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JUNE 2017 - GROUP TRAFFIC AND CAPACITY STATISTICS
§ Group traffic in June, measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres, increased by 3.9 per cent versus June 2016; Group capacity measured in Available Seat Kilometres rose by 3.5 per cent.
§ Group premium traffic for the month of June increased by 6.8 per cent compared to the previous year.
5 July 2017
STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENTS
Iberia has been awarded a four star rating by Skytrax, reflecting the airline's punctuality improvement, product upgrades and excellent customer service.
LEI: 959800TZHQRUSH1ESL13
This announcement contains inside information and is disclosed in accordance with the company's obligations under the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014.
Enrique Dupuy, Chief Financial Officer, (responsible for arranging the release of this announcement).
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Group Performance1
| Month of June | Year to Date | |||||||
| 2017 | 2016 | Change |
| 2017 | 2016 | Change |
| |
Passengers Carried ('000s) | 9,752 | 9,453 | 3.2% | 48,806 | 46,676 | 4.6% | |||
Domestic2 | 2,288 | 2,130 | 7.4% | 11,405 | 10,687 | 6.7% | |||
Europe | 5,358 | 5,303 | 1.0% | 25,874 | 24,875 | 4.0% | |||
North America | 1,081 | 1,037 | 4.2% | 5,291 | 5,120 | 3.3% | |||
Latin America & Caribbean | 401 | 391 | 2.6% | 2,343 | 2,307 | 1.6% | |||
Africa, Middle East & S,Asia | 432 | 401 | 7.7% | 2,774 | 2,637 | 5.2% | |||
Asia Pacific | 192 | 191 | 0.5% | 1,119 | 1,050 | 6.6% | |||
Revenue Passenger Km (m) | 22,878 | 22,021 | 3.9% | 119,157 | 114,295 | 4.3% | |||
Domestic | 1,552 | 1,445 | 7.4% | 7,896 | 7,362 | 7.3% | |||
Europe | 6,445 | 6,378 | 1.1% | 29,748 | 28,709 | 3.6% | |||
North America | 7,177 | 6,859 | 4.6% | 35,042 | 33,926 | 3.3% | |||
Latin America & Caribbean | 3,450 | 3,284 | 5.1% | 19,915 | 19,301 | 3.2% | |||
Africa, Middle East & S,Asia | 2,330 | 2,169 | 7.4% | 15,312 | 14,533 | 5.4% | |||
Asia Pacific | 1,924 | 1,886 | 2.0% | 11,244 | 10,464 | 7.5% | |||
Available Seat Km (m) | 27,127 | 26,201 | 3.5% | 147,210 | 142,915 | 3.0% | |||
Domestic | 1,822 | 1,733 | 5.1% | 9,760 | 9,361 | 4.3% | |||
Europe | 7,733 | 7,712 | 0.3% | 37,236 | 37,097 | 0.4% | |||
North America | 8,222 | 7,845 | 4.8% | 43,576 | 41,536 | 4.9% | |||
Latin America & Caribbean | 4,080 | 3,909 | 4.4% | 23,924 | 23,488 | 1.9% | |||
Africa, Middle East & S,Asia | 3,042 | 2,778 | 9.5% | 19,363 | 18,540 | 4.4% | |||
Asia Pacific | 2,228 | 2,224 | 0.2% | 13,351 | 12,893 | 3.6% | |||
Passenger Load Factor (%) | 84.3 | 84.0 | +0.3 pts | 80.9 | 80.0 | +0.9 pts | |||
Domestic | 85.2 | 83.4 | +1.8 pts | 80.9 | 78.6 | +2.3 pts | |||
Europe | 83.3 | 82.7 | +0.6 pts | 79.9 | 77.4 | +2.5 pts | |||
North America | 87.3 | 87.4 | -0.1 pts | 80.4 | 81.7 | -1.3 pts | |||
Latin America & Caribbean | 84.6 | 84.0 | +0.6 pts | 83.2 | 82.2 | +1.0 pts | |||
Africa, Middle East & S,Asia | 76.6 | 78.1 | -1.5 pts | 79.1 | 78.4 | +0.7 pts | |||
Asia Pacific | 86.4 | 84.8 | +1.6 pts | 84.2 | 81.2 | +3.0 pts | |||
Cargo Tonne Km (m) | |||||||||
Cargo CTK | 479 | 429 | 11.7% | 2,786 | 2,654 | 5.0% | |||
Performance by Airline | Month of June | Year to Date | |||||||
VUELING |
2017 |
2016 |
Change |
2017 |
2016 |
Change | |||
Revenue Passenger Km (m) | 2,827 | 2,818 | 0.3% | 12,935 | 12,145 | 6.5% | |||
Available Seat Km (m) | 3,309 | 3,373 | -1.9% | 15,647 | 15,010 | 4.2% | |||
Cargo Tonne Km (m) | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0 | 0 | n/a | |||
AER LINGUS
| |||||||||
Revenue Passenger Km (m) | 2,292 | 2,001 | 14.5% | 9,586 | 8,418 | 13.9% | |||
Available Seat Km (m) | 2,636 | 2,327 | 13.3% | 12,161 | 10,659 | 14.1% | |||
Cargo Tonne Km (m) | 13 | 10 | 30.0% | 77 | 62 | 24.2% | |||
IBERIA | |||||||||
Revenue Passenger Km (m) | 4,905 | 4,467 | 9.8% | 25,426 | 23,838 | 6.7% | |||
Available Seat Km (m) | 5,798 | 5,337 | 8.6% | 30,697 | 29,643 | 3.6% | |||
Cargo Tonne Km (m) | 88 | 80 | 10.0% | 511 | 517 | -1.2% | |||
BRITISH AIRWAYS | |||||||||
Revenue Passenger Km (m) | 12,854 | 12,735 | 0.9% | 71,210 | 69,894 | 1.9% | |||
Available Seat Km (m) | 15,384 | 15,164 | 1.5% | 88,705 | 87,603 | 1.3% | |||
Cargo Tonne Km (m) | 378 | 339 | 11.5% | 2,198 | 2,075 | 5.9% | |||
1 Group performance comprises Aer Lingus, British Airways, Iberia (including Iberia Express) and Vueling. Vueling traffic is currently accounted as non-premium traffic
2 Domestic includes routes within UK, Spain, Ireland and Italy