		69,446	60,979	13.9%	202,127	174,577	15.8%

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