AIR FRANCE - KLM : MARCH 2019 TRAFFIC


  

April 8, 2019

MARCH 2019 TRAFFIC

Group passenger activity: number of passengers +3.4%, traffic +2.8%, load factor
-0.3pt

           

Traffic highlights

Passenger network activity (Air France and KLM) Capacity
(ASK, %ch.)
Traffic
(RPK, %ch.)
Load Factor
 
(%)
Change (pts)
Long-haul + 2.7% + 1.7% 87.6%  - 0.9
North America + 6.3% + 4.7% 89.1%  - 1.3
Latin America + 10.4% + 7.3% 87.1%  - 2.5
Asia + 2.0% + 0.9% 89.5%  - 1.0
Africa / Middle East - 3.6% - 3.7% 80.4%  - 0.1
Caribbean / Indian Ocean - 2.9% - 2.3% 90.4% + 0.5
Short and Medium-haul + 0.9% + 2.9% 84.3% + 1.6
Total + 2.4% + 1.9% 87.0%  - 0.4
  • 7.1 million passengers, +2.7%
Transavia activity Capacity
(ASK, %ch.)
Traffic
(RPK, %ch.)
Load Factor
 
(%)
Change (pts)
 Total + 11.3% + 12.0% 94.2% + 0.6
  • 1.2 million passengers, +8.4%
Total group passenger activity (Air France, KLM and Transavia) Capacity
(ASK, %ch.)
Traffic
(RPK, %ch.)
Load Factor
 
(%)
Change (pts)
Total + 3.1% + 2.8% 87.6%  - 0.3
  • 8.3 million passengers, +3.4%
Cargo activity Capacity
(ATK, %ch.)
Traffic
(RTK, %ch.)
Load Factor
 (%)
Change (pts)
Total + 2.2% + 1.5% 62.2%  - 0.4

Agenda
3rd May 2019: 1st Quarter 2019 results
10th May 2019: April 2019 traffic
28th May 2019: Annual General Meeting

Investor relations                                                                                       Press
Marie-Agnès de Peslouan                     Wouter van Beek                                                         
+33 1 49 89 52 59                                  +33 1 49 89 52 60                                   +33 1 41 56 56 00
madepeslouan@airfranceklm.com          wouter-van.beek@airfranceklm.com
Website: www.airfranceklm.com


STATISTICS

Passenger network activity*

    March     Year to date
Total Passenger network* 2019 2018 Variation   2019 2018 Variation
Passengers carried ('000s) 7,112 6,928 2.7%   19,745 19,287 2.4%
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 21,123 20,723 1.9%   60,221 59,114 1.9%
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 24,282 23,721 2.4%   69,759 68,169 2.3%
Load factor (%) 87.0% 87.4% (0.4)   86.3% 86.7% (0.4)
               
Long-haul              
Passengers carried ('000s) 2,269 2,235 1.5%   6,521 6,436 1.3%
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 17,169 16,880 1.7%   49,480 48,627 1.8%
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 19,590 19,071 2.7%   56,598 55,192 2.5%
Load factor (%) 87.6% 88.5% (0.9)   87.4% 88.1% (0.7)
               
North America              
Passengers carried ('000s) 641 608 5.4%   1,682 1,615 4.1%
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 4,555 4,351 4.7%   12,005 11,579 3.7%
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 5,114 4,813 6.3%   13,941 13,233 5.4%
Load factor (%) 89.1% 90.4% (1.3)   86.1% 87.5% (1.4)
               
Latin America              
Passengers carried ('000s) 304 281 8.1%   921 850 8.3%
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 2,889 2,693 7.3%   8,705 8,095 7.5%
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 3,318 3,006 10.4%   9,722 8,858 9.8%
Load factor (%) 87.1% 89.6% (2.5)   89.5% 91.4% (1.8)
               
Asia / Pacific              
Passengers carried ('000s) 541 535 1.1%   1,569 1,550 1.2%
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 4,698 4,655 0.9%   13,629 13,462 1.2%
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 5,247 5,143 2.0%   15,178 14,908 1.8%
Load factor (%) 89.5% 90.5% (1.0)   89.8% 90.3% (0.5)
               
Africa / Middle East              
Passengers carried ('000s) 444 463 (4.0%)   1,330 1,363 (2.5%)
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 2,532 2,629 (3.7%)   7,611 7,774 (2.1%)
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 3,151 3,268 (3.6%)   9,376 9,556 (1.9%)
Load factor (%) 80.4% 80.4% (0.1)   81.2% 81.4% (0.2)
               
Caribbean / Indian Ocean              
Passengers carried ('000s) 339 349 (2.8%)   1,020 1,056 (3.4%)
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 2,495 2,553 (2.3%)   7,530 7,717 (2.4%)
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 2,760 2,841 (2.9%)   8,380 8,637 (3.0%)
Load factor (%) 90.4% 89.9% 0.5   89.9% 89.4% 0.5
               
