Russia will suspend all regular and charter flights to and from the country from Friday due to the coronavirus crisis and close all shops in Moscow apart from food stores and pharmacies from this weekend, the government and city authorities said.
Authorities announced the measures after Russia reported its biggest one day rise in coronavirus cases on Thursday, bringing the official tally to 840. Russia has reported two coronavirus deaths, and another woman, who was diagnosed with the virus has died.
The figures remain much lower than in many European countries for now, but the mayor of Moscow told President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday that the real scale of the problem in the Russian capital far exceeded official figures.
Aeroflot, the leading Russian airline group has released its latest results which show a 4% drop in passenger numbers, more details below.
Russia's biggest airline group, Aeroflot has announced its latest operating results for February and the year, today.....
First two months of 2020 operating highlights
In the first two months of 2020, Aeroflot Group carried 8.2 million passengers, up 0.1% year-on-year. Aeroflot airline carried 5.2 million passengers, a year-on-year decrease of 4.9%.
Group RPKs remained flat year-on-year. Company RPKs decreased by 3.4% year-on-year. ASKs rose by 2.7% year-on-year for the Group and by 1.8% year-on-year for the Company.
The passenger load factor decreased by 2.0 p.p. year-on-year to 74.6% for Aeroflot Group and decreased by 3.8 p.p. to 70.4% for Aeroflot airline.
February 2020 Operating Highlights
In February 2020, Aeroflot Group carried 3.9 million passengers, a year-on-year decrease of 0.1%. Aeroflot airline carried 2.5 million passengers, a year-on-year decrease of 4.5%.
Group and Company RPKs were down 0.6% and 4.1% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs rose by 3.6% for Aeroflot Group and by 3.2% for Aeroflot airline.
Aeroflot Group’s passenger load factor was 74.4%, representing a 3.1 percentage point decrease versus the same period a year earlier. The passenger load factor at Aeroflot – Russian Airlines decreased by 5.3 percentage points year-on-year to 70.0%.
February 2020 results were among other factors impacted by COVID-19 and travel restrictions on entry and flights imposed by a number of countries in Asia and Europe.
Fleet update
In February 2020, Aeroflot Group added one Airbus A350-900. One Airbus A330-300 and two Airbus A320 were phased-out. As of 29 February 2020, the Group fleet had 361 aircraft. As of 29 February 2020, the Company fleet had 247 aircraft.
Net changes in the fleet
|
Number of aircraft
| |
February 2020
|
as of 29.02.2020
| |
Aeroflot Group
|
(2)
|
361
|
Aeroflot airline
|
(2)
|
247
|
Aeroflot Group Operating Results
February 2020
|
February 2019
|
Change
|
2M 2020
|
2M 2019
|
Change
| |
Passengers carried, thousand PAX
|
3,944.2
|
3,949.5
|
(0.1%)
|
8,178.6
|
8,170.0
|
0.1%
|
- international
|
1,691.8
|
1,758.3
|
(3.8%)
|
3,567.9
|
3,674.4
|
(2.9%)
|
- domestic
|
2,252.4
|
2,191.1
|
2.8%
|
4,610.7
|
4,495.7
|
2.6%
|
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn
|
10,246.2
|
10,304.5
|
(0.6%)
|
21,484.6
|
21,484.5
|
0.0%
|
- international
|
6,077.7
|
6,278.3
|
(3.2%)
|
12,929.6
|
13,155.3
|
(1.7%)
|
- domestic
|
4,168.5
|
4,026.2
|
3.5%
|
8,554.9
|
8,329.2
|
2.7%
|
Available Seat Kilometres, mn
|
13,778.0
|
13,297.5
|
3.6%
|
28,797.5
|
28,027.9
|
2.7%
|
- international
|
8,309.4
|
8,135.7
|
2.1%
|
17,354.0
|
17,224.8
|
0.7%
|
- domestic
|
5,468.6
|
5,161.8
|
5.9%
|
11,443.6
|
10,803.1
|
5.9%
|
Passenger load factor, %
|
74.4%
|
77.5%
|
(3.1 p.p.)
|
74.6%
|
76.7%
|
(2.0 p.p.)
|
- international
|
73.1%
|
77.2%
|
(4.0 p.p.)
|
74.5%
|
76.4%
|
(1.9 p.p.)
|
- domestic
|
76.2%
|
78.0%
|
(1.8 p.p.)
|
74.8%
|
77.1%
|
(2.3 p.p.)
|
Cargo and mail carried, tonnes
|
25,406.3
|
20,810.9
|
22.1%
|
48,791.6
|
40,725.2
|
19.8%
|
- international
|
14,250.0
|
11,449.1
|
24.5%
|
27,722.4
|
23,121.1
|
19.9%
|
- domestic
|
11,156.3
|
9,361.8
|
19.2%
|
21,069.2
|
17,604.0
|
19.7%
|
Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mn
|
108.0
|
85.4
|
26.5%
|
204.2
|
166.5
|
22.7%
|
- international
|
68.4
|
51.3
|
33.4%
|
131.7
|
103.3
|
27.5%
|
- domestic
|
39.6
|
34.0
|
16.2%
|
72.5
|
63.1
|
14.9%
|
Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mn
|
1,030.2
|
1,012.8
|
1.7%
|
2,137.8
|
2,100.1
|
1.8%
|
- international
|
615.4
|
616.4
|
(0.2%)
|
1,295.4
|
1,287.3
|
0.6%
|
- domestic
|
414.7
|
396.4
|
4.6%
|
842.5
|
812.8
|
3.7%
|
Available Tonne Kilometres, mn
|
1,654.5
|
1,582.5
|
4.5%
|
3,462.2
|
3,340.0
|
3.7%
|
- international
|
1,017.8
|
986.1
|
3.2%
|
2,129.4
|
2,088.4
|
2.0%
|
- domestic
|
636.6
|
596.4
|
6.7%
|
1,332.7
|
1,251.6
|
6.5%
|
Revenue load factor, %
|
62.3%
|
64.0%
|
(1.7 p.p.)
