Aeroflot Group releases its operating results for February 2021 showing passenger numbers were down 41.8%

Aeroflot PJSC has announced the groups operating results for February and the first two months of the year, showing a 41.8% drop in passenger numbers year on year.

Key highlights of February 2021:

    Aeroflot Group carried 2.2 million passengers, 41.8% down year-on-year;

    2.0 million passengers carried in domestic segment, 9.6% down year-on-year;

    Group’s RPK decreased by 54.5% year-on-year, ASK decreased by 57.5% year-on-year;

    Aeroflot Group’s passenger load factor was 80.0%, a 5.3 percentage point increase year-      on-year;

    Pobeda Airlines carried 844.8 thousands passengers, a year-on-year increase of 2.8%.

Impact of coronavirus pandemic

In the first two months of the year and February 2020, operating results were affected by the dynamics of demand and significant flight restrictions imposed amid the spread of the novel coronavirus infection.

In February 2021 Aeroflot Group continued to restore its domestic traffic volumes and partially restore international flights. In addition to flights to Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Maldives, Egypt, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, South Korea, Japan, Serbia and Finland, based on regulatory approval flights to Almaty (Kazakhstan), Baku (Azerbaijan), Yerevan (Armenia), Delhi (India) were added with limited frequency. In March flights to Seychelles were opened. However, in general, international traffic remained significantly limited.

Fleet update

In February 2021 Aeroflot Airlines added one Boeing 777-300ER, phased out two Airbus А320, and transferred five SSJ100s to the fleet of Rossiya Airlines as part of intra-group redistribution. As of 28 February 2021, the fleet of the Aeroflot Group consisted of 339 aircraft.

Net changes in the fleet		Number of aircraft
	February 2021	2M 2021	as of 28.02.2021
Aeroflot Group	–1	–3	339
Aeroflot Airlines	–6	–11	230
Pobeda Airlines	–	–	34
Rossiya Airlines	+5	+8	75

 

Aeroflot Group Operating Results

(pro forma, excluding the results of Aurora Airlines in 2020)

	February 2021	February 2020	Change	2M 2021	2M 2020	Change
Passengers carried, thousand PAX	2,237.8	3,846.0	(41.8%)	4,601.3	7,972.5	(42.3%)
- international	266.2	1,666.0	(84.0%)	525.7	3,505.4	(85.0%)
- domestic	1,971.6	2,180.0	(9.6%)	4,075.6	4,467.0	(8.8%)
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn	4,604.3	10,110.9	(54.5%)	9,481.3	21,197.9	(55.3%)
- international	906.7	6,038.3	(85.0%)	1,808.0	12,836.2	(85.9%)
- domestic	3,697.6	4,072.6	(9.2%)	7,673.3	8,361.8	(8.2%)
Available Seat Kilometres, mn	5,757.0	13,543.6	(57.5%)	12,078.3	28,309.2	(57.3%)
- international	1,316.2	8,242.4	(84.0%)	2,707.2	17,207.7	(84.3%)
- domestic	4,440.8	5,301.2	(16.2%)	9,371.1	11,101.5	(15.6%)
Passenger load factor, %	80.0%	74.7%	5.3 p.p.	78.5%	74.9%	3.6 p.p.
- international	68.9%	73.3%	(4.4 p.p.)	66.8%	74.6%	(7.8 p.p.)
- domestic	83.3%	76.8%	6.4 p.p.	81.9%	75.3%	6.6 p.p.
Cargo and mail carried, tonnes	20,963.9	24,887.6	(15.8%)	39,490.2	47,864.7	(17.5%)
- international	8,721.3	14,209.1	(38.6%)	15,938.9	27,638.3	(42.3%)
- domestic	12,242.6	10,678.5	14.6%	23,551.3	20,226.4	16.4%
Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mn	91.2	107.1	(14.8%)	171.9	202.6	(15.2%)
- international	47.9	68.4	(30.0%)	90.2	131.6	(31.4%)
- domestic	43.3	38.7	11.9%	81.7	71.1	14.9%
Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mn	505.6	1 017.1	(50.3%)	1,025.2	2,110.4	(51.4%)
- international	129.5	611.8	(78.8%)	252.9	1,286.8	(80.3%)
- domestic	376.1	405.3	(7.2%)	772.3	823.6	(6.2%)
Available Tonne Kilometres, mn	789.9	1 629.9	(51.5%)	1,626.4	3,410.5	(52.3%)
- international	272.0	1 010.5	(73.1%)	533.4	2,113.3	(74.8%)
- domestic	517.9	619.4	(16.4%)	1,093.0	1,297.2	(15.7%)
Revenue load factor, %	64.0%	62.4%	1.6 p.p.	63.0%	61.9%	1.2 p.p.
- international	47.6%	60.5%	(12.9 p.p.)	47.4%	60.9%	(13.5 p.p.)
- domestic	72.6%	65.4%	7.2 p.p.	70.7%	63.5%	7.2 p.p.
Revenue flights	16,680	31,240	(46.6%)	35,010	65,101	(46.2%)
- international	2,056	13,025	(84.2%)	4,243	27,113	(84.4%)
- domestic	14,624	18,215	(19.7%)	30,767	37,988	(19.0%)
Flight hours	42,011	87,687	(52.1%)	87,778	183,312	(52.1%)

