The Air France - KLM group released its figures for August this week and despite the recent industrial action by staff, passenger numbers continued to grow, up by 2.3% to 9.6 million people. Load factor for the group was also up slightly to 90.8%. The biggest increases in passenger numbers were seen in the Latin America and North America markets for the group.
Air France - KLM group AUGUST 2018 TRAFFIC
Traffic highlights
| Passenger network activity (Air France, KLM, HOP!) | Capacity(ASK, %ch.) | Traffic(RPK, %ch.) | Load Factor (%) | Change (pts) |
| Long-haul | + 2.2% | + 3.4% | 91.8% | + 1.1 |
| North America | + 5.8% | + 6.7% | 91.6% | + 0.8 |
| Latin America | + 7.3% | + 7.9% | 91.7% | + 0.5 |
| Asia | + 2.2% | + 3.2% | 93.2% | + 0.9 |
| Africa / Middle East | - 5.3% | - 2.5% | 91.0% | + 2.6 |
| Caribbean / Indian Ocean | - 2.3% | - 1.4% | 90.1% | + 0.8 |
| Short and Medium-haul | + 1.6% | + 1.7% | 85.6% | + 0.1 |
| Total | + 2.1% | + 3.1% | 90.5% | + 0.9 |
- 7.8 million passengers, +2.2%
| Transavia activity | Capacity(ASK, %ch.) | Traffic(RPK, %ch.) | Load Factor (%) | Change (pts) |
| Total | + 5.1% | + 4.4% | 93.0% | - 0.6 |
- 1.8 million passengers, +2.6%
| Total group passenger activity (Air France, KLM, HOP!, Transavia) | Capacity(ASK, %ch.) | Traffic(RPK, %ch.) | Load Factor (%) | Change (pts) |
| Total | + 2.4% | + 3.3% | 90.8% | + 0.7 |
- 9.6 million passengers, +2.3%
| Cargo activity | Capacity(ATK, %ch.) | Traffic(RTK, %ch.) | Load Factor (%) | Change (pts) |
| Total | + 3.4% | + 4.8% | 56.8% | + 0.8 |
STATISTICS
Passenger network activity*
| August | Year to date | ||||||
| Total Passenger network* | 2018 | 2017 | Variation | 2018 | 2017 | Variation | |
| Passengers carried ('000s) | 7,789 | 7,623 | 2.2% | 57,042 | 55,940 | 2.0% | |
| Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) | 24,190 | 23,462 | 3.1% | 170,787 | 166,485 | 2.6% | |
| Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) | 26,720 | 26,172 | 2.1% | 194,424 | 191,256 | 1.7% | |
| Load factor (%) | 90.5% | 89.6% | 0.9 | 87.8% | 87.0% | 0.8 | |
| Long-haul | |||||||
| Passengers carried ('000s) | 2,620 | 2,553 | 2.6% | 18,373 | 17,979 | 2.2% | |
| Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) | 19,601 | 18,948 | 3.4% | 138,386 | 134,684 | 2.7% | |
| Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) | 21,360 | 20,895 | 2.2% | 155,803 | 152,704 | 2.0% | |
| Load factor (%) | 91.8% | 90.7% | 1.1 | 88.8% | 88.2% | 0.6 | |
| North America | |||||||
| Passengers carried ('000s) | 877 | 820 | 7.0% | 5,542 | 5,397 | 2.7% | |
| Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) | 6,211 | 5,821 | 6.7% | 39,528 | 38,504 | 2.7% | |
| Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) | 6,777 | 6,409 | 5.8% | 44,263 | 43,396 | 2.0% | |
| Load factor (%) | 91.6% | 90.8% | 0.8 | 89.3% | 88.7% | 0.6 | |
| Latin America | |||||||
| Passengers carried ('000s) | 301 | 281 | 7.1% | 2,271 | 2,094 | 8.4% | |
| Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) | 2,915 | 2,701 | 7.9% | 21,763 | 20,060 | 8.5% | |
| Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) | 3,178 | 2,961 | 7.3% | 23,985 | 22,258 | 7.8% | |
