Traffic and Capacity Statistics - May 2017

 

MAY 2017 - GROUP TRAFFIC AND CAPACITY STATISTICS

 

§ Group traffic in May, measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres, increased by 1.8 per cent versus May 2016; Group capacity measured in Available Seat Kilometres rose by 0.9 per cent.

§ Group premium traffic for the month of May increased by 5.2 per cent compared to the previous year.

6 June 2017

 

 

STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENTS

On 27 May, British Airways was affected by a power failure leading to severe disruption to flights. The airline cancelled 479 flights (59 per cent of operations) on that day and 193 flights (23 per cent of operations) on 28 May. By 29 May, the airline was flying the vast majority of its schedule. An independent investigation will examine every aspect of the power failure. British Airways is working hard to compensate affected passengers as quickly as possible.  

 

On 1 June, LEVEL began its twice per week service from Barcelona to Los Angeles. The inaugural flight on IAG's longhaul low cost airline brand was completely full with 314 passengers on board a new Airbus A330. On 2 June, LEVEL commenced its three per week service to San Francisco (Oakland). This was Spain's first longhaul low cost operation and is the first step towards LEVEL's expansion from other European cities. In 2018, LEVEL will increase its fleet to five aircraft. LEVEL's sales are well ahead of expectations in all markets with more than 134,000 tickets sold since its launch on 17 March.

 

In May, Iberia launched its new Premium Economy cabin on board its flights to Chicago, New York and Bogota.

 

On 3 May, British Airways announced that its new Club Europe cabin on domestic UK flights had proved a hit with nearly 70,000 customers choosing the premium service in the first six weeks of its operation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

LEI: 959800TZHQRUSH1ESL13

 

This announcement contains inside information and is disclosed in accordance with the company's obligations under the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014.

Enrique Dupuy, Chief Financial Officer, (responsible for arranging the release of this announcement).

 

Forward-looking statements:

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Group Performance1	Month of May					Year to Date
	2017	2016	Change			2017	2016	Change
Passengers Carried ('000s)	9,109	8,874	2.6%			39,054	37,223	4.9%
Domestic2	2,133	1,975	8.0%			9,117	8,557	6.5%
Europe	4,981	4,918	1.3%			20,516	19,572	4.8%
North America	986	989	-0.3%			4,210	4,083	3.1%
Latin America & Caribbean	374	374	0.0%			1,942	1,916	1.4%
Africa, Middle East & S,Asia	451	438	3.0%			2,342	2,236	4.7%
Asia Pacific	184	180	2.2%			927	859	7.9%
Revenue Passenger Km (m)	21,290	20,919	1.8%			96,279	92,274	4.3%
Domestic	1,455	1,343	8.3%			6,344	5,917	7.2%
Europe	5,896	5,828	1.2%			23,303	22,331	4.4%
North America	6,509	6,540	-0.5%			27,865	27,067	2.9%
Latin America & Caribbean	3,207	3,118	2.9%			16,465	16,017	2.8%
Africa, Middle East & S,Asia	2,377	2,312	2.8%			12,982	12,364	5.0%
Asia Pacific	1,846	1,778	3.8%			9,320	8,578	8.7%
Available Seat Km (m)	26,450	26,211	0.9%			120,083	116,714	2.9%
Domestic	1,793	1,678	6.9%			7,938	7,628	4.1%
Europe	7,386	7,447	-0.8%			29,503	29,385	0.4%
North America	7,876	7,799	1.0%			35,354	33,691	4.9%
Latin America & Caribbean	4,006	4,025	-0.5%			19,844	19,579	1.4%
Africa, Middle East & S,Asia	3,135	2,991	4.8%			16,321	15,762	3.5%
Asia Pacific	2,254	2,271	-0.7%			11,123	10,669	4.3%
Passenger Load Factor (%)	80.5	79.8	+0.7 pts			80.2	79.1	+1.1 pts
Domestic	81.1	80.0	+1.1 pts			79.9	77.6	+2.3 pts
Europe	79.8	78.3	+1.5 pts			79.0	76.0	+3.0 pts
North America	82.6	83.9	-1.3 pts			78.8	80.3	-1.5 pts
Latin America & Caribbean	80.1	77.5	+2.6 pts			83.0	81.8	+1.2 pts
Africa, Middle East & S,Asia	75.8	77.3	-1.5 pts			79.5	78.4	+1.1 pts
Asia Pacific	81.9	78.3	+3.6 pts			83.8	80.4	+3.4 pts
Cargo Tonne Km (m)
Cargo CTK	474	453	4.6%			2,307	2,225	3.7%
Performance by Airline	Month of May					Year to Date
VUELING	2017	2016	Change			2017	2016	Change
Revenue Passenger Km (m)	2,625	2,509	4.6%			10,108	9,327	8.4%
Available Seat Km (m)	3,216	3,105	3.6%			12,338	11,637	6.0%
Cargo Tonne Km (m)	0	0	n/a			0	0	n/a
AER LINGUS
Revenue Passenger Km (m)	1,985	1,794	10.6%			7,294	6,417	13.7%
Available Seat Km (m)	2,495	2,249	10.9%			9,525	8,332	14.3%
Cargo Tonne Km (m)	14	11	27.3%			64	52	23.1%
IBERIA
Revenue Passenger Km (m)	4,356	4,064	7.2%			20,521	19,371	5.9%
Available Seat Km (m)	5,387	5,214	3.3%			24,899	24,306	2.4%
Cargo Tonne Km (m)	86	82	4.9%			423	437	-3.2%
BRITISH AIRWAYS
Revenue Passenger Km (m)	12,324	12,552	-1.8%			58,356	57,159	2.1%
Available Seat Km (m)	15,352	15,643	-1.9%			73,321	72,439	1.2%
Cargo Tonne Km (m)	374	360	3.9%			1,820	1,736	4.8%

 

¹ Group performance comprises Aer Lingus, British Airways, Iberia (including Iberia Express) and Vueling. Vueling traffic is currently accounted as non-premium traffic

² Domestic includes routes within UK, Spain, Ireland and Italy