IAG traffic and capacity statistics - December 2019 |
9 January 2020 |
IAG traffic in December, measured in revenue passenger kilometres, increased by 6.4 per cent versus the same period last year; IAG capacity measured in available seat kilometres increased by 2.0 per cent versus the same period last year.
Group performance |
Month of December |
|
Year to date |
|
2019 |
2018 |
yoy |
|
2019 |
2018 |
yoy |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Passengers carried ('000s) |
8,747 |
8,294 |
5.5% |
|
118,253 |
112,920 |
4.7% |
Domestic |
2,122 |
1,983 |
7.0% |
|
28,278 |
26,585 |
6.4% |
Europe |
4,317 |
4,164 |
3.7% |
|
62,344 |
60,566 |
2.9% |
North America |
993 |
923 |
7.6% |
|
12,662 |
12,138 |
4.3% |
Latin America & Caribbean |
568 |
501 |
13.4% |
|
6,317 |
5,346 |
18.2% |
Africa. Middle East & S. Asia |
549 |
538 |
2.0% |
|
6,162 |
5,986 |
2.9% |
Asia Pacific |
198 |
185 |
7.0% |
|
2,490 |
2,299 |
8.3% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue passenger km (m) |
22,410 |
21,053 |
6.4% |
|
285,745 |
270,656 |
5.6% |
Domestic |
1,621 |
1,479 |
9.6% |
|
20,859 |
18,953 |
10.1% |
Europe |
4,660 |
4,539 |
2.7% |
|
72,148 |
70,626 |
2.2% |
North America |
6,473 |
6,067 |
6.7% |
|
83,415 |
80,542 |
3.6% |
Latin America & Caribbean |
4,695 |
4,126 |
13.8% |
|
52,411 |
45,334 |
15.6% |
Africa. Middle East & S. Asia |
3,056 |
3,070 |
-0.5% |
|
33,033 |
32,466 |
1.7% |
Asia Pacific |
1,905 |
1,772 |
7.5% |
|
23,879 |
22,735 |
5.0% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available seat km (m) |
26,706 |
26,193 |
2.0% |
|
337,754 |
324,809 |
4.0% |
Domestic |
1,945 |
1,793 |
8.5% |
|
23,915 |
22,285 |
7.3% |
Europe |
5,769 |
5,885 |
-2.0% |
|
86,349 |
84,883 |
1.7% |
North America |
7,688 |
7,652 |
0.5% |
|
99,197 |
97,829 |
1.4% |
Latin America & Caribbean |
5,398 |
4,966 |
8.7% |
|
60,644 |
53,542 |
13.3% |
Africa. Middle East & S. Asia |
3,682 |
3,700 |
-0.5% |
|
39,816 |
39,424 |
1.0% |
Asia Pacific |
2,224 |
2,197 |
1.2% |
|
27,833 |
26,846 |
3.7% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Passenger load factor (%) |
83.9 |
80.4 |
+3.5 pts |
|
84.6 |
83.3 |
+1.3 pts |
Domestic |
83.3 |
82.5 |
+0.8 pts |
|
87.2 |
85.0 |
+2.2 pts |
Europe |
80.8 |
77.1 |
+3.7 pts |
|
83.6 |
83.2 |
+0.4 pts |
North America |
84.2 |
79.3 |
+4.9 pts |
|
84.1 |
82.3 |
+1.8 pts |
Latin America & Caribbean |
87.0 |
83.1 |
+3.9 pts |
|
86.4 |
84.7 |
+1.7 pts |
Africa. Middle East & S. Asia |
83.0 |
83.0 |
+0.0 pts |
|
83.0 |
82.4 |
+0.6 pts |
Asia Pacific |
85.7 |
80.7 |
+5.0 pts |
|
85.8 |
84.7 |
+1.1 pts |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cargo tonne km (m) |
458 |
497 |
-7.8% |
|
5,577 |
5,713 |
-2.4% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Domestic includes routes within UK. Spain and Italy
* Group figures include Openskies in 2018
Strategic developments
In December, British Airways reached final agreement on pay talks with its pilots union BALPA and Iberia announced that it had signed a collective preliminary agreement with its ground handling, maintenance and administrative staff unions.
