Last checked at 7 Oct 2019 12:06
IAG traffic and capacity statistics - September 2019 | 7 October 2019 |
IAG traffic in September, measured in revenue passenger kilometres, increased by 0.8 per cent versus the same period last year; IAG capacity measured in available seat kilometres was flat versus the same period last year.
Group performance | Month of September | Year to date | |||||
2019 | 2018 | yoy | 2019 | 2018 | yoy | ||
Passengers carried ('000s) | 10,639 | 10,575 | 0.6% | 90,448 | 86,241 | 4.9% | |
Domestic | 2,615 | 2,465 | 6.1% | 21,442 | 20,139 | 6.5% | |
Europe | 5,755 | 5,869 | -1.9% | 48,309 | 46,846 | 3.1% | |
North America | 1,089 | 1,104 | -1.4% | 9,536 | 9,162 | 4.1% | |
Latin America & Caribbean | 514 | 451 | 14.0% | 4,704 | 3,918 | 20.1% | |
Africa, Middle East & S,Asia | 470 | 484 | -2.9% | 4,586 | 4,464 | 2.7% | |
Asia Pacific | 196 | 202 | -3.0% | 1,871 | 1,712 | 9.3% | |
Revenue passenger km (m) | 24,642 | 24,448 | 0.8% | 216,607 | 205,044 | 5.6% | |
Domestic | 1,948 | 1,755 | 11.0% | 15,691 | 14,264 | 10.0% | |
Europe | 6,954 | 7,142 | -2.6% | 56,535 | 55,264 | 2.3% | |
North America | 7,153 | 7,323 | -2.3% | 62,945 | 60,947 | 3.3% | |
Latin America & Caribbean | 4,374 | 3,807 | 14.9% | 39,040 | 33,510 | 16.5% | |
Africa, Middle East & S,Asia | 2,335 | 2,487 | -6.1% | 24,466 | 23,947 | 2.2% | |
Asia Pacific | 1,878 | 1,934 | -2.9% | 17,930 | 17,112 | 4.8% | |
Available seat km (m) | 28,904 | 28,899 | 0.0% | 255,749 | 244,344 | 4.7% | |
Domestic | 2,173 | 2,002 | 8.5% | 17,878 | 16,696 | 7.1% | |
Europe | 8,094 | 8,362 | -3.2% | 67,476 | 65,644 | 2.8% | |
North America | 8,445 | 8,854 | -4.6% | 74,923 | 73,796 | 1.5% | |
Latin America & Caribbean | 5,053 | 4,496 | 12.4% | 45,097 | 39,112 | 15.3% | |
Africa, Middle East & S,Asia | 2,911 | 2,961 | -1.7% | 29,433 | 29,028 | 1.4% | |
Asia Pacific | 2,228 | 2,224 | 0.2% | 20,942 | 20,068 | 4.4% | |
Passenger load factor (%) | 85.3 | 84.6 | +0.7 pts | 84.7 | 83.9 | +0.8 pts | |
Domestic | 89.6 | 87.7 | +1.9 pts | 87.8 | 85.4 | +2.4 pts | |
Europe | 85.9 | 85.4 | +0.5 pts | 83.8 | 84.2 | -0.4 pts | |
North America | 84.7 | 82.7 | +2.0 pts | 84.0 | 82.6 | +1.4 pts | |
Latin America & Caribbean | 86.6 | 84.7 | +1.9 pts | 86.6 | 85.7 | +0.9 pts | |
Africa, Middle East & S,Asia | 80.2 | 84.0 | -3.8 pts | 83.1 | 82.5 | +0.6 pts | |
Asia Pacific | 84.3 | 87.0 | -2.7 pts | 85.6 | 85.3 | +0.3 pts | |
Cargo tonne km (m) | 441 | 485 | -9.1% | 4,150 | 4,190 | -1.0% | |
* Domestic includes routes within UK, Spain and Italy
* Group figures include Openskies in 2018
Strategic developments
On 26 September IAG updated its full year 2019 operating profit guidance. At current fuel prices and exchange rates, it expects 2019 operating profit before exceptional items to be €215 million lower than 2018 pro forma (€3,485 million).