|
61.7%
|
62.9%
|
(1.1 p.p.)
|
- international
|
60.5%
|
62.5%
|
(2.0 p.p.)
|
60.8%
|
61.6%
|
(0.8 p.p.)
|
- domestic
|
65.1%
|
66.5%
|
(1.3 p.p.)
|
63.2%
|
64.9%
|
(1.7 p.p.)
|
Revenue flights
|
32,966
|
31,885
|
3.4%
|
68,756
|
67,048
|
2.5%
|
- international
|
13,404
|
13,361
|
0.3%
|
27,970
|
28,330
|
(1.3%)
|
- domestic
|
19,562
|
18,524
|
5.6%
|
40,786
|
38,718
|
5.3%
|
Flight hours
|
90,805
|
88,015
|
3.2%
|
189,878
|
185,337
|
2.5%
|
Aeroflot - Russian Airlines Operating Results
February 2020
|
February 2019
|
Change
|
2M 2020
|
2M 2019
|
Change
| ||
Passengers carried, thousand PAX
|
2,515.3
|
2,634.0
|
(4.5%)
|
5,151.3
|
5,417.6
|
(4.9%)
| |
- international
|
1,284.5
|
1,351.3
|
(4.9%)
|
2,707.7
|
2,808.3
|
(3.6%)
| |
- domestic
|
1,230.8
|
1,282.7
|
(4.0%)
|
2,443.6
|
2,609.3
|
(6.4%)
| |
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn
|
6,884.0
|
7,178.2
|
(4.1%)
|
14,390.7
|
14,894.4
|
(3.4%)
| |
- international
|
4,630.8
|
4,866.5
|
(4.8%)
|
9,909.9
|
10,174.5
|
(2.6%)
| |
- domestic
|
2,253.2
|
2,311.6
|
(2.5%)
|
4,480.8
|
4,719.8
|
(5.1%)
| |
Available Seat Kilometres, mn
|
9,827.6
|
9,527.4
|
3.2%
|
20,437.7
|
20,071.7
|
1.8%
| |
- international
|
6,658.5
|
6,481.3
|
2.7%
|
13,903.6
|
13,712.0
|
1.4%
| |
- domestic
|
3,169.1
|
3,046.0
|
4.0%
|
6,534.0
|
6,359.7
|
2.7%
| |
Passenger load factor, %
|
70.0%
|
75.3%
|
(5.3 p.p.)
|
70.4%
|
74.2%
|
(3.8 p.p.)
| |
- international
|
69.5%
|
75.1%
|
(5.5 p.p.)
|
71.3%
|
74.2%
|
(2.9 p.p.)
| |
- domestic
|
71.1%
|
75.9%
|
(4.8 p.p.)
|
68.6%
|
74.2%
|
(5.6 p.p.)
| |
Cargo and mail carried, tonnes
|
17,961.5
|
14,697.6
|
22.2%
|
33,463.4
|
28,333.1
|
18.1%
| |
- international
|
12,220.5
|
9,540.3
|
28.1%
|
23,267.7
|
19,076.8
|
22.0%
| |
- domestic
|
5,741.0
|
5,157.2
|
11.3%
|
10,195.7
|
9,256.3
|
10.1%
| |
Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mn
|
84.0
|
64.6
|
30.1%
|
156.3
|
126.4
|
23.7%
| |
- international
|
61.7
|
44.8
|
38.0%
|
117.1
|
90.7
|
29.2%
| |
- domestic
|
22.3
|
19.9
|
12.3%
|
39.2
|
35.7
|
9.7%
| |
Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mn
|
703.6
|
710.6
|
(1.0%)
|
1,451.5
|
1,466.9
|
(1.0%)
| |
- international
|
478.5
|
482.7
|
(0.9%)
|
1,009.0
|
1,006.4
|
0.3%
| |
- domestic
|
225.1
|
227.9
|
(1.2%)
|
442.5
|
460.5
|
(3.9%)
| |
Available Tonne Kilometres, mn
|
1,194.5
|
1,145.5
|
4.3%
|
2,488.8
|
2,415.0
|
3.1%
| |
- international
|
827.2
|
793.5
|
4.2%
|
1,731.6
|
1,680.0
|
3.1%
| |
- domestic
|
367.3
|
352.0
|
4.3%
|
757.1
|
735.0
|
3.0%
| |
Revenue load factor, %
|
58.9%
|
62.0%
|
(3.1 p.p.)
|
58.3%
|
60.7%
|
(2.4 p.p.)
| |
- international
|
57.9%
|
60.8%
|
(3.0 p.p.)
|
58.3%
|
59.9%
|
(1.6 p.p.)
| |
- domestic
|
61.3%
|
64.7%
|
(3.5 p.p.)
|
58.4%
|
62.7%
|
(4.2 p.p.)
| |
Revenue flights
|
22,788
|
21,946
|
3.8%
|
47,044
|
46,145
|
1.9%
| |
- international
|
10,816
|
10,627
|
1.8%
|
22,464
|
22,466
|
(0.0%)
| |
- domestic
|
11,972
|
11,319
|
5.8%
|
24,580
|
23,679
|
3.8%
| |
Flight hours
|
64,925
|
62,990
|
3.1%
|
134,790
|
132,681
|
1.6%
| |
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