Last checked at 5 Oct 2015 15:00
SEPTEMBER 2015 - IAG GROUP TRAFFIC AND CAPACITY STATISTICS
§ Group traffic in September, measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres, increased by 13.9 per cent versus September 2014 (up 4.7 per cent on a pro-forma basis); Group capacity measured in Available Seat Kilometres rose by 13.7 per cent (up 4.4 per cent on a pro-forma basis).
§ Group premium traffic for the month of September increased by 1.6 per cent on a pro-forma basis.
5 October 2015
STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENTS
On 22 September, Vueling announced that it will set up a new operational base at Paris Charles de Gaulle in May 2016. The airline will operate eight new routes from the airport to Copenhagen, Prague, Venice, Vienna, Naples, Bari, Fuerteventura and Tangier. Vueling has already set up bases in Barcelona and Rome-Fiumicino
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Group Performance1
| Month of September | Year to Date | |||||||
2015 | 2014 | Change | Pro-forma2 | 2015 | 2014 | Change | Pro-forma3 | ||
Passengers Carried ('000s) | 9,114 | 7,480 | 21.8% | 8.5% | 66,202 | 58,907 | 12.4% | 9.8% | |
Domestic4 | 2,085 | 1,926 | 8.3% | 6.1% | 16,193 | 15,060 | 7.5% | 7.1% | |
Europe | 5,022 | 3,712 | 35.3% | 12.7% | 33,690 | 28,245 | 19.3% | 14.7% | |
North America | 961 | 835 | 15.1% | -1.2% | 7,156 | 6,895 | 3.8% | 0.8% | |
Latin America & Caribbean | 398 | 375 | 6.1% | 3,483 | 3,123 | 11.5% | |||
Africa, Middle East & S.Asia | 473 | 466 | 1.5% | 4,181 | 4,219 | -0.9% | |||
Asia Pacific | 175 | 166 | 5.4% | 1,499 | 1,365 | 9.8% | |||
Revenue Passenger Km (m) | 21,351 | 18,751 | 13.9% | 4.7% | 166,147 | 153,537 | 8.2% | 6.5% | |
Domestic | 1,400 | 1,250 | 12.0% | 10.1% | 10,857 | 9,998 | 8.6% | 8.2% | |
Europe | 6,079 | 4,537 | 34.0% | 12.7% | 40,288 | 33,782 | 19.3% | 14.9% | |
North America | 6,333 | 5,596 | 13.2% | -0.3% | 48,112 | 46,358 | 3.8% | 1.3% | |
Latin America & Caribbean | 3,350 | 3,226 | 3.8% | 29,359 | 26,570 | 10.5% | |||
Africa, Middle East & S.Asia | 2,455 | 2,504 | -2.0% | 22,676 | 23,337 | -2.8% | |||
Asia Pacific | 1,734 | 1,638 | 5.9% | 14,855 | 13,492 | 10.1% | |||
Available Seat Km (m) | 25,211 | 22,181 | 13.7% | 4.4% | 203,381 | 190,234 | 6.9% | 5.3% | |
Domestic | 1,700 | 1,554 | 9.4% | 7.4% | 13,921 | 12,937 | 7.6% | 7.2% | |
Europe | 7,320 | 5,443 | 34.5% | 11.8% | 50,588 | 42,921 | 17.9% | 13.5% | |
North America | 7,219 | 6,436 | 12.2% | -0.6% | 57,257 | 55,858 | 2.5% | 0.3% | |
Latin America & Caribbean | 3,920 | 3,736 | 4.9% | 35,091 | 32,367 | 8.4% | |||
Africa, Middle East & S.Asia | 3,030 | 3,125 | -3.0% | 28,841 | 29,785 | -3.2% | |||
Asia Pacific | 2,022 | 1,887 | 7.2% | 17,683 | 16,366 | 8.0% | |||
Passenger Load Factor (%) | 84.7 | 84.5 | +0.2 pts | +0.3 pts | 81.7 | 80.7 | +1.0 pts | +0.9 pts | |
Domestic | 82.4 | 80.4 | +2.0 pts | +2.1 pts | 78.0 | 77.3 | +0.7 pts | +0.7 pts | |
Europe | 83.0 | 83.4 | -0.4 pts | +0.6 pts | 79.6 | 78.7 | +0.9 pts | +0.9 pts | |
North America | 87.7 | 86.9 | +0.8 pts | +0.2 pts | 84.0 | 83.0 | +1.0 pts | +0.8 pts | |
Latin America & Caribbean | 85.5 | 86.3 | -0.8 pts | 83.7 | 82.1 | +1.6 pts | |||
Africa, Middle East & S.Asia | 81.0 | 80.1 | +0.9 pts | 78.6 | 78.4 | +0.2 pts | |||
Asia Pacific | 85.8 | 86.8 | -1.0 pts | 84.0 | 82.4 | +1.6 pts | |||
Cargo Tonne Km (m) | |||||||||
Cargo CTK | 424 | 439 | -3.4% | -6.0% | 3,876 | 4,023 | -3.7% | -4.1% | |
Performance by Airline
| Month of September | Year to Date | |||||||
VUELING |
2015 |
2014 |
Change | Pro-forma |
2015 |
2014 |
Change | Pro-forma | |
Revenue Passenger Km (m) | 2,743 | 2,375 | 15.5% | 19,511 | 16,850 | 15.8% | |||
Available Seat Km (m) | 3,250 | 2,843 | 14.3% | 23,979 | 20,897 | 14.7% | |||
Cargo Tonne Km (m) | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0 | 0 | n/a | |||
AER LINGUS AER | |||||||||
Revenue Passenger Km (m) | 1,780 | 0 | n/a | 9.1% | 2,701 | 0 | n/a | 10.9% | |
Available Seat Km (m) | 2,066 | 0 | n/a | 5.5% | 3,099 | 0 | n/a | 7.1% | |
Cargo Tonne Km (m) | 12 | 0 | n/a | 0.0% | 18 | 0 | n/a | 5.9% | |
IBERIA | |||||||||
Revenue Passenger Km (m) | 4,393 | 3,994 | 10.0% | 36,575 | 32,178 | 13.7% | |||
Available Seat Km (m) | 5,208 | 4,807 | 8.3% | 44,888 | 40,699 | 10.3% | |||
Cargo Tonne Km (m) | 84 | 81 | 3.7% | 752 | 707 | 6.4% | |||
BRITISH AIRWAYS | |||||||||
Revenue Passenger Km (m) | 12,435 | 12,382 | 0.4% | 107,360 | 104,509 | 2.7% | |||
Available Seat Km (m) | 14,687 | 14,531 | 1.1% | 131,415 | 128,638 | 2.2% | |||
Cargo Tonne Km (m) | 328 | 358 | -8.4% | 3,106 | 3,316 | -6.3% | |||
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