Last checked at 10 Jun 2019 12:00
IAG traffic and capacity statistics - May 2019 | 10 June 2019 |
IAG traffic in May, measured in revenue passenger kilometres, increased by 6.0 per cent versus the same period last year; IAG capacity measured in available seat kilometres rose by 5.3 per cent versus the same period last year.
Group performance | Month of May | Year to date | |||||
2019 | 2018 | yoy | 2019 | 2018 | yoy | ||
Passengers carried ('000s) | 10,378 | 9,970 | 4.1% | 44,612 | 42,107 | 5.9% | |
Domestic | 2,472 | 2,366 | 4.5% | 10,716 | 10,105 | 6.0% | |
Europe | 5,537 | 5,424 | 2.1% | 23,175 | 22,123 | 4.8% | |
North America | 1,187 | 1,122 | 5.8% | 4,733 | 4,448 | 6.4% | |
Latin America & Caribbean | 512 | 423 | 21.0% | 2,489 | 2,076 | 19.9% | |
Africa, Middle East & S,Asia | 459 | 452 | 1.5% | 2,503 | 2,443 | 2.5% | |
Asia Pacific | 211 | 183 | 15.3% | 996 | 912 | 9.2% | |
Revenue passenger km (m) | 24,827 | 23,426 | 6.0% | 109,148 | 102,405 | 6.6% | |
Domestic | 1,773 | 1,662 | 6.7% | 7,791 | 7,157 | 8.9% | |
Europe | 6,530 | 6,434 | 1.5% | 26,048 | 25,109 | 3.7% | |
North America | 7,801 | 7,450 | 4.7% | 31,349 | 29,672 | 5.7% | |
Latin America & Caribbean | 4,242 | 3,648 | 16.3% | 20,552 | 17,762 | 15.7% | |
Africa, Middle East & S,Asia | 2,463 | 2,404 | 2.5% | 13,847 | 13,526 | 2.4% | |
Asia Pacific | 2,018 | 1,828 | 10.4% | 9,561 | 9,179 | 4.2% | |
Available seat km (m) | 29,851 | 28,338 | 5.3% | 133,377 | 125,992 | 5.9% | |
Domestic | 2,028 | 1,956 | 3.7% | 9,152 | 8,665 | 5.6% | |
Europe | 8,112 | 7,718 | 5.1% | 32,557 | 31,104 | 4.7% | |
North America | 9,158 | 8,995 | 1.8% | 39,081 | 37,643 | 3.8% | |
Latin America & Caribbean | 5,019 | 4,315 | 16.3% | 24,183 | 20,785 | 16.3% | |
Africa, Middle East & S,Asia | 3,104 | 3,064 | 1.3% | 16,911 | 16,703 | 1.2% | |
Asia Pacific | 2,430 | 2,290 | 6.1% | 11,493 | 11,092 | 3.6% | |
Passenger load factor (%) | 83.2 | 82.7 | +0.5 pts | 81.8 | 81.3 | +0.5 pts | |
Domestic | 87.4 | 85.0 | +2.4 pts | 85.1 | 82.6 | +2.5 pts | |
Europe | 80.5 | 83.4 | -2.9 pts | 80.0 | 80.7 | -0.7 pts | |
North America | 85.2 | 82.8 | +2.4 pts | 80.2 | 78.8 | +1.4 pts | |
Latin America & Caribbean | 84.5 | 84.5 | +0.0 pts | 85.0 | 85.5 | -0.5 pts | |
Africa, Middle East & S,Asia | 79.3 | 78.5 | +0.8 pts | 81.9 | 81.0 | +0.9 pts | |
Asia Pacific | 83.0 | 79.8 | +3.2 pts | 83.2 | 82.8 | +0.4 pts | |
Cargo tonne km (m) | 477 | 475 | 0.4% | 2,339 | 2,312 | 1.2% | |
* Domestic includes routes within UK, Spain, Ireland and Italy
* Group figures include Openskies in 2018
Strategic developments
On 3 May, British Airways announced University College London (UCL) as the winner of its BA 2119: Future of Fuels challenge. This initiative called on British universities to present new solutions to achieve global leadership in the development of sustainable aviation fuels. IAG will invest $400m in alternative sustainable fuel development over the next 20 years. This includes the construction of the first European plant in Britain to convert household waste into jet fuel, which will start operations in 2024.
