REG - Intl Con Airline Grp - IAG traffic and capacity statistics Mar 2019

International Consolidated Airlines SAAnnouncement

05/04/2019 12:00

RNS Number : 3060V
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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