Last checked at 5 Apr 2019 11:59
IAG traffic and capacity statistics - March 2019 | 5 April 2019 |
IAG traffic in March, measured in revenue passenger kilometres, increased by 5.1 per cent versus the same period last year; IAG capacity measured in available seat kilometres rose by 4.4 per cent versus the same period last year.
Group performance | Month of March | Year to date | |||||
2019 | 2018 | yoy | 2019 | 2018 | yoy | ||
Passengers carried ('000s) | 9,161 | 8,668 | 5.7% | 24,382 | 22,954 | 6.2% | |
Domestic | 2,229 | 2,076 | 7.4% | 5,921 | 5,558 | 6.5% | |
Europe | 4,736 | 4,509 | 5.0% | 12,406 | 11,770 | 5.4% | |
North America | 965 | 927 | 4.1% | 2,482 | 2,319 | 7.0% | |
Latin America & Caribbean | 497 | 430 | 15.6% | 1,475 | 1,248 | 18.2% | |
Africa, Middle East & S,Asia | 528 | 531 | -0.6% | 1,521 | 1,515 | 0.4% | |
Asia Pacific | 206 | 195 | 5.6% | 577 | 544 | 6.1% | |
Revenue passenger km (m) | 22,319 | 21,229 | 5.1% | 60,878 | 57,220 | 6.4% | |
Domestic | 1,620 | 1,475 | 9.8% | 4,331 | 3,955 | 9.5% | |
Europe | 5,227 | 5,046 | 3.6% | 13,551 | 13,013 | 4.1% | |
North America | 6,416 | 6,166 | 4.1% | 16,550 | 15,509 | 6.7% | |
Latin America & Caribbean | 4,081 | 3,627 | 12.5% | 12,182 | 10,616 | 14.8% | |
Africa, Middle East & S,Asia | 2,992 | 2,947 | 1.5% | 8,719 | 8,630 | 1.0% | |
Asia Pacific | 1,983 | 1,968 | 0.8% | 5,545 | 5,497 | 0.9% | |
Available seat km (m) | 26,673 | 25,559 | 4.4% | 75,423 | 71,093 | 6.1% | |
Domestic | 1,840 | 1,770 | 4.0% | 5,161 | 4,873 | 5.9% | |
Europe | 6,250 | 6,125 | 2.0% | 17,074 | 16,488 | 3.6% | |
North America | 7,662 | 7,495 | 2.2% | 21,428 | 20,232 | 5.9% | |
Latin America & Caribbean | 4,891 | 4,280 | 14.3% | 14,359 | 12,360 | 16.2% | |
Africa, Middle East & S,Asia | 3,683 | 3,583 | 2.8% | 10,699 | 10,578 | 1.1% | |
Asia Pacific | 2,347 | 2,306 | 1.8% | 6,702 | 6,562 | 2.1% | |
Passenger load factor (%) | 83.7 | 83.1 | +0.6 pts | 80.7 | 80.5 | +0.2 pts | |
Domestic | 88.0 | 83.3 | +4.7 pts | 83.9 | 81.2 | +2.7 pts | |
Europe | 83.6 | 82.4 | +1.2 pts | 79.4 | 78.9 | +0.5 pts | |
North America | 83.7 | 82.3 | +1.4 pts | 77.2 | 76.7 | +0.5 pts | |
Latin America & Caribbean | 83.4 | 84.7 | -1.3 pts | 84.8 | 85.9 | -1.1 pts | |
Africa, Middle East & S,Asia | 81.2 | 82.2 | -1.0 pts | 81.5 | 81.6 | -0.1 pts | |
Asia Pacific | 84.5 | 85.3 | -0.8 pts | 82.7 | 83.8 | -1.1 pts | |
Cargo tonne km (m) | 513 | 498 | 3.0% | 1,391 | 1,356 | 2.6% | |
* Domestic includes routes within UK, Spain, Ireland and Italy
* Group figures include Openskies in 2018
Strategic developments
British Airways unveiled its new Club Suite which will feature direct-aisle access, a suite door and flat-bed seats in a 1-2-1 configuration. The new 56-seat Club World cabin will be launched on the airline's first A350 aircraft in July 2019 which also will also feature the latest World Traveller Plus cabin.
