Russian airline group Aeroflot carried 2.7 million passengers during October

 The Aeroflot Group,  Russians leading aviation company has released its latest operating results for October and the 10 months of the year. In October 2020 Aeroflot Group continued to restore its domestic traffic volumes and partially restore international flights. In addition to flights to Turkey, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Maldives, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Belarus, due to regulatory approval, flights to Seoul (South Korea) and Belgrade (Serbia) were added with limited frequency. In November, flights to Tokyo (Japan) have also resumed with limited frequency.

The October 2020 operating highlights include the group carrying  2.7 million passengers, a year-on-year decrease of 47.1%. Aeroflot airline carried 1.1 million passengers, a year-on-year decrease of 65.8%. 

Group and Company RPKs were down 58.2% and 72.6% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs decreased 

by 55.6% for Aeroflot Group and by 68.8% for Aeroflot airline. 

Aeroflot Group’s passenger load factor was 78.0%, representing a 4.7 percentage point decrease versus 

the same period a year earlier. The passenger load factor at Aeroflot – Russian Airlines decreased 

by 9.7 percentage points year-on-year to 70.2%. 

10M 2020 Operating Highlights

In 10M 2020, Aeroflot Group carried 25.8 million passengers, 50.3% down year-on-year. Aeroflot airline carried 12.7 million passengers, a year-on-year decrease of 59.8%.

Group and Company RPKs decreased by 55.6% and 63.7% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs decreased by 50.2% year-on-year for the Group and by 56.6% year-on-year for the Company.  

The passenger load factor decreased by 9.0 p.p. year-on-year to 73.8% for Aeroflot Group and decreased by 13.1 p.p. to 67.1% for Aeroflot airline. 

Impact of coronavirus pandemic 

In 10M and October 2020, operating results were affected by the dynamics of demand and significant flight restrictions imposed amid the spread of the novel coronavirus infection. Suspension 

of scheduled international flights and quarantine restrictions in Russia affected the decline in traffic indicators.

Aeroflot Group Operating Results

	October 2020	October 2019	Change	10M 2020	10M 2019	Change
Passengers carried, thousand PAX	2,748.9	5,201.1	(47.1%)	25,805.1	51,929.5	(50.3%)
- international	339.6	2,379.9	(85.7%)	5,525.1	23,337.4	(76.3%)
- domestic	2,409.3	2,821.2	(14.6%)	20,280.1	28,592.2	(29.1%)
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn	5,561.4	13,294.6	(58.2%)	59,293.0	133,562.4	(55.6%)
- international	998.6	7,877.9	(87.3%)	19,628.9	78,087.4	(74.9%)
- domestic	4,562.8	5,416.7	(15.8%)	39,664.1	55,475.0	(28.5%)
Available Seat Kilometres, mn	7,133.1	16,076.1	(55.6%)	80,395.5	161,455.9	(50.2%)
- international	1,302.4	9,739.6	(86.6%)	27,640.1	96,072.4	(71.2%)
- domestic	5,830.7	6,336.6	(8.0%)	52,755.4	65,383.5	(19.3%)
Passenger load factor, %	78.0%	82.7%	(4.7 p.p.)	73.8%	82.7%	(9.0 p.p.)
- international	76.7%	80.9%	(4.2 p.p.)	71.0%	81.3%	(10.3 p.p.)
- domestic	78.3%	85.5%	(7.2 p.p.)	75.2%	84.8%	(9.7 p.p.)
Cargo and mail carried, tonnes	23,705.8	29,306.8	(19.1%)	189,714.9	257,996.6	(26.5%)
- international	8,378.5	15,425.3	(45.7%)	71,508.4	141,087.4	(49.3%)
- domestic	15,327.3	13,881.5	10.4%	118,206.5	116,909.2	1.1%
Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mn	98.6	120.7	(18.3%)	825.6	1,063.8	(22.4%)
- international	43.3	71.6	(39.6%)	386.5	650.7	(40.6%)
- domestic	55.4	49.1	12.8%	439.1	413.1	6.3%
Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mn	599.2	1,317.2	(54.5%)	6,162.0	13,084.4	(52.9%)
- international	133.1	780.6	(82.9%)	2,153.1	7,678.6	(72.0%)
- domestic	466.0	536.6	(13.1%)	4,008.9	5,405.8	(25.8%)
Available Tonne Kilometres, mn	930.7	1,907.1	(51.2%)	10,162.3	19,197.9	(47.1%)
- international	251.4	1,159.7	(78.3%)	3,983.8	11,472.4	(65.3%)
- domestic	679.3	747.4	(9.1%)	6,178.6	7,725.5	(20.0%)
Revenue load factor, %	64.4%	69.1%	(4.7 p.p.)	60.6%	68.2%	(7.5 p.p.)
- international	53.0%	67.3%	(14.4 p.p.)	54.0%	66.9%	(12.9 p.p.)
- domestic	68.6%	71.8%	(3.2 p.p.)	64.9%	70.0%	(5.1 p.p.)
Revenue flights	21,670	38,251	(43.3%)	213,504	375,674	(43.2%)
- international	2,103	16,305	(87.1%)	43,786	157,996	(72.3%)
- domestic	19,567	21,946	(10.8%)	169,718	217,678	(22.0%)
Flight hours	51,282	104,619	(51.0%)	544,490	1,031,955	(47.2%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aeroflot - Russian Airlines Operating Results

