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IAG traffic and capacity statistics - March 2019 | 5 April 2019 |
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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
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Strategic developments
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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.
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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.
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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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