Short and Medium-haul              
Passengers carried ('000s) 4,843 4,693 3.2%   13,224 12,851 2.9%
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 3,954 3,843 2.9%   10,741 10,487 2.4%
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 4,692 4,650 0.9%   13,162 12,977 1.4%
Load factor (%) 84.3% 82.6% 1.6   81.6% 80.8% 0.8

* Air France and KLM

Transavia activity        

    March     Year to date
Transavia 2019 2018 Variation   2019 2018 Variation
Passengers carried ('000s) 1,172 1,081 8.4%   2,929 2,727 7.4%
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 2,105 1,880 12.0%   5,368 4,807 11.7%
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 2,234 2,007 11.3%   5,826 5,229 11.4%
Load factor (%) 94.2% 93.7% 0.6   92.1% 91.9% 0.2

Total group passenger activity**

    March     Year to date
Total group** 2019 2018 Variation   2019 2018 Variation
Passengers carried ('000s) 8,284 8,009 3.4%   22,674 22,014 3.0%
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 23,228 22,603 2.8%   65,589 63,921 2.6%
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 26,516 25,728 3.1%   75,586 73,398 3.0%
Load factor (%) 87.6% 87.9% (0.3)   86.8% 87.1% (0.3)

** Air France, KLM and Transavia

Cargo activity

    March     Year to date
Total Group 2019 2018 Variation   2019 2018 Variation
Revenue tonne-km (m RTK) 746 736 1.5%   2,046 2,036 0.5%
Available tonne-km (m ATK) 1,201 1,174 2.2%   3,462 3,415 1.4%
Load factor (%) 62.2% 62.6% (0.4)   59.1% 59.6% (0.5)


Air France activity

    March     Year to date
Total Passenger network activity 2019 2018 Variation   2019 2018 Variation
Passengers carried ('000s) 4,351 4,133 5.3%   12,006 11,579 3.7%
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 12,492 11,880 5.2%   35,350 33,984 4.0%
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 14,425 13,788 4.6%   41,363 39,680 4.2%
Load factor (%) 86.6% 86.2% 0.4   85.5% 85.6% (0.2)

Long-haul              
Passengers carried ('000s) 1,364 1,301 4.8%   3,888 3,751 3.7%
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 10,085 9,599 5.1%   28,834 27,694 4.1%
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 11,527 10,957 5.2%   33,237 31,701 4.8%
Load factor (%) 87.5% 87.6% (0.1)   86.8% 87.4% (0.6)

Short and Medium-haul              
Passengers carried ('000s) 2,987 2,832 5.5%   8,118 7,828 3.7%
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 2,406 2,281 5.5%   6,516 6,290 3.6%
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 2,899 2,830 2.4%   8,126 7,978 1.9%
Load factor (%) 83.0% 80.6% 2.4   80.2% 78.8% 1.3

    March     Year to date
Cargo activity 2019 2018 Variation   2019 2018 Variation
Revenue tonne-km (m RTK) 345 320 7.9%   918 866 5.9%
Available tonne-km (m ATK) 605 569 6.3%   1,736 1,652 5.1%
Load factor (%) 57.0% 56.2% 0.9   52.9% 52.4% 0.4

KLM activity

    March     Year to date
Total Passenger network activity 2019 2018 Variation   2019 2018 Variation
Passengers carried ('000s) 2,761 2,795 (1.2%)   7,739 7,708 0.4%
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 8,631 8,844 (2.4%)   24,871 25,130 (1.0%)
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 9,857 9,933 (0.8%)   28,396 28,490 (0.3%)
Load factor (%) 87.6% 89.0% (1.5)   87.6% 88.2% (0.6)

Long-haul              
Passengers carried ('000s) 905 935 (3.1%)   2,633 2,685 (1.9%)
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 7,084 7,281 (2.7%)   20,646 20,933 (1.4%)
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 8,063 8,114 (0.6%)   23,361 23,490 (0.6%)
Load factor (%) 87.9% 89.7% (1.9)   88.4% 89.1% (0.7)

Short and Medium-haul              
Passengers carried ('000s) 1,856 1,860 (0.2%)   5,107 5,023 1.7%
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 1,548 1,562 (0.9%)   4,225 4,197 0.7%
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 1,793 1,820 (1.5%)   5,036 4,999 0.7%
Load factor (%) 86.3% 85.8% 0.5   83.9% 84.0% (0.1)

    March     Year to date
Cargo activity 2019 2018 Variation   2019 2018 Variation
Revenue tonne-km (m RTK) 401 416 (3.5%)   1,128 1,169 (3.5%)
Available tonne-km (m ATK) 595 605 (1.6%)   1,726 1,762 (2.1%)
Load factor (%) 67.4% 68.7% (1.3)   65.3% 66.3% (1.0)

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AIR FRANCE - KLM : MARCH 2019 TRAFFIC