March Traffic Statistics

RNS Number : 6462J
International Cons Airlines Group
08 April 2015
 



 

 

 

MARCH 2015 - IAG GROUP TRAFFIC AND CAPACITY STATISTICS

 

 

§ Group traffic in March, measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres, increased by 7.4 per cent versus March 2014; Group capacity measured in Available Seat Kilometres rose by 4.8 per cent.

§ Group premium traffic for the month of March increased by 5.4 per cent compared to the previous year.

 

 

8 April 2015

 

 

 

STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENTS

 

On 4 March, Iberia announced that it had reached an agreement with Airbus to take early delivery of eight A330-200s that IAG ordered for the airline last year to replace A340-300s. The new aircraft will join Iberia's longhaul fleet up to 14 months earlier than initially planned, between November 2015 and December 2016.

 

On 29 March, British Airways began its A380 services to San Francisco from London Heathrow adding 6,000 more seats a month between the two cities.

 

On 19 March, Vueling signed an agreement with American Airlines to feed its long haul flights from the US at Barcelona-El Prat and Rome-Fiumicino airports.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forward-looking statements:

Certain statements included in this report are forward-looking and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.

 

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It is not reasonably possible to itemise all of the many factors and specific events that could cause the forward-looking statements in this report to be incorrect or that could otherwise have a material adverse effect on the future operations or results of an airline operating in the global economy. Further information on the primary risks of the business and the risk management process of the Group is given in the Annual Report and Accounts 2014; these documents are available on www.iagshares.com.

 

 

 

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Group Performance1

 

Month of March

 

Year to Date


2015

2014

Change


2015

2014

Change









Passengers Carried ('000s)

6,278

5,680

10.5%


16,678

15,284

9.1%

Domestic (UK, Spain & Italy)

1,630

1,478

10.3%


4,304

3,906

10.2%

Europe

2,935

2,564

14.5%


7,601

6,765

12.4%

North America

715

683

4.7%


1,887

1,828

3.2%

Latin America & Caribbean

371

343

8.2%


1,109

1,011

9.7%

Africa, Middle East & S.Asia

463

471

-1.7%


1,332

1,375

-3.1%

Asia Pacific

164

141

16.3%


445

399

11.5%









Revenue Passenger Km (m)

16,672

15,525

7.4%


45,898

43,220

6.2%

Domestic (UK, Spain & Italy)

1,066

976

9.2%


2,850

2,594

9.9%

Europe

3,335

2,919

14.3%


8,583

7,695

11.5%

North America

4,851

4,633

4.7%


12,831

12,399

3.5%

Latin America & Caribbean

3,147

2,902

8.4%


9,434

8,598

9.7%

Africa, Middle East & S.Asia

2,651

2,685

-1.3%


7,779

7,954

-2.2%

Asia Pacific

1,622

1,410

15.0%


4,421

3,980

11.1%









Available Seat Km (m)

20,963

19,995

4.8%


59,105

56,316

5.0%

Domestic (UK, Spain & Italy)

1,404

1,279

9.8%


3,878

3,517

10.3%

Europe

4,323

3,773

14.6%


11,835

10,549

12.2%

North America

5,929

5,953

-0.4%


16,411

16,334

0.5%

Latin America & Caribbean

3,934

3,576

10.0%


11,508

10,559

9.0%

Africa, Middle East & S.Asia

3,435

3,638

-5.6%


10,065

10,394

-3.2%

Asia Pacific

1,938

1,776

9.1%


5,408

4,963

9.0%









Passenger Load Factor (%)

79.5

77.6

+1.9 pts


77.7

76.7

+1.0 pts

Domestic (UK, Spain & Italy)

75.9

76.3

-0.4 pts


73.5

73.8

-0.3 pts

Europe

77.1

77.4

-0.3 pts


72.5

72.9

-0.4 pts

North America

81.8

77.8

+4.0 pts


78.2

75.9

+2.3 pts

Latin America & Caribbean

80.0

81.2

-1.2 pts


82.0

81.4

+0.6 pts

Africa, Middle East & S.Asia

77.2

73.8

+3.4 pts


77.3

76.5

+0.8 pts

Asia Pacific

83.7

79.4

+4.3 pts


81.7

80.2

+1.5 pts









Cargo Tonne Km (m)








Cargo CTK

485

509

-4.7%


1,314

1,371

-4.2%

















 

 

 

Performance by Airline

 

 

 

 

Month of March


 

 

 

Year to Date

 

 

VUELING

 

2015

 

2014

 

Change


 

2015

 

2014

 

Change

Revenue Passenger Km (m)

1,480

1,274

16.2%


3,712

3,253

14.1%

Available Seat Km (m)

1,809

1,517

19.2%


4,871

4,116

18.3%

Cargo Tonne Km (m)

0

0

n/a


0

0

n/a









 

IBERIA








Revenue Passenger Km (m)

3,672

3,294

11.5%


10,209

9,231

10.6%

Available Seat Km (m)

4,627

4,249

8.9%


13,044

12,055

8.2%

Cargo Tonne Km (m)

95

84

13.1%


249

242

2.9%









BRITISH AIRWAYS








Revenue Passenger Km (m)

11,520

10,957

5.1%


31,977

30,736

4.0%

Available Seat Km (m)

14,527

14,229

2.1%


41,190

40,145

2.6%

Cargo Tonne Km (m)

390

425

-8.2%


1,065

1,129

-5.7%

 

 

 

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


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