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International Consolidated Airlines SAAnnouncement

06/06/2017 15:05

RNS Number : 3186H
International Cons Airlines Group
06 June 2017
MAY 2017 - GROUP TRAFFIC AND CAPACITY STATISTICS
 Group traffic in May, measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres, increased by 1.8 per cent versus May 2016; Group capacity measured in Available Seat Kilometres rose by 0.9 per cent.
 Group premium traffic for the month of May increased by 5.2 per cent compared to the previous year.
6 June 2017
STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENTS
On 27 May, British Airways was affected by a power failure leading to severe disruption to flights. The airline cancelled 479 flights (59 per cent of operations) on that day and 193 flights (23 per cent of operations) on 28 May. By 29 May, the airline was flying the vast majority of its schedule. An independent investigation will examine every aspect of the power failure. British Airways is working hard to compensate affected passengers as quickly as possible. 
On 1 June, LEVEL began its twice per week service from Barcelona to Los Angeles. The inaugural flight on IAG's longhaul low cost airline brand was completely full with 314 passengers on board a new Airbus A330. On 2 June, LEVEL commenced its three per week service to San Francisco (Oakland). This was Spain's first longhaul low cost operation and is the first step towards LEVEL's expansion from other European cities. In 2018, LEVEL will increase its fleet to five aircraft. LEVEL's sales are well ahead of expectations in all markets with more than 134,000 tickets sold since its launch on 17 March.
In May, Iberia launched its new Premium Economy cabin on board its flights to Chicago, New York and Bogota.
On 3 May, British Airways announced that its new Club Europe cabin on domestic UK flights had proved a hit with nearly 70,000 customers choosing the premium service in the first six weeks of its operation.
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This announcement contains inside information and is disclosed in accordance with the company's obligations under the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014.
Enrique Dupuy, Chief Financial Officer, (responsible for arranging the release of this announcement).
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 2016; these documents are available on www.iagshares.com.


Group Performance1
Month of May
Year to Date
2017
2016
Change

2017
2016
Change










Passengers Carried ('000s)
9,109
8,874
2.6%


39,054
37,223
4.9%

Domestic2
2,133
1,975
8.0%


9,117
8,557
6.5%

Europe
4,981
4,918
1.3%


20,516
19,572
4.8%

North America
986
989
-0.3%


4,210
4,083
3.1%

Latin America & Caribbean
374
374
0.0%


1,942
1,916
1.4%

Africa, Middle East & S,Asia
451
438
3.0%


2,342
2,236
4.7%

Asia Pacific
184
180
2.2%


927
859
7.9%











Revenue Passenger Km (m)
21,290
20,919
1.8%


96,279
92,274
4.3%

Domestic
1,455
1,343
8.3%


6,344
5,917
7.2%

Europe
5,896
5,828
1.2%


23,303
22,331
4.4%

North America
6,509
6,540
-0.5%


27,865
27,067
2.9%

Latin America & Caribbean
3,207
3,118
2.9%


16,465
16,017
2.8%

Africa, Middle East & S,Asia
2,377
2,312
2.8%


12,982
12,364
5.0%

Asia Pacific
1,846
1,778
3.8%


9,320
8,578
8.7%











Available Seat Km (m)
26,450
26,211
0.9%


120,083
116,714
2.9%

Domestic
1,793
1,678
6.9%


7,938
7,628
4.1%

Europe
7,386
7,447
-0.8%


29,503
29,385
0.4%

North America
7,876
7,799
1.0%


35,354
33,691
4.9%

Latin America & Caribbean
4,006
4,025
-0.5%


19,844
19,579
1.4%

Africa, Middle East & S,Asia
3,135
2,991
4.8%


16,321
15,762
3.5%

Asia Pacific
2,254
2,271
-0.7%


11,123
10,669
4.3%











Passenger Load Factor (%)
80.5
79.8
+0.7 pts


80.2
79.1
+1.1 pts

Domestic
81.1
80.0
+1.1 pts


79.9
77.6
+2.3 pts

Europe
79.8
78.3
+1.5 pts


79.0
76.0
+3.0 pts

North America
82.6
83.9
-1.3 pts


78.8
80.3
-1.5 pts

Latin America & Caribbean
80.1
77.5
+2.6 pts


83.0
81.8
+1.2 pts

Africa, Middle East & S,Asia
75.8
77.3
-1.5 pts


79.5
78.4
+1.1 pts

Asia Pacific
81.9
78.3
+3.6 pts


83.8
80.4
+3.4 pts











Cargo Tonne Km (m)









Cargo CTK
474
453
4.6%


2,307
2,225
3.7%











Performance by Airline
Month of May

Year to Date
VUELING
2017
2016
Change


2017
2016
Change

Revenue Passenger Km (m)
2,625
2,509
4.6%


10,108
9,327
8.4%

Available Seat Km (m)
3,216
3,105
3.6%


12,338
11,637
6.0%

Cargo Tonne Km (m)
0
0
n/a


0
0
n/a

AER LINGUS









Revenue Passenger Km (m)
1,985
1,794
10.6%


7,294
6,417
13.7%

Available Seat Km (m)
2,495
2,249
10.9%


9,525
8,332
14.3%

Cargo Tonne Km (m)
14
11
27.3%


64
52
23.1%

IBERIA









Revenue Passenger Km (m)
4,356
4,064
7.2%


20,521
19,371
5.9%

Available Seat Km (m)
5,387
5,214
3.3%


24,899
24,306
2.4%

Cargo Tonne Km (m)
86
82
4.9%


423
437
-3.2%

 BRITISH AIRWAYS









Revenue Passenger Km (m)
12,324
12,552
-1.8%


58,356
57,159
2.1%

Available Seat Km (m)
15,352
15,643
-1.9%


73,321
72,439
1.2%

Cargo Tonne Km (m)
374
360
3.9%


1,820
1,736
4.8%

1Group performance comprises Aer Lingus, British Airways, Iberia (including Iberia Express) and Vueling. Vueling traffic is currently accounted as non-premium traffic
2 Domestic includes routes within UK, Spain, Ireland and Italy

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