	October 2020		October 2019	Change	10M 2020	10M 2019	Change
Passengers carried, thousand PAX		1,084.8	3,173.3	(65.8%)	12,705.5	31,606.7	(59.8%)
- international		211.3	1,641.5	(87.1%)	4,038.6	16,548.6	(75.6%)
- domestic		873.5	1,531.9	(43.0%)	8,666.9	15,058.1	(42.4%)
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn		2,355.8	8,599.7	(72.6%)	31,317.5	86,221.8	(63.7%)
- international		660.4	5,777.1	(88.6%)	14,582.2	58,600.6	(75.1%)
- domestic		1,695.3	2,822.6	(39.9%)	16,735.3	27,621.2	(39.4%)
Available Seat Kilometres, mn		3,354.2	10,760.9	(68.8%)	46,662.1	107,515.6	(56.6%)
- international		926.0	7,363.4	(87.4%)	21,677.8	74,116.1	(70.8%)
- domestic		2,428.1	3,397.5	(28.5%)	24,984.3	33,399.5	(25.2%)
Passenger load factor, %		70.2%	79.9%	(9.7 p.p.)	67.1%	80.2%	(13.1 p.p.)
- international		71.3%	78.5%	(7.1 p.p.)	67.3%	79.1%	(11.8 p.p.)
- domestic		69.8%	83.1%	(13.3 p.p.)	67.0%	82.7%	(15.7 p.p.)
Cargo and mail carried, tonnes		14,994.8	20,148.0	(25.6%)	123,684.7	176,161.1	(29.8%)
- international		7,872.5	13,265.5	(40.7%)	63,728.0	119,986.1	(46.9%)
- domestic		7,122.3	6,882.6	3.5%	59,956.7	56,175.0	6.7%
Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mn		69.9	91.5	(23.6%)	607.0	803.7	(24.5%)
- international		41.9	65.6	(36.2%)	357.4	589.4	(39.4%)
- domestic		28.0	25.8	8.3%	249.6	214.3	16.5%
Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mn		281.9	865.4	(67.4%)	3,425.5	8,563.6	(60.0%)
- international		101.3	585.6	(82.7%)	1,669.8	5,863.4	(71.5%)
- domestic		180.6	279.9	(35.5%)	1,755.8	2,700.2	(35.0%)
Available Tonne Kilometres, mn		496.3	1,296.6	(61.7%)	6,195.6	12,945.0	(52.1%)
- international		208.9	903.4	(76.9%)	3,252.8	9,063.7	(64.1%)
- domestic		287.4	393.2	(26.9%)	2,942.8	3,881.4	(24.2%)
Revenue load factor, %		56.8%	66.7%	(10.0 p.p.)	55.3%	66.2%	(10.9 p.p.)
- international		48.5%	64.8%	(16.3 p.p.)	51.3%	64.7%	(13.4 p.p.)
- domestic		62.8%	71.2%	(8.4 p.p.)	59.7%	69.6%	(9.9 p.p.)
Revenue flights		10,534	25,029	(57.9%)	123,224	244,016	(49.5%)
- international		1,545	12,157	(87.3%)	34,926	119,367	(70.7%)
- domestic		8,989	12,872	(30.2%)	88,298	124,649	(29.2%)
Flight hours		25,542	70,725	(63.9%)	324,744	696,903	(53.4%)

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