One of the leading airlines of Brazil and the largest by the number of cities served, Azul has released its latest figures for the month of August.
Consolidated passenger traffic (RPKs) increased 21.5% compared to August 2017 on a capacity increase (ASKs) of 20.3%. As a result, load factor was 82.4%, just 0.8 percentage points higher than August last year. Domestic load factor was 81.2% and international was 85.7%.
"In addition to the healthy demand environment we are seeing, we have recently received our 17th A320neo, the key driver of our margin expansion plan going forward. We are just at the beginning of our fleet transformation process and I couldn't be more excited", says John Rodgerson, Azul's CEO.
Aug-18
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Aug-17
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% ∆
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YTD 2018
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YTD 2017
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% ∆
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Total
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RPK (million)
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2,119
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1,744
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21.5%
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16,046
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13,700
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17.1%
|
ASK (million)
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2,571
|
2,138
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20.3%
|
19,585
|
16,777
|
16.7%
|
Load factor
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82.4%
|
81.6%
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+0.8 p.p.
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81.9%
|
81.7%
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+0.2 p.p.
|
Domestic
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RPK (million)
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1,525
|
1,331
|
14.6%
|
11,713
|
10,995
|
6.5%
|
ASK (million)
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1,879
|
1,670
|
12.5%
|
14,611
|
13,783
|
6.0%
|
Load factor
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81.2%
|
79.7%
|
+1.5 p.p.
|
80.2%
|
79.8%
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+0.4 p.p.
|
International
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RPK (million)
|
594
|
414
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43.4%
|
4,333
|
2,704
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60.2%
|
ASK (million)
|
693
|
468
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48.0%
|
4,975
|
2,994
|
66.1%
|
Load factor
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85.7%
|
88.5%
|
-2.8 p.p.
|
87.1%
|
90.3%
|
-3.2 p.p.
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About Azul
Azul operates more than 780 daily flights to 107 destinations using a fleet of 121 aircraft and more than 10,000 crewmembers. The company has a network of 217 non-stop routes as of 30th June 2018.