The Russian airline Aeroflot had another bumper month in August the airline has revealed in its latest figures.
The Aeroflot Group carried an amazing 6.0 million passengers during August this year, which is an increase of 14.0% over the same period last year. Aeroflot itself, carried 3.6 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 11.7%.
Group and Company RPKs were up 11.8% and 9.4% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs rose by 10.2% for Aeroflot Group and by 7.8% for Aeroflot airline.
On domestic routes, Group passengers carried and RPKs grew by 16.3% and 15.8% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs grew by 12.5% year-on-year. Company passengers carried and RPKs increased by 14.4% and 12.5% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs grew by 8.7%.
In August 2018, the number of passengers carried on the Group’s international routes increased by 11.1% year-on-year. RPKs grew by 8.9%, while capacity grew by 8.5%. The number of passengers carried by Aeroflot airline on international routes increased by 9.2%. RPKs grew by 7.7%, ASKs by 7.3%.
Aeroflot Group’s passenger load factor was 91.3%, representing a 1.3 percentage point increase versus the same period a year earlier. The passenger load factor at Aeroflot – Russian Airlines increased by 1.3 percentage points year-on-year to 89.4%.
Fleet update
In August 2018, Aeroflot Group added six aircraft: two Boeing 737-800 and four SSJ100. As of 31 August 2018, the Group fleet had 358 aircraft.
Aeroflot airline added five aircraft: one Boeing 737-800 and four SSJ100. As of 31 August 2018, the Company fleet had 248 aircraft.
Net changes in the fleet
|
Number of aircraft[2]
as of 31.08.2018
| ||
August 2018
|
8M 2018
| ||
Aeroflot Group
|
+6
|
+32
|
358
|
Aeroflot airline
|
+5
|
+24
|
248
|
Aeroflot Group Operating Results
August2018
|
August2017
|
Change
|
8M 2018
|
8M 2017
|
Change
| |
Passengers carried, thousand PAX
|
5,999.8
|
5,263.9
|
14.0%
|
36,842.2
|
33,552.4
|
9.8%
|
- international
|
2,647.7
|
2,382.5
|
11.1%
|
16,351.0
|
15,037.3
|
8.7%
|
- domestic
|
3,352.1
|
2,881.4
|
16.3%
|
20,491.2
|
18,515.2
|
10.7%
|
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn
|
15,319.2
|
13,698.4
|
11.8%
|
94,513.0
|
86,886.7
|
8.8%
|
- international
|
8,522.9
|
7,829.0
|
8.9%
|
54,922.3
|
51,222.7
|
7.2%
|
- domestic
|
6,796.3
|
5,869.4
|
15.8%
|
39,590.7
|
35,664.0
|
11.0%
|
Available Seat Kilometres, mn
|
16,784.1
|
15,232.1
|
10.2%
|
113,434.8
|
104,125.8
|
8.9%
|
- international
|
9,566.6
|
8,815.6
|
8,5%
|
67,040.4
|
61,338.5
|
9.3%
|
- domestic
|
7,217.5
|
6,416.6
|
12,5%
|
46,394.4
|
42,787.4
|
8.4%
|
Passenger load factor, %
|
91.3%
|
89.9%
|
1.3 p.p,
|
83.3%
|
83.4%
|
(0.1 p.p.)
|
- international
|
89.1%
|
88.8%
|
0.3 p.p.
|
81.9%
|
83.5%
|
(1.6 p.p.)
|
- domestic
|
94.2%
|
91.5%
|
2.7 p.p.
|
85.3%
|
83.4%
|
2.0 p.p.
|
Cargo and mail carried, tonnes
|
28,724.8
|
23,046.3
|
24.6%
|
190,336.7
|
167,629.8
|
13.5%
|
- international
|
15,667.6
|
12,467.4
|
25.7%
|
106,335.9
|
93,287.9
|
14.0%
|
- domestic
|
13,057.3
|
10,578.8
|
23.4%
|
84,000.7
|
74,341.9
|
13.0%
|
Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mn
|
123.3
|
106.3
|
15.9%
|
817.0
|
762.2
|
7.2%
|
- international
|
73.3
|
62.4
|
17.5%
|
502.5
|
462.9
|
8.6%
|
- domestic
|
49.9
|
43.9
|
13.8%
|
314.5
|
299.3
|
5.1%
|
Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mn
|
1,502.0
|
1,339.1
|
12.2%
|
9,323.1
|
8,582.1
|
8.8%
|
- international
|
840.4
|
767.0
|
9.6%
|
5,445,5
|
5,072.9
|
7.2%
|
- domestic
|
661.6
|
572.2
|
15.6%
|
3,877.6
|
3,509.0
|
11.0%
|
Available Tonne Kilometres, mn
|
1,982.3
|
1,817.6
|
9.1%
|
13,395.2
|
12,532.3
|
6.9%
|
- international
|
1,119.4
|
1,042.4
|
7.4%
|
7,911.3
|
7,.371.4
|
7.3%
|
- domestic
|
862.9
|
775.2
|
11.3%
|
5,483.9
|
5,160.9
|
6.3%
|
Revenue load factor, %
|
75.8%
|
73.7%
|
2.1 p.p.