On 23 May, the Chilean Supreme court rejected the proposed joint business between IAG and LATAM Airlines Group. This will mean that Chilean consumers will lose out on the benefits that this agreement would have provided which include better links between Europe and Chile, greater choice of flights and enhanced frequent flyer benefits. IAG is assessing the impact of the ruling in the joint business which has already been approved by the regulators in Brazil, Colombia and Uruguay.
Performance by airline | Month of May | Year to date | |||||
2019 | 2018 | yoy | 2019 | 2018 | yoy | ||
Passengers carried ('000s) | 1,081 | 1,084 | -0.3% | 4,274 | 4,042 | 5.7% | |
Revenue passenger km (m) | 2,351 | 2,263 | 3.9% | 8,678 | 7,908 | 9.7% | |
Available seat km (m) | 2,925 | 2,834 | 3.2% | 11,309 | 10,354 | 9.2% | |
Passenger load factor (%) | 80.4 | 79.9 | +0.5 pts | 76.7 | 76.4 | +0.3 pts | |
Cargo tonne km (m) | 14 | 13 | 7.7% | 68 | 65 | 4.6% | |
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Passengers carried ('000s) | 4,205 | 4,108 | 2.4% | 18,684 | 18,135 | 3.0% | |
Revenue passenger km (m) | 13,614 | 13,112 | 3.8% | 61,386 | 59,720 | 2.8% | |
Available seat km (m) | 16,457 | 16,062 | 2.5% | 75,908 | 74,554 | 1.8% | |
Passenger load factor (%) | 82.7 | 81.6 | +1.1 pts | 80.9 | 80.1 | +0.8 pts | |
Cargo tonne km (m) | 368 | 373 | -1.3% | 1,792 | 1,800 | -0.4% | |
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Passengers carried ('000s) | 1,874 | 1,788 | 4.8% | 8,637 | 8,046 | 7.3% | |
Revenue passenger km (m) | 5,278 | 4,874 | 8.3% | 24,337 | 22,027 | 10.5% | |
Available seat km (m) | 6,208 | 5,757 | 7.8% | 28,444 | 25,886 | 9.9% | |
Passenger load factor (%) | 85.0 | 84.7 | +0.3 pts | 85.6 | 85.1 | +0.5 pts | |
Cargo tonne km (m) | 95 | 89 | 6.7% | 475 | 445 | 6.7% | |
Passengers carried ('000s) | 161 | 25 | 544.0% | 602 | 113 | 432.7% | |
Revenue passenger km (m) | 634 | 230 | 175.7% | 2,745 | 1,054 | 160.4% | |
Available seat km (m) | 768 | 253 | 203.6% | 3,418 | 1,185 | 188.4% | |
Passenger load factor (%) | 82.6 | 90.9 | -8.3 pts | 80.3 | 88.9 | -8.6 pts | |
Cargo tonne km (m) | n/a | n/a | n/a | 4 | 1 | 300.0% | |
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Passengers carried ('000s) | 3,057 | 2,957 | 3.4% | 12,415 | 11,729 | 5.8% | |
Revenue passenger km (m) | 2,950 | 2,902 | 1.7% | 12,002 | 11,451 | 4.8% | |
Available seat km (m) | 3,493 | 3,378 | 3.4% | 14,298 | 13,701 | 4.4% | |
Passenger load factor (%) | 84.5 | 85.9 | -1.4 pts | 83.9 | 83.6 | +0.3 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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