 

Aeroflot Group Operating Results

Aeroflot Airlines

	February 2021	February 2020	Change	2M 2021	2M 2020	Change
Passengers carried, thousand PAX	992.9	2,515.3	(60.5%)	2,037.3	5,151.3	(60.5%)
- international	199.8	1,284.5	(84.4%)	392.5	2,707.7	(85.5%)
- domestic	793.1	1,230.8	(35.6%)	1,644.8	2,443.6	(32.7%)
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn	2,297.7	6,884.0	(66.6%)	4,704.0	14,390.7	(67.3%)
- international	734.0	4,630.8	(84.2%)	1,462.6	9,909.9	(85.2%)
- domestic	1,563.7	2,253.2	(30.6%)	3,241.4	4,480.8	(27.7%)
Available Seat Kilometres, mn	3,127.4	9,827.6	(68.2%)	6,551.6	20,437.7	(67.9%)
- international	1,120.3	6,658.5	(83.2%)	2,288.1	13,903.6	(83.5%)
- domestic	2,007.0	3,169.1	(36.7%)	4,263.5	6,534.0	(34.7%)
Passenger load factor, %	73.5%	70,0%	3.4 p.p.	71.8%	70.4%	1.4 p.p.
- international	65.5%	69,5%	(4.0 p.p.)	63.9%	71.3%	(7.4 p.p.)
- domestic	77.9%	71.1%	6.8 p.p.	76.0%	68.6%	7.4 p.p.
Revenue flights	8,334	22,788	(63.4%)	17,828	47,044	(62.1%)
- international	1,599	10,816	(85.2%)	3,292	22,464	(85.3%)
- domestic	6,735	11,972	(43.7%)	14,536	24,580	(40.9%)
Flight hours	22,434	64,925	(65.4%)	47,353	134,790	(64.9%)

 

Pobeda Airlines

	February 2021	February 2020	Change	2M 2021	2M 2020	Change
Passengers carried, thousand PAX	844.8	821.8	2.8%	1,772.8	1,744.7	1.6%
- international	48.9	173.9	(71.9%)	100.7	368.9	(72.7%)
- domestic	795.9	647.9	22.8%	1,672.0	1,375.8	21.5%
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn	1,408.6	1,495.0	(5.8%)	2,951.8	3,177.7	(7.1%)
- international	120.3	386.6	(68.9%)	247.9	823.0	(69.9%)
- domestic	1,288.3	1,108.3	16.2%	2,703.9	2,354.7	14.8%
Available Seat Kilometres, mn	1,521.3	1,584.1	(4.0%)	3,230.6	3,366.0	(4.0%)
- international	137.2	422.0	(67.5%)	306.0	898.3	(65.9%)
- domestic	1,384.1	1,162.1	19.1%	2,924.6	2,467.7	18.5%
Passenger load factor, %	92.6%	94.4%	(1.8 p.p.)	91.4%	94.4%	(3.0 p.p.)
- international	87.7%	91.6%	(3.9 p.p.)	81.0%	91.6%	(10.6 p.p.)
- domestic	93.1%	95.4%	(2.3 p.p.)	92.5%	95.4%	(3.0 p.p.)
Revenue flights	4,842	4,609	5.1%	10,265	9,796	4.8%
- international	296	1,011	(70.7%)	660	2,146	(69.2%)
- domestic	4,546	3,598	26.3%	9,605	7,650	25.6%
Flight hours	10,957	11,293	(3.0%)	23,310	24,075	(3.2%)

 