|
69.6%
|
68.5%
|
1.1 p.p.
|
- international
|
75.1%
|
73.6%
|
1.5 p.p.
|
68.8%
|
68.8%
|
-
|
- domestic
|
76.7%
|
73.8%
|
2.9 p.p.
|
70.7%
|
68.0%
|
2.7 p.p.
|
Revenue flights
|
38,812
|
34,390
|
12.9%
|
268,492
|
243,579
|
10.2%
|
- international
|
16,361
|
14,298
|
14.4%
|
112,560
|
100,825
|
11.6%
|
- domestic
|
22,451
|
20,092
|
11.7%
|
155,932
|
142,754
|
9.2%
|
Flight hours for fleet
|
105,458
|
93,986
|
12.2%
|
731,903
|
664,995
|
10.1%
|
Aeroflot - Russian Airlines Operating Results
August2018
|
August2017
|
Change
|
8M 2018
|
8M 2017
|
Change
| |
Passengers carried, thousand PAX
|
3,627.1
|
3,247.5
|
11.7%
|
23,471.5
|
21,793.6
|
7.7%
|
- international
|
1,841.7
|
1,686.5
|
9.2%
|
12,027.8
|
11,409.9
|
5.4%
|
- domestic
|
1,785.4
|
1,561.0
|
14.4%
|
11,443.7
|
10,383.7
|
10.2%
|
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn
|
9,847.5
|
9,003.6
|
9.4%
|
64,519.2
|
60,891.3
|
6.0%
|
- international
|
6,275.1
|
5,827.3
|
7.7%
|
42,240.7
|
40,276.9
|
4.9%
|
- domestic
|
3,572.3
|
3,176.3
|
12.5%
|
22,278.5
|
20,614.4
|
8.1%
|
Available Seat Kilometres, mn
|
11,014.5
|
10,220.8
|
7.8%
|
79,553.1
|
73,697.6
|
7.9%
|
- international
|
7,208.1
|
6,718.4
|
7.3%
|
53,174.0
|
49,321.0
|
7.8%
|
- domestic
|
3,806.4
|
3,502.4
|
8.7%
|
26,379.0
|
24,376.6
|
8.2%
|
Passenger load factor, %
|
89.4%
|
88.1%
|
1.3 p.p.
|
81.1%
|
82.6%
|
(1.5 p.p.)
|
- international
|
87.1%
|
86.7%
|
0.4 p.p.
|
79.4%
|
81.7%
|
(2.3 p.p.)
|
- domestic
|
93.9%
|
90.7%
|
3.2 p.p.
|
84.5%
|
84.6%
|
(0.1 p.p.)
|
Cargo and mail carried, tonnes
|
20,334.4
|
19,145.0
|
6.2%
|
140,197.8
|
141,802.4
|
(1.1%)
|
- international
|
13,812.5
|
12,191.9
|
13.3%
|
95,045.6
|
91,594.3
|
3.8%
|
- domestic
|
6,521.9
|
6,953.1
|
(6.2%)
|
45,152.2
|
50,208.1
|
(10.1%)
|
Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mn
|
96.0
|
89.3
|
7.6%
|
661.6
|
658.1
|
0.5%
|
- international
|
68.6
|
60.9
|
12.6%
|
471.5
|
455.2
|
3.6%
|
- domestic
|
27.4
|
28.3
|
(3.2%)
|
190.1
|
202.9
|
(6.3%)
|
Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mn
|
982.3
|
899.6
|
9.2%
|
6,468.4
|
6,138.3
|
5.4%
|
- international
|
633.4
|
585.4
|
8.2%
|
4,273.2
|
4,080.1
|
4.7%
|
- domestic
|
348.9
|
314.2
|
11.1%
|
2,195.2
|
2,058.2
|
6.7%
|
Available Tonne Kilometres, mn
|
1,321.4
|
1,242.0
|
6.4%
|
9,554.9
|
9,019.4
|
5.9%
|
- international
|
866.0
|
816.1
|
6.1%
|
6,420.7
|
6,067.6
|
5.8%
|
- domestic
|
455.4
|
425.9
|
6.9%
|
3,134.2
|
2,951.8
|
6.2%
|
Revenue load factor, %
|
74.3%
|
72.4%
|
1.9 p.p.
|
67.7%
|
68.1%
|
(0.4 p.p.)
|
- international
|
73.1%
|
71.7%
|
1.4 p.p.
|
66.6%
|
67.2%
|
(0.6 p.p.)
|
- domestic
|
76.6%
|
73.8%
|
2.8 p.p.
|
70.0%
|
69.7%
|
0.3 p.p.
|
Revenue flights
|
24,736
|
21,798
|
13.5%
|
176,721
|
159,396
|
10.9%
|
- international
|
12,152
|
10,710
|
13.5%
|
87,230
|
79,306
|
10.0%
|
- domestic
|
12,584
|
11,088
|
13.5%
|
89,491
|
80,090
|
11.7%
|
Flight hours for fleet
|
69,788
|
62,297
|
12.0%
|
504,269
|
459,627
|
9.7%
|
.
(Photos Aeroflot)
