IAG traffic and capacity statistics May 2019

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International Cons Airlines Group

10 June 2019

 

IAG traffic and capacity statistics - May 2019

10 June 2019

IAG traffic in May, measured in revenue passenger kilometres, increased by 6.0 per cent versus the same period last year; IAG capacity measured in available seat kilometres rose by 5.3 per cent versus the same period last year.

Group performance	Month of May				Year to date
	2019	2018	yoy		2019	2018	yoy
Passengers carried ('000s)	10,378	9,970	4.1%		44,612	42,107	5.9%
Domestic	2,472	2,366	4.5%		10,716	10,105	6.0%
Europe	5,537	5,424	2.1%		23,175	22,123	4.8%
North America	1,187	1,122	5.8%		4,733	4,448	6.4%
Latin America & Caribbean	512	423	21.0%		2,489	2,076	19.9%
Africa, Middle East & S,Asia	459	452	1.5%		2,503	2,443	2.5%
Asia Pacific	211	183	15.3%		996	912	9.2%
Revenue passenger km (m)	24,827	23,426	6.0%		109,148	102,405	6.6%
Domestic	1,773	1,662	6.7%		7,791	7,157	8.9%
Europe	6,530	6,434	1.5%		26,048	25,109	3.7%
North America	7,801	7,450	4.7%		31,349	29,672	5.7%
Latin America & Caribbean	4,242	3,648	16.3%		20,552	17,762	15.7%
Africa, Middle East & S,Asia	2,463	2,404	2.5%		13,847	13,526	2.4%
Asia Pacific	2,018	1,828	10.4%		9,561	9,179	4.2%
Available seat km (m)	29,851	28,338	5.3%		133,377	125,992	5.9%
Domestic	2,028	1,956	3.7%		9,152	8,665	5.6%
Europe	8,112	7,718	5.1%		32,557	31,104	4.7%
North America	9,158	8,995	1.8%		39,081	37,643	3.8%
Latin America & Caribbean	5,019	4,315	16.3%		24,183	20,785	16.3%
Africa, Middle East & S,Asia	3,104	3,064	1.3%		16,911	16,703	1.2%
Asia Pacific	2,430	2,290	6.1%		11,493	11,092	3.6%
Passenger load factor (%)	83.2	82.7	+0.5 pts		81.8	81.3	+0.5 pts
Domestic	87.4	85.0	+2.4 pts		85.1	82.6	+2.5 pts
Europe	80.5	83.4	-2.9 pts		80.0	80.7	-0.7 pts
North America	85.2	82.8	+2.4 pts		80.2	78.8	+1.4 pts
Latin America & Caribbean	84.5	84.5	+0.0 pts		85.0	85.5	-0.5 pts
Africa, Middle East & S,Asia	79.3	78.5	+0.8 pts		81.9	81.0	+0.9 pts
Asia Pacific	83.0	79.8	+3.2 pts		83.2	82.8	+0.4 pts
Cargo tonne km (m)	477	475	0.4%		2,339	2,312	1.2%

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

* Group figures include Openskies in 2018

 

Strategic developments

On 3 May, British Airways announced University College London (UCL) as the winner of its BA 2119: Future of Fuels challenge. This initiative called on British universities to present new solutions to achieve global leadership in the development of sustainable aviation fuels. IAG will invest $400m in alternative sustainable fuel development over the next 20 years. This includes the construction of the first European plant in Britain to convert household waste into jet fuel, which will start operations in 2024.

On 23 May, the Chilean Supreme court rejected the proposed joint business between IAG and LATAM Airlines Group. This will mean that Chilean consumers will lose out on the benefits that this agreement would have provided which include better links between Europe and Chile, greater choice of flights and enhanced frequent flyer benefits. IAG is assessing the impact of the ruling in the joint business which has already been approved by the regulators in Brazil, Colombia and Uruguay.

Performance by airline	Month of May				Year to date
	2019	2018	yoy		2019	2018	yoy
Passengers carried ('000s)	1,081	1,084	-0.3%		4,274	4,042	5.7%
Revenue passenger km (m)	2,351	2,263	3.9%		8,678	7,908	9.7%
Available seat km (m)	2,925	2,834	3.2%		11,309	10,354	9.2%
Passenger load factor (%)	80.4	79.9	+0.5 pts		76.7	76.4	+0.3 pts
Cargo tonne km (m)	14	13	7.7%		68	65	4.6%
Passengers carried ('000s)	4,205	4,108	2.4%		18,684	18,135	3.0%
Revenue passenger km (m)	13,614	13,112	3.8%		61,386	59,720	2.8%
Available seat km (m)	16,457	16,062	2.5%		75,908	74,554	1.8%
Passenger load factor (%)	82.7	81.6	+1.1 pts		80.9	80.1	+0.8 pts
Cargo tonne km (m)	368	373	-1.3%		1,792	1,800	-0.4%
Passengers carried ('000s)	1,874	1,788	4.8%		8,637	8,046	7.3%
Revenue passenger km (m)	5,278	4,874	8.3%		24,337	22,027	10.5%
Available seat km (m)	6,208	5,757	7.8%		28,444	25,886	9.9%
Passenger load factor (%)	85.0	84.7	+0.3 pts		85.6	85.1	+0.5 pts
Cargo tonne km (m)	95	89	6.7%		475	445	6.7%
Passengers carried ('000s)	161	25	544.0%		602	113	432.7%
Revenue passenger km (m)	634	230	175.7%		2,745	1,054	160.4%
Available seat km (m)	768	253	203.6%		3,418	1,185	188.4%
Passenger load factor (%)	82.6	90.9	-8.3 pts		80.3	88.9	-8.6 pts
Cargo tonne km (m)	n/a	n/a	n/a		4	1	300.0%
Passengers carried ('000s)	3,057	2,957	3.4%		12,415	11,729	5.8%
Revenue passenger km (m)	2,950	2,902	1.7%		12,002	11,451	4.8%
Available seat km (m)	3,493	3,378	3.4%		14,298	13,701	4.4%
Passenger load factor (%)	84.5	85.9	-1.4 pts		83.9	83.6	+0.3 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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