Last checked at 8 Jan 2016 15:00
DECEMBER 2015 - GROUP TRAFFIC AND CAPACITY STATISTICS
§ Group traffic in December, measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres, increased by 10.5 per cent versus December 2014 (up 3.8 per cent on a pro-forma basis); Group capacity measured in Available Seat Kilometres rose by 12.1 per cent (up 4.6 per cent on a pro-forma basis).
§ Including Aer Lingus, for the full year IAG airlines carried almost 95 million passengers in 2015.
§ Group premium traffic for the month of December decreased by 0.3 per cent on a pro-forma basis.
§ The terrorist incidents in Paris in November and the US Government travel advisory had a temporary negative impact on load factors and premium traffic in December. However, our guidance for full-year 2015 operating profit, issued with our third quarter results, remains unchanged.
8 January 2016
STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENTS
On 28 December, Iberia took delivery of its first of 13 Airbus 330-200 that IAG has ordered to replace and expand the airline's existing longhaul fleet. This modern, fuel efficient aircraft will bring both cost efficiencies and environmental benefits to Iberia.
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Group Performance1
| Month of December | Year to Date | |||||||
2015 | 2014 | Change | Pro-forma2 | 2015 | 2014 | Change | Pro-forma3 | ||
Passengers Carried ('000s) | 6,735 | 5,793 | 16.3% | 5.0% | 88,333 | 77,334 | 14.2% | 9.3% | |
Domestic4 | 1,603 | 1,526 | 5.0% | 2.8% | 21,390 | 19,974 | 7.1% | 6.2% | |
Europe | 3,304 | 2,590 | 27.6% | 7.5% | 44,987 | 36,704 | 22.6% | 13.9% | |
North America | 796 | 699 | 13.9% | -0.6% | 9,730 | 9,076 | 7.2% | 1.2% | |
Latin America & Caribbean | 403 | 368 | 9.5% | 4,668 | 4,202 | 11.1% | |||
Africa, Middle East & S,Asia | 471 | 468 | 0.6% | 5,558 | 5,562 | -0.1% | |||
Asia Pacific | 158 | 142 | 11.3% | 2,000 | 1,816 | 10.1% | |||
Revenue Passenger Km (m) | 17,553 | 15,878 | 10.5% | 3.8% | 221,996 | 202,562 | 9.6% | 6.5% | |
Domestic | 1,108 | 1,018 | 8.8% | 6.9% | 14,413 | 13,230 | 8.9% | 8.2% | |
Europe | 3,652 | 2,927 | 24.8% | 8.1% | 53,104 | 43,564 | 21.9% | 14.2% | |
North America | 5,203 | 4,686 | 11.0% | -0.8% | 64,966 | 61,009 | 6.5% | 1.6% | |
Latin America & Caribbean | 3,342 | 3,116 | 7.3% | 39,260 | 35,730 | 9.9% | |||
Africa, Middle East & S,Asia | 2,665 | 2,711 | -1.7% | 30,396 | 31,049 | -2.1% | |||
Asia Pacific | 1,583 | 1,420 | 11.5% | 19,857 | 17,980 | 10.4% | |||
Available Seat Km (m) | 22,328 | 19,923 | 12.1% | 4.6% | 272,702 | 251,931 | 8.2% | 5.1% | |
Domestic | 1,435 | 1,332 | 7.7% | 5.4% | 18,437 | 17,112 | 7.7% | 6.9% | |
Europe | 5,008 | 3,939 | 27.1% | 8.6% | 67,169 | 55,746 | 20.5% | 12.5% | |
North America | 6,395 | 5,608 | 14.0% | 1.1% | 77,315 | 73,429 | 5.3% | 0.5% | |
Latin America & Caribbean | 4,119 | 3,857 | 6.8% | 47,251 | 43,895 | 7.6% | |||
Africa, Middle East & S,Asia | 3,350 | 3,428 | -2.3% | 38,659 | 39,841 | -3.0% | |||
Asia Pacific | 2,021 | 1,759 | 14.9% | 23,871 | 21,908 | 9.0% | |||
Passenger Load Factor (%) | 78.6 | 79.7 | -1.1 pts | -0.6 pts | 81.4 | 80.4 | +1.0 pts | +1.0 pts | |
Domestic | 77.2 | 76.4 | +0.8 pts | +1.1 pts | 78.2 | 77.3 | +0.9 pts | +1.0 pts | |
Europe | 72.9 | 74.3 | -1.4 pts | -0.4 pts | 79.1 | 78.1 | +1.0 pts | +1.2 pts | |
North America | 81.4 | 83.6 | -2.2 pts | -1.5 pts | 84.0 | 83.1 | +0.9 pts | +0.9 pts | |
Latin America & Caribbean | 81.1 | 80.8 | +0.3 pts | 83.1 | 81.4 | +1.7 pts | |||
Africa, Middle East & S,Asia | 79.6 | 79.1 | +0.5 pts | 78.6 | 77.9 | +0.7 pts | |||
Asia Pacific | 78.3 | 80.7 | -2.4 pts | 83.2 | 82.1 | +1.1 pts | |||
Cargo Tonne Km (m) | |||||||||
Cargo CTK | 464 | 458 | 1.3% | -1.3% | 5,293 | 5,453 | -2.9% | -3.9% | |
Performance by Airline
| Month of December | Year to Date | |||||||
VUELING |
2015 |
2014 |
Change | Pro-forma |
2015 |
2014 |
Change | Pro-forma | |
Revenue Passenger Km (m) | 1,490 | 1,340 | 11.2% | 24,775 | 21,445 | 15.5% | |||
Available Seat Km (m) | 1,903 | 1,735 | 9.7% | 30,476 | 26,686 | 14.2% | |||
Cargo Tonne Km (m) | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0 | 0 | n/a | |||
AER LINGUS
| |||||||||
Revenue Passenger Km (m) | 1,142 | 0 | n/a | 11.0% | 6,641 | 0 | n/a | 11.1% | |
Available Seat Km (m) | 1,533 | 0 | n/a | 7.6% | 8,080 | 0 | n/a | 6.3% | |
Cargo Tonne Km (m) | 13 | 0 | n/a | 8.3% | 56 | 0 | n/a | 1.8% | |
IBERIA | |||||||||
Revenue Passenger Km (m) | 3,896 | 3,476 | 12.1% | 48,564 | 42,686 | 13.8% | |||
Available Seat Km (m) | 4,950 | 4,453 | 11.2% | 59,872 | 54,328 | 10.2% | |||
Cargo Tonne Km (m) | 103 | 95 | 8.4% | 1,057 | 999 | 5.8% | |||
BRITISH AIRWAYS | |||||||||
Revenue Passenger Km (m) | 11,025 | 11,062 | -0.3% | 142,016 | 138,431 | 2.6% | |||
Available Seat Km (m) | 13,942 | 13,735 | 1.5% | 174,274 | 170,917 | 2.0% | |||
Cargo Tonne Km (m) | 348 | 363 | -4.1% | 4,180 | 4,454 | -6.2% | |||
1 Group performance comprises Aer Lingus, British Airways, Iberia (including Iberia Express) and Vueling, Vueling traffic is currently accounted as non-premium traffic,
2 Monthly pro-forma includes Aer Lingus in the base
3 For Year to Date pro-forma, Aer Lingus data is only included from 18th August 2014/15
4 Domestic includes routes within UK, Spain, Ireland and Italy