Traffic & Capacity Statistics - March 2018

 

MARCH 2018 - GROUP TRAFFIC AND CAPACITY STATISTICS

 

Group traffic in March, measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres, increased by 9.0 per cent versus February 2017; Group capacity measured in Available Seat Kilometres rose by 5.8 per cent.

5 April 2018

 

 

STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENTS

On 3 April, IAG announced that British Airways had finalised its new pension scheme. The airline closed its New Airways Pension Scheme (NAPS) to future accrual and its British Airways Retirement Plan (BARP) to future contributions from March 31, 2018.  The schemes have been replaced by a flexible benefits scheme, incorporating a new defined contribution pension scheme, called the British Airways Pension Plan (BAPP). NAPS active members were offered a choice of transition arrangements. In Q1 2018, the net impact of these arrangements, the liability reduction resulting from the closure of NAPS and the cost of closing BARP will be treated as an exceptional gain of £598 million. The annual costs for BAPP are expected to be approximately £80 million lower than the equivalent NAPS and BARP costs in 2017.

 

On 25 March, Aer Lingus launched its flights between Dublin and Philadelphia. This is the airline's 14th direct transatlantic route. Philadelphia is the first of two new transatlantic routes to be operated by Aer Lingus for summer 2018 and will be followed by a new Dublin to Seattle service starting on 18 May. Initially, flights between Dublin and Philadelphia are operating four times per week and will increase to a daily service from mid-May.

 

On 28 March, LEVEL launched its new route from Barcelona to Boston with two weekly flights which will increase to three services per week from August 2018. From July, LEVEL will also start operations from Paris-Orly to Montreal, New York (Newark), Guadeloupe and Martinique.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

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Group Performance1	Month of March					Year to Date
	2018	2017	Change			2018	2017	Change
Passengers Carried ('000s)	8,667	7,917	9.5%			22,953	21,147	8.5%
Domestic2	2,076	1,909	8.7%			5,558	4,997	11.2%
Europe	4,509	4,083	10.4%			11,770	10,760	9.4%
North America	927	859	7.9%			2,318	2,254	2.9%
Latin America & Caribbean	430	394	9.1%			1,248	1,180	5.7%
Africa, Middle East & S,Asia	531	478	11.1%			1,515	1,400	8.2%
Asia Pacific	195	194	0.5%			544	556	-2.2%
Revenue Passenger Km (m)	21,229	19,475	9.0%			57,221	53,944	6.1%
Domestic	1,475	1,312	12.4%			3,955	3,488	13.4%
Europe	5,046	4,534	11.3%			13,013	11,887	9.5%
North America	6,166	5,675	8.6%			15,509	14,957	3.7%
Latin America & Caribbean	3,627	3,335	8.8%			10,616	9,966	6.5%
Africa, Middle East & S,Asia	2,947	2,672	10.3%			8,630	8,046	7.3%
Asia Pacific	1,968	1,947	1.1%			5,497	5,600	-1.8%
Available Seat Km (m)	25,559	24,162	5.8%			71,092	68,304	4.1%
Domestic	1,770	1,633	8.4%			4,873	4,442	9.7%
Europe	6,125	5,670	8.0%			16,488	15,479	6.5%
North America	7,495	7,129	5.1%			20,232	19,764	2.4%
Latin America & Caribbean	4,280	4,071	5.1%			12,360	11,900	3.9%
Africa, Middle East & S,Asia	3,583	3,364	6.5%			10,578	10,075	5.0%
Asia Pacific	2,306	2,295	0.5%			6,562	6,644	-1.2%
Passenger Load Factor (%)	83.1	80.6	+2.5 pts			80.5	79.0	+1.5 pts
Domestic	83.3	80.3	+3.0 pts			81.2	78.5	+2.7 pts
Europe	82.4	80.0	+2.4 pts			78.9	76.8	+2.1 pts
North America	82.3	79.6	+2.7 pts			76.7	75.7	+1.0 pts
Latin America & Caribbean	84.7	81.9	+2.8 pts			85.9	83.7	+2.2 pts
Africa, Middle East & S,Asia	82.2	79.4	+2.8 pts			81.6	79.9	+1.7 pts
Asia Pacific	85.3	84.8	+0.5 pts			83.8	84.3	-0.5 pts
Cargo Tonne Km (m)
Cargo CTK	498	501	-0.5%			1,357	1,367	-0.7%

 

Performance by Airline	Month of March					Year to Date
	2018	2017	Change			2018	2017	Change
AER LINGUS
Revenue Passenger Km (m)	1,639	1,450	13.0%			3,803	3,482	9.2%
Available Seat Km (m)	2,037	1,876	8.6%			5,083	4,802	5.9%
Passenger load factor (%)	80.5	77.3	+3.2 pts			74.8	72.5	+2.3 pts
Cargo Tonne Km (m)	16	15	6.7%			37	36	2.8%
BRITISH AIRWAYS     3
Revenue Passenger Km (m)	12,444	11,872	4.8%			34,208	33,637	1.7%
Available Seat Km (m)	15,162	14,881	1.9%			43,191	43,014	0.4%
Passenger load factor (%)	82.1	79.8	+2.3 pts			79.2	78.2	+1.0 pts
Cargo Tonne Km (m)	381	392	-2.8%			1,056	1,078	-2.0%
IBERIA
Revenue Passenger Km (m)	4,755	4,205	13.1%			13,141	11,803	11.3%
Available Seat Km (m)	5,545	5,095	8.8%			15,461	14,306	8.1%
Passenger load factor (%)	85.8	82.5	+3.3 pts			85.0	82.5	+2.5 pts
Cargo Tonne Km (m)	102	94	8.5%			265	253	4.7%
VUELING
Revenue Passenger Km (m)	2,330	1,948	19.6%			5,919	5,022	17.9%
Available Seat Km (m)	2,740	2,310	18.6%			7,158	6,182	15.8%
Passenger load factor (%)	85.0	84.3	+0.7 pts			82.7	81.2	+1.5 pts
Cargo Tonne Km (m)	0	0	n/a			0	0	n/a

 

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

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

³ British Airways figures exclude Openskies in 2018, but include Openskies in 2017