LEVEL announced its second European shorthaul base with flights from Amsterdam starting on 6 April 2019. LEVEL will base three Airbus A321 at Schiphol, adding to the four A321 aircraft already based in Vienna.
Performance by airline | Month of March | Year to date | |||||
2019 | 2018 | yoy | 2019 | 2018 | yoy | ||
Aer Lingus | |||||||
Passengers carried ('000s) | 880 | 815 | 8.0% | 2,196 | 2,043 | 7.5% | |
Revenue passenger km (m) | 1,799 | 1,639 | 9.8% | 4,255 | 3,803 | 11.9% | |
Available seat km (m) | 2,213 | 2,037 | 8.6% | 5,804 | 5,083 | 14.2% | |
Passenger load factor (%) | 81.3 | 80.5 | +0.8 pts | 73.3 | 74.8 | -1.5 pts | |
Cargo tonne km (m) | 14 | 16 | -12.5% | 39 | 37 | 5.4% | |
British Airways | |||||||
Passengers carried ('000s) | 3,897 | 3,769 | 3.4% | 10,472 | 10,172 | 2.9% | |
Revenue passenger km (m) | 12,637 | 12,444 | 1.6% | 34,875 | 34,208 | 1.9% | |
Available seat km (m) | 15,353 | 15,162 | 1.3% | 43,833 | 43,191 | 1.5% | |
Passenger load factor (%) | 82.3 | 82.1 | +0.2 pts | 79.6 | 79.2 | +0.4 pts | |
Cargo tonne km (m) | 391 | 381 | 2.6% | 1,062 | 1,056 | 0.6% | |
Iberia | |||||||
Passengers carried ('000s) | 1,811 | 1,667 | 8.6% | 4,946 | 4,547 | 8.8% | |
Revenue passenger km (m) | 4,973 | 4,541 | 9.5% | 13,966 | 12,543 | 11.3% | |
Available seat km (m) | 5,791 | 5,308 | 9.1% | 16,425 | 14,779 | 11.1% | |
Passenger load factor (%) | 85.9 | 85.6 | +0.3 pts | 85.0 | 84.9 | +0.1 pts | |
Cargo tonne km (m) | 107 | 101 | 5.9% | 287 | 263 | 9.1% | |
LEVEL | |||||||
Passengers carried ('000s) | 103 | 23 | 347.8% | 289 | 64 | 351.6% | |
Revenue passenger km (m) | 522 | 214 | 143.9% | 1,527 | 598 | 155.4% | |
Available seat km (m) | 625 | 238 | 162.6% | 1,918 | 683 | 180.8% | |
Passenger load factor (%) | 83.5 | 89.9 | -6.4 pts | 79.6 | 87.6 | -8.0 pts | |
Cargo tonne km (m) | 1 | n/a | n/a | 3 | n/a | n/a | |
Vueling | |||||||
Passengers carried ('000s) | 2,470 | 2,384 | 3.6% | 6,479 | 6,103 | 6.2% | |
Revenue passenger km (m) | 2,388 | 2,330 | 2.5% | 6,255 | 5,919 | 5.7% | |
Available seat km (m) | 2,691 | 2,740 | -1.8% | 7,443 | 7,158 | 4.0% | |
Passenger load factor (%) | 88.7 | 85.0 | +3.7 pts | 84.0 | 82.7 | +1.3 pts | |
Cargo tonne km (m) | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
* British Airways includes BA CityFlyer; Iberia includes Iberia Express; LEVEL includes Spain, France and Austria
* British Airways figures exclude Openskies in 2018
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