REG - Intl Con Airline Grp - IAG Traffic and Capacity Statistics October 2019
IAG traffic and capacity statistics - October 2019
8 November 2019
IAG traffic in October, measured in revenue passenger kilometres, increased by 4.8 per cent versus the same period last year; IAG capacity measured in available seat kilometres increased by 2.7 per cent versus the same period last year.
Group performance
Month of October
Year to date
2019
2018
yoy
2019
2018
yoy
Passengers carried ('000s)
10,364
10,028
3.4%
100,812
96,269
4.7%
Domestic
2,502
2,384
4.9%
23,944
22,523
6.3%
Europe
5,444
5,359
1.6%
53,753
52,205
3.0%
North America
1,162
1,123
3.5%
10,698
10,285
4.0%
Latin America & Caribbean
527
468
12.6%
5,231
4,386
19.3%
Africa, Middle East & S,Asia
513
488
5.1%
5,099
4,952
3.0%
Asia Pacific
216
206
4.9%
2,087
1,918
8.8%
Revenue passenger km (m)
24,975
23,831
4.8%
241,582
228,875
5.6%
Domestic
1,881
1,707
10.2%
17,572
15,971
10.0%
Europe
6,320
6,227
1.5%
62,855
61,491
2.2%
North America
7,636
7,417
3.0%
70,581
68,364
3.2%
Latin America & Caribbean
4,418
3,910
13.0%
43,458
37,420
16.1%
Africa, Middle East & S,Asia
2,645
2,596
1.9%
27,111
26,543
2.1%
Asia Pacific
2,075
1,974
5.1%
20,005
19,086
4.8%
Available seat km (m)
29,370
28,592
2.7%
285,119
272,936
4.5%
Domestic
2,154
1,995
8.0%
20,032
18,691
7.2%
Europe
7,491
7,563
-1.0%
74,967
73,207
2.4%
North America
8,928
8,834
1.1%
83,851
82,630
1.5%
Latin America & Caribbean
5,158
4,729
9.1%
50,255
43,841
14.6%
Africa, Middle East & S,Asia
3,247
3,151
3.0%
32,680
32,179
1.6%
Asia Pacific
2,392
2,320
3.1%
23,334
22,388
4.2%
Passenger load factor (%)
85.0
83.3
+1.7 pts
84.7
83.9
+0.8 pts
Domestic
87.3
85.6
+1.7 pts
87.7
85.4
+2.3 pts
Europe
84.4
82.3
+2.1 pts
83.8
84.0
-0.2 pts
North America
85.5
84.0
+1.5 pts
84.2
82.7
+1.5 pts
Latin America & Caribbean
85.7
82.7
+3.0 pts
86.5
85.4
+1.1 pts
Africa, Middle East & S,Asia
81.5
82.4
-0.9 pts
83.0
82.5
+0.5 pts
Asia Pacific
86.7
85.1
+1.6 pts
85.7
85.3
+0.4 pts
Cargo tonne km (m)
487
517
-5.8%
4,637
4,707
-1.5%
* Domestic includes routes within UK, Spain and Italy
* Group figures include Openskies in 2018
Strategic developments
On October 10th, International Airlines Group announced that it will be the first airline group worldwide to commit to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050. From January 2020, British Airways will become the first UK airline to offset carbon emissions on all its domestic flights. Customers' carbon emissions will be offset by the airline and invested in carbon reduction projects around the world.
Performance by airline
Month of October
Year to date
2019
2018
yoy
2019
2018
yoy
Aer Lingus
Passengers carried ('000s)
1,022
1,011
1.1%
10,063
9,785
2.8%
Revenue passenger km (m)
2,257
2,153
4.8%
21,290
20,200
5.4%
Available seat km (m)
2,710
2,668
1.6%
25,833
24,611
5.0%
Passenger load factor (%)
83.3
80.7
+2.6 pts
82.4
82.1
+0.3 pts
Cargo tonne km (m)
14
19
-26.3%
138
134
3.0%
British Airways
Passengers carried ('000s)
4,171
4,125
1.1%
40,328
39,840
1.2%
Revenue passenger km (m)
13,525
13,162
2.8%
130,959
128,445
2.0%
Available seat km (m)
16,123
15,865
1.6%
156,737
155,061
1.1%
Passenger load factor (%)
83.9
83.0
+0.9 pts
83.6
82.8
+0.8 pts
Cargo tonne km (m)
364
391
-6.9%
3,520
3,645
-3.4%
Iberia
Passengers carried ('000s)
1,986
1,847
7.5%
18,888
17,598
7.3%
Revenue passenger km (m)
5,502
5,081
8.3%
53,902
48,844
10.4%
Available seat km (m)
6,268
5,951
5.3%
61,625
56,844
8.4%
Passenger load factor (%)
87.8
85.4
+2.4 pts
87.5
85.9
+1.6 pts
Cargo tonne km (m)
106
106
0.0%
967
922
4.9%
LEVEL
Passengers carried ('000s)
174
147
18.4%
1,521
654
132.6%
Revenue passenger km (m)
745
573
30.0%
6,430
3,289
95.5%
Available seat km (m)
887
707
25.5%
7,693
3,791
102.9%
Passenger load factor (%)
84.0
81.0
+3.0 pts
83.6
86.8
-3.2 pts
Cargo tonne km (m)
3
1
200.0%
12
4
200.0%
Vueling
Passengers carried ('000s)
3,011
2,898
3.9%
30,012
28,324
6.0%
Revenue passenger km (m)
2,946
2,862
2.9%
29,001
27,718
4.6%
Available seat km (m)
3,382
3,401
-0.6%
33,231
32,173
3.3%
Passenger load factor (%)
87.1
84.2
+2.9 pts
87.3
86.2
+1.1 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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