| Load factor (%) | 91.7% | 91.2% | 0.5 | 90.7% | 90.1% | 0.6 | |
| Asia / Pacific | |||||||
| Passengers carried ('000s) | 579 | 560 | 3.5% | 4,272 | 4,151 | 2.9% | |
| Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) | 5,111 | 4,952 | 3.2% | 37,423 | 36,476 | 2.6% | |
| Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) | 5,484 | 5,364 | 2.2% | 41,306 | 40,438 | 2.1% | |
| Load factor (%) | 93.2% | 92.3% | 0.9 | 90.6% | 90.2% | 0.4 | |
| Africa / Middle East | |||||||
| Passengers carried ('000s) | 522 | 542 | (3.7%) | 3,714 | 3,771 | (1.5%) | |
| Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) | 2,901 | 2,975 | (2.5%) | 20,944 | 21,030 | (0.4%) | |
| Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) | 3,187 | 3,364 | (5.3%) | 25,118 | 25,425 | (1.2%) | |
| Load factor (%) | 91.0% | 88.4% | 2.6 | 83.4% | 82.7% | 0.7 | |
| Caribbean / Indian.Ocean | |||||||
| Passengers carried ('000s) | 342 | 351 | (2.7%) | 2,574 | 2,566 | 0.3% | |
| Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) | 2,463 | 2,497 | (1.4%) | 18,728 | 18,614 | 0.6% | |
| Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) | 2,733 | 2,797 | (2.3%) | 21,132 | 21,188 | (0.3%) | |
| Load factor (%) | 90.1% | 89.3% | 0.8 | 88.6% | 87.9% | 0.8 | |
| Short and Medium-haul | |||||||
| Passengers carried ('000s) | 5,169 | 5,071 | 1.9% | 38,669 | 37,961 | 1.9% | |
| Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) | 4,590 | 4,514 | 1.7% | 32,401 | 31,800 | 1.9% | |
| Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) | 5,360 | 5,277 | 1.6% | 38,620 | 38,551 | 0.2% | |
| Load factor (%) | 85.6% | 85.5% | 0.1 | 83.9% | 82.5% | 1.4 | |
* Air France KLM, and HOP!
Transavia activity
| August | Year to date | ||||||
| Transavia | 2018 | 2017 | Variation | 2018 | 2017 | Variation | |
| Passengers carried ('000s) | 1,774 | 1,728 | 2.6% | 10,800 | 10,207 | 5.8% | |
| Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) | 3,250 | 3,115 | 4.4% | 19,230 | 17,658 | 8.9% | |
| Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) | 3,495 | 3,327 | 5.1% | 20,890 | 19,572 | 6.7% | |
| Load factor (%) | 93.0% | 93.6% | (0.6) | 92.1% | 90.2% | 1.8 | |
Total group passenger activity**
| August | Year to date | ||||||
| Total group** | 2018 | 2017 | Variation | 2018 | 2017 | Variation | |
| Passengers carried ('000s) | 9,563 | 9,351 | 2.3% | 67,843 | 66,148 | 2.6% | |
| Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) | 27,441 | 26,577 | 3.3% | 190,017 | 184,143 | 3.2% | |
| Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) | 30,215 | 29,499 | 2.4% | 215,314 | 210,827 | 2.1% | |
| Load factor (%) | 90.8% | 90.1% | 0.7 | 88.3% | 87.3% | 0.9 | |
** Air France KLM, HOP! and Transavia
Cargo activity
| August | Year to date | ||||||
| Total Group | 2018 | 2017 | Variation | 2018 | 2017 | Variation | |
| Revenue tonne-km (m RTK) | 741 | 707 | 4.8% | 5,609 | 5,600 | 0.2% | |
| Available tonne-km (m ATK) | 1,304 | 1,262 | 3.4% | 9,526 | 9,537 | (0.1%) | |
| Load factor (%) | 56.8% | 56.0% | 0.8 | 58.9% | 58.7% | 0.2 | |
Air France and HOP! activity
| August | Year to date | ||||||