On 17 December, British Airways signed a joint business agreement with China Southern Airlines. This will benefit customers by adding more destinations between the UK and China with a greater choice of flights and enhanced frequent flyer benefits.
On 8 November 2019, IAG announced at its Capital Markets Day that it will discontinue publishing monthly traffic and capacity statistics from January 2020. IAG will publish quarterly traffic and capacity statistics at the same time as the quarterly results announcement. |
Performance by airline |
Month of December |
|
Year to date |
|
2019 |
2018 |
yoy |
|
2019 |
2018 |
yoy |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Aer Lingus |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Passengers carried ('000s) |
780 |
769 |
1.4% |
|
11,649 |
11,371 |
2.4% |
Revenue passenger km (m) |
1,719 |
1,615 |
6.4% |
|
24,753 |
23,516 |
5.3% |
Available seat km (m) |
2,201 |
2,202 |
0.0% |
|
30,255 |
29,030 |
4.2% |
Passenger load factor (%) |
78.1 |
73.3 |
+4.8 pts |
|
81.8 |
81.0 |
+0.8 pts |
Cargo tonne km (m) |
16 |
20 |
-20.0% |
|
173 |
174 |
-0.6% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
British Airways |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Passengers carried ('000s) |
3,730 |
3,550 |
5.1% |
|
47,710 |
46,952 |
1.6% |
Revenue passenger km (m) |
12,449 |
11,934 |
4.3% |
|
155,580 |
152,177 |
2.2% |
Available seat km (m) |
14,874 |
14,848 |
0.2% |
|
186,170 |
184,547 |
0.9% |
Passenger load factor (%) |
83.7 |
80.4 |
+3.3 pts |
|
83.6 |
82.5 |
+1.1 pts |
Cargo tonne km (m) |
335 |
364 |
-8.0% |
|
4,211 |
4,395 |
-4.2% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Iberia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Passengers carried ('000s) |
1,776 |
1,652 |
7.5% |
|
22,449 |
20,937 |
7.2% |
Revenue passenger km (m) |
5,193 |
4,802 |
8.1% |
|
63,991 |
58,274 |
9.8% |
Available seat km (m) |
6,034 |
5,760 |
4.8% |
|
73,354 |
68,176 |
7.6% |
Passenger load factor (%) |
86.1 |
83.4 |
+2.7 pts |
|
87.2 |
85.5 |
+1.7 pts |
Cargo tonne km (m) |
107 |
111 |
-3.6% |
|
1,181 |
1,135 |
4.1% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LEVEL |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Passengers carried ('000s) |
186 |
118 |
57.6% |
|
1,877 |
867 |
116.5% |
Revenue passenger km (m) |
852 |
568 |
50.0% |
|
8,011 |
4,337 |
84.7% |
Available seat km (m) |
979 |
723 |
35.4% |
|
9,543 |
5,169 |
84.6% |
Passenger load factor (%) |
87.0 |
78.6 |
+8.4 pts |
|
83.9 |
83.9 |
+0.0 pts |
Cargo tonne km (m) |
0 |
2 |
-100.0% |
|
12 |
7 |
71.4% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vueling |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Passengers carried ('000s) |
2,275 |
2,205 |
3.2% |
|
34,568 |
32,725 |
5.6% |
Revenue passenger km (m) |
2,197 |
2,134 |
3.0% |
|
33,410 |
31,973 |
4.5% |
Available seat km (m) |
2,618 |
2,660 |
-1.6% |
|
38,432 |
37,431 |
2.7% |
Passenger load factor (%) |
83.9 |
80.2 |
+3.7 pts |
|
86.9 |
85.4 |
+1.5 pts |
Cargo tonne km (m) |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
|
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
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* British Airways includes BA CityFlyer; Iberia includes Iberia Express; LEVEL includes Spain, France and Austria
* British Airways figures exclude Openskies in 2018
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