Rossiya Airlines

	February 2021	February 2020	Change	2M 2021	2M 2020	Change
Passengers carried, thousand PAX	400.1	508.9	(21.4%)	791.3	1,076.4	(26.5%)
- international	17.5	207.6	(91.6%)	32.5	428.8	(92.4%)
- domestic	382.6	301.3	27.0%	758.8	647.6	17.2%
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn	898.0	1,731.9	(48.1%)	1,825.5	3,629.5	(49.7%)
- international	52.4	1,020.8	(94.9%)	97.5	2,103.2	(95.4%)
- domestic	845.6	711.1	18.9%	1,728.1	1,526.3	13.2%
Available Seat Kilometres, mn	1,108.3	2,131.9	(48.0%)	2,296.0	4,505.5	(49.0%)
- international	58.7	1,161.9	(94.9%)	113.1	2,405.7	(95.3%)
- domestic	1,049.6	970.1	8.2%	2,182.9	2,099.8	4.0%
Passenger load factor, %	81.0%	81.2%	(0.2 p.p.)	79.5%	80.6%	(1.0 p.p.)
- international	89.2%	87.9%	1.4 p.p.	86.2%	87.4%	(1.2 p.p.)
- domestic	80.6%	73.3%	7.3 p.p.	79.2%	72.7%	6.5 p.p.
Revenue flights	3,504	3,843	(8.8%)	6,917	8,261	(16.3%)
- international	161	1,198	(86.6%)	291	2,503	(88.4%)
- domestic	3,343	2,645	26.4%	6,626	5,758	15.1%
Flight hours	8,620	11,468	(24.8%)	17,114	24,447	(30.0%)

Appendix 1.

Aeroflot Group Operating Results (including the results of Aurora Airlines in 2020)

	February 2021	February 2020	Change	2M 2021	2M 2020	Change
Passengers carried, thousand PAX	2,237.8	3,944.2	(43.3%)	4,601.3	8,178.6	(43.7%)
- international	266.2	1,691.8	(84.3%)	525.7	3,567.9	(85.3%)
- domestic	1,971.6	2,252.4	(12.5%)	4,075.6	4,610.7	(11.6%)
Revenue Passenger Kilometres, mn	4,604.3	10,246.2	(55.1%)	9,481.3	21,484.6	(55.9%)
- international	906.7	6,077.7	(85.1%)	1,808.0	12,929.6	(86.0%)
- domestic	3,697.6	4,168.5	(11.3%)	7,673.3	8,554.9	(10.3%)
Available Seat Kilometres, mn	5,757.0	13,778.0	(58.2%)	12,078.3	28,797.5	(58.1%)
- international	1,316.2	8,309.4	(84.2%)	2,707.2	17,354.0	(84.4%)
- domestic	4,440.8	5,468.6	(18.8%)	9,371.1	11,443.6	(18.1%)
Passenger load factor, %	80.0%	74.4%	5.6 p.p.	78.5%	74.6%	3.9 p.p.
- international	68.9%	73.1%	(4.3 p.p.)	66.8%	74.5%	(7.7 p.p.)
- domestic	83.3%	76.2%	7.0 p.p.	81.9%	74.8%	7.1 p.p.
Cargo and mail carried, tonnes	20,963.9	25,406.3	(17.5%)	39,490.2	48,791.6	(19.1%)
- international	8,721.3	14,250.0	(38.8%)	15,938.9	27,722.4	(42.5%)
- domestic	12,242.6	11,156.3	9.8%	23,551.3	21,069.2	11.8%
Revenue Cargo Tonne Kilometres, mn	91.2	108.0	(15.5%)	171.9	204.2	(15.8%)
- international	47.9	68.4	(30.0%)	90.2	131.7	(31.5%)
- domestic	43.3	39.6	9.6%	81.7	72.5	12.6%
Revenue Tonne Kilometres, mn	505.6	1,030.2	(50.9%)	1,025.2	2,137.8	(52.0%)
- international	129.5	615.4	(79.0%)	252.9	1,295.4	(80.5%)
- domestic	376.1	414.7	(9.3%)	772.3	842.5	(8.3%)
Available Tonne Kilometres, mn	789.9	1,654.5	(52.3%)	1,626.4	3,462.2	(53.0%)
- international	272.0	1,017.8	(73.3%)	533.4	2,129.4	(74.9%)
- domestic	517.9	636.6	(18.7%)	1,093.0	1,332.7	(18.0%)
Revenue load factor, %	64.0%	62.3%	1.7 p.p.	63.0%	61.7%	1.3 p.p.
- international	47.6%	60.5%	(12.9 p.p.)	47.4%	60.8%	(13.4 p.p.)
- domestic	72.6%	65.1%	7.5 p.p.	70.7%	63.2%	7.4 p.p.
Revenue flights	16,680	32,966	(49.4%)	35,010	68,756	(49.1%)
- international	2,056	13,404	(84.7%)	4,243	27,970	(84.8%)
- domestic	14,624	19,562	(25.2%)	30,767	40,786	(24.6%)
Flight hours	42,011	90,805	(53.7%)	87,778	189,878	(53.8%)

 

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