IAG traffic and capacity statistics Mar 2019

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International Cons Airlines Group

05 April 2019

 

IAG traffic and capacity statistics - March 2019

5 April 2019

IAG traffic in March, measured in revenue passenger kilometres, increased by 5.1 per cent versus the same period last year; IAG capacity measured in available seat kilometres rose by 4.4 per cent versus the same period last year.

Group performance	Month of March				Year to date
	2019	2018	yoy		2019	2018	yoy
Passengers carried ('000s)	9,161	8,668	5.7%		24,382	22,954	6.2%
Domestic	2,229	2,076	7.4%		5,921	5,558	6.5%
Europe	4,736	4,509	5.0%		12,406	11,770	5.4%
North America	965	927	4.1%		2,482	2,319	7.0%
Latin America & Caribbean	497	430	15.6%		1,475	1,248	18.2%
Africa, Middle East & S,Asia	528	531	-0.6%		1,521	1,515	0.4%
Asia Pacific	206	195	5.6%		577	544	6.1%
Revenue passenger km (m)	22,319	21,229	5.1%		60,878	57,220	6.4%
Domestic	1,620	1,475	9.8%		4,331	3,955	9.5%
Europe	5,227	5,046	3.6%		13,551	13,013	4.1%
North America	6,416	6,166	4.1%		16,550	15,509	6.7%
Latin America & Caribbean	4,081	3,627	12.5%		12,182	10,616	14.8%
Africa, Middle East & S,Asia	2,992	2,947	1.5%		8,719	8,630	1.0%
Asia Pacific	1,983	1,968	0.8%		5,545	5,497	0.9%
Available seat km (m)	26,673	25,559	4.4%		75,423	71,093	6.1%
Domestic	1,840	1,770	4.0%		5,161	4,873	5.9%
Europe	6,250	6,125	2.0%		17,074	16,488	3.6%
North America	7,662	7,495	2.2%		21,428	20,232	5.9%
Latin America & Caribbean	4,891	4,280	14.3%		14,359	12,360	16.2%
Africa, Middle East & S,Asia	3,683	3,583	2.8%		10,699	10,578	1.1%
Asia Pacific	2,347	2,306	1.8%		6,702	6,562	2.1%
Passenger load factor (%)	83.7	83.1	+0.6 pts		80.7	80.5	+0.2 pts
Domestic	88.0	83.3	+4.7 pts		83.9	81.2	+2.7 pts
Europe	83.6	82.4	+1.2 pts		79.4	78.9	+0.5 pts
North America	83.7	82.3	+1.4 pts		77.2	76.7	+0.5 pts
Latin America & Caribbean	83.4	84.7	-1.3 pts		84.8	85.9	-1.1 pts
Africa, Middle East & S,Asia	81.2	82.2	-1.0 pts		81.5	81.6	-0.1 pts
Asia Pacific	84.5	85.3	-0.8 pts		82.7	83.8	-1.1 pts
Cargo tonne km (m)	513	498	3.0%		1,391	1,356	2.6%

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

* Group figures include Openskies in 2018

 

Strategic developments

British Airways unveiled its new Club Suite which will feature direct-aisle access, a suite door and flat-bed seats in a 1-2-1 configuration. The new 56-seat Club World cabin will be launched on the airline's first A350 aircraft in July 2019 which also will also feature the latest World Traveller Plus cabin.

LEVEL announced its second European shorthaul base with flights from Amsterdam starting on 6 April 2019. LEVEL will base three Airbus A321 at Schiphol, adding to the four A321 aircraft already based in Vienna.

Performance by airline	Month of March				Year to date
	2019	2018	yoy		2019	2018	yoy
Aer Lingus
Passengers carried ('000s)	880	815	8.0%		2,196	2,043	7.5%
Revenue passenger km (m)	1,799	1,639	9.8%		4,255	3,803	11.9%
Available seat km (m)	2,213	2,037	8.6%		5,804	5,083	14.2%
Passenger load factor (%)	81.3	80.5	+0.8 pts		73.3	74.8	-1.5 pts
Cargo tonne km (m)	14	16	-12.5%		39	37	5.4%
British Airways
Passengers carried ('000s)	3,897	3,769	3.4%		10,472	10,172	2.9%
Revenue passenger km (m)	12,637	12,444	1.6%		34,875	34,208	1.9%
Available seat km (m)	15,353	15,162	1.3%		43,833	43,191	1.5%
Passenger load factor (%)	82.3	82.1	+0.2 pts		79.6	79.2	+0.4 pts
Cargo tonne km (m)	391	381	2.6%		1,062	1,056	0.6%
Iberia
Passengers carried ('000s)	1,811	1,667	8.6%		4,946	4,547	8.8%
Revenue passenger km (m)	4,973	4,541	9.5%		13,966	12,543	11.3%
Available seat km (m)	5,791	5,308	9.1%		16,425	14,779	11.1%
Passenger load factor (%)	85.9	85.6	+0.3 pts		85.0	84.9	+0.1 pts
Cargo tonne km (m)	107	101	5.9%		287	263	9.1%
LEVEL
Passengers carried ('000s)	103	23	347.8%		289	64	351.6%
Revenue passenger km (m)	522	214	143.9%		1,527	598	155.4%
Available seat km (m)	625	238	162.6%		1,918	683	180.8%
Passenger load factor (%)	83.5	89.9	-6.4 pts		79.6	87.6	-8.0 pts
Cargo tonne km (m)	1	n/a	n/a		3	n/a	n/a
Vueling
Passengers carried ('000s)	2,470	2,384	3.6%		6,479	6,103	6.2%
Revenue passenger km (m)	2,388	2,330	2.5%		6,255	5,919	5.7%
Available seat km (m)	2,691	2,740	-1.8%		7,443	7,158	4.0%
Passenger load factor (%)	88.7	85.0	+3.7 pts		84.0	82.7	+1.3 pts
Cargo tonne km (m)	n/a	n/a	n/a		n/a	n/a	n/a

* 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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