| Total Passenger network activity | 2018 | 2017 | Variation | 2018 | 2017 | Variation | |
| Passengers carried ('000s) | 4,712 | 4,604 | 2.3% | 34,240 | 34,198 | 0.1% | |
| Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) | 14,497 | 13,982 | 3.7% | 98,721 | 97,445 | 1.3% | |
| Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) | 16,157 | 15,795 | 2.3% | 113,931 | 113,483 | 0.4% | |
| Load factor (%) | 89.7% | 88.5% | 1.2 | 86.6% | 85.9% | 0.8 | |
| Long-haul | |||||||
| Passengers carried ('000s) | 1,609 | 1,568 | 2.6% | 10,805 | 10,718 | 0.8% | |
| Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) | 11,731 | 11,285 | 4.0% | 79,351 | 78,191 | 1.5% | |
| Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) | 12,862 | 12,583 | 2.2% | 90,333 | 89,547 | 0.9% | |
| Load factor (%) | 91.2% | 89.7% | 1.5 | 87.8% | 87.3% | 0.5 |
| Short and Medium-haul | |||||||
| Passengers carried ('000s) | 3,103 | 3,036 | 2.2% | 23,435 | 23,480 | (0.2%) | |
| Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) | 2,766 | 2,697 | 2.6% | 19,369 | 19,254 | 0.6% | |
| Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) | 3,295 | 3,212 | 2.6% | 23,598 | 23,936 | (1.4%) | |
| Load factor (%) | 84.0% | 84.0% | (0.0) | 82.1% | 80.4% | 1.6 |
| August | Year to date | ||||||
| Cargo activity | 2018 | 2017 | Variation | 2018 | 2017 | Variation | |
| Revenue tonne-km (m RTK) | 324 | 306 | 5.7% | 2,425 | 2,441 | (0.7%) | |
| Available tonne-km (m ATK) | 671 | 629 | 6.6% | 4,705 | 4,639 | 1.4% | |
| Load factor (%) | 48.3% | 48.7% | (0.4) | 51.5% | 52.6% | (1.1) | |
KLM activity
| August | Year to date | ||||||
| Total Passenger network activity | 2018 | 2017 | Variation | 2018 | 2017 | Variation | |
| Passengers carried ('000s) | 3,077 | 3,019 | 1.9% | 22,803 | 21,742 | 4.9% | |
| Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) | 9,693 | 9,480 | 2.3% | 72,067 | 69,040 | 4.4% | |
| Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) | 10,563 | 10,377 | 1.8% | 80,492 | 77,773 | 3.5% | |
| Load factor (%) | 91.8% | 91.4% | 0.4 | 89.5% | 88.8% | 0.8 | |
| Long-haul | |||||||
| Passengers carried ('000s) | 1,010 | 984 | 2.7% | 7,568 | 7,261 | 4.2% | |
| Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) | 7,870 | 7,663 | 2.7% | 59,034 | 56,494 | 4.5% | |
| Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) | 8,498 | 8,312 | 2.2% | 65,471 | 63,157 | 3.7% | |
| Load factor (%) | 92.6% | 92.2% | 0.4 | 90.2% | 89.4% | 0.7 |
| Short and Medium-haul | |||||||
| Passengers carried ('000s) | 2,066 | 2,034 | 1.6% | 15,234 | 14,481 | 5.2% | |
| Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) | 1,823 | 1,817 | 0.4% | 13,032 | 12,547 | 3.9% | |
| Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) | 2,065 | 2,065 | 0.0% | 15,022 | 14,615 | 2.8% | |
| Load factor (%) | 88.3% | 88.0% | 0.3 | 86.8% | 85.8% | 0.9 |
| August | Year to date | ||||||
| Cargo activity | 2018 | 2017 | Variation | 2018 | 2017 | Variation | |
| Revenue tonne-km (m RTK) | 417 | 401 | 4.1% | 3,184 | 3,158 | 0.8% | |
| Available tonne-km (m ATK) | 633 | 633 | 0.1% | 4,821 | 4,898 | (1.6%) | |
| Load factor (%) | 65.9% | 63.3% | 2.5 | 66.0% | 64.5% | 1.6 | |
(Photo Air France-KLM)