In September, BALPA (British Airways' main pilots' union) strike action scheduled initially for 9, 10 and 27 September led to 2,325 British Airways flight cancellations. The net financial impact of industrial action by BALPA is estimated to be €137 million due to flight cancellations and flexible commercial policies enabling customers to re-book or receive a refund. Additional disruption affecting British Airways in the quarter, including threatened strikes by Heathrow Airport employees, had a further net financial impact of €33 million. The latest booking trends in IAG's low cost segments (primarily Vueling and LEVEL) will have an adverse financial impact of €45 million for the year.
Capacity growth for 2019 has also been updated. In the third quarter, capacity grew by 2.8 per cent, compared with 5.2 per cent planned previously. For the fourth quarter it is now expected to be about 2 per cent, which is 1.2 points below previous guidance, and full year capacity growth is expected to be about 4 per cent, compared with 5 per cent previously.
Performance by airline | Month of September | Year to date | |||||
2019 | 2018 | yoy | 2019 | 2018 | yoy | ||
Aer Lingus | |||||||
Passengers carried ('000s) | 1,094 | 1,086 | 0.7% | 9,041 | 8,774 | 3.0% | |
Revenue passenger km (m) | 2,446 | 2,364 | 3.5% | 19,033 | 18,047 | 5.5% | |
Available seat km (m) | 2,891 | 2,804 | 3.1% | 23,123 | 21,943 | 5.4% | |
Passenger load factor (%) | 84.6 | 84.3 | +0.3 pts | 82.3 | 82.2 | +0.1 pts | |
Cargo tonne km (m) | 14 | 15 | -6.7% | 124 | 115 | 7.8% | |
British Airways | |||||||
Passengers carried ('000s) | 3,854 | 4,192 | -8.1% | 36,157 | 35,715 | 1.2% | |
Revenue passenger km (m) | 12,289 | 13,128 | -6.4% | 117,434 | 115,283 | 1.9% | |
Available seat km (m) | 14,836 | 15,752 | -5.8% | 140,614 | 139,196 | 1.0% | |
Passenger load factor (%) | 82.8 | 83.3 | -0.5 pts | 83.5 | 82.8 | +0.7 pts | |
Cargo tonne km (m) | 320 | 370 | -13.5% | 3,156 | 3,254 | -3.0% | |
Iberia | |||||||
Passengers carried ('000s) | 2,013 | 1,879 | 7.1% | 16,902 | 15,751 | 7.3% | |
Revenue passenger km (m) | 5,760 | 5,218 | 10.4% | 48,400 | 43,763 | 10.6% | |
Available seat km (m) | 6,533 | 6,030 | 8.3% | 55,357 | 50,893 | 8.8% | |
Passenger load factor (%) | 88.2 | 86.5 | +1.7 pts | 87.4 | 86.0 | +1.4 pts | |
Cargo tonne km (m) | 105 | 99 | 6.1% | 861 | 816 | 5.5% | |
LEVEL | |||||||
Passengers carried ('000s) | 178 | 163 | 9.2% | 1,347 | 507 | 165.7% | |
Revenue passenger km (m) | 763 | 542 | 40.8% | 5,685 | 2,716 | 109.3% | |
Available seat km (m) | 875 | 641 | 36.5% | 6,806 | 3,084 | 120.7% | |
Passenger load factor (%) | 87.2 | 84.6 | +2.6 pts | 83.5 | 88.1 | -4.6 pts | |
Cargo tonne km (m) | 2 | 1 | 100.0% | 9 | 3 | 200.0% | |
Vueling | |||||||
Passengers carried ('000s) | 3,500 | 3,255 | 7.5% | 27,001 | 25,426 | 6.2% | |
Revenue passenger km (m) | 3,384 | 3,195 | 5.9% | 26,055 | 24,856 | 4.8% | |
Available seat km (m) | 3,769 | 3,670 | 2.7% | 29,849 | 28,772 | 3.7% | |
Passenger load factor (%) | 89.8 | 87.1 | +2.7 pts | 87.3 | 86.4 | +0.9 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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