8th January 2014
DECEMBER 2013 TRAFFIC
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Passenger: rise in both traffic (+2.1%) and load factor (+0.9 points)
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Cargo: lower traffic (-3.7%) and load factor (-1.5 points)
Passenger
In December 2013, passenger traffic rose by 3.2% for a 2.1% increase in capacity. As a result, the load factor rose by 0.9 points to 82.8%. The Group carried 6.2 million passengers (+3.7%). Unit revenue per available seat kilometer (RASK) ex-currency was resilient, despite the weakness of the French business travel market.
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On the Americas network, traffic rose by 6.5% for capacity up by 6.3%. The load factor was stable (+0.1 points)at 87.5%, Capacity growth was driven by the Latin American network (+9.6%), with slower growth in North America (+4.3%).
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The Asia network posted a 0.7% decline in traffic for stable capacity (+0.0%); the load factor declined by 0.6 points to 83.4%.
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On the Africa and Middle East network, traffic was up by 2.8% for a 3.4% increase in capacity; the load factor stood at 81.9%, down 0.5 points.
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The Caribbean and Indian Ocean network saw traffic increase by 1.8% for capacity up by 1.0%; the load factor rose by 0.7 points to 83.7%.
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The restructuring of the European network led to a 3.8% increase in traffic. With a 2.2% reduction in capacity, the load factor was up by 4.3 points to 74.5%.
Cargo
Cargo saw a 3.7% decline in traffic for capacity down by 1.5%, leading to a 1.5 point decline in load factor to 65.3%. Unit revenue per available ton kilometer (RATK) ex-currency was lower than in December 2012.
Recent developments
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Air France-KLM continues to refocus its medium-haul activity around its hubs. In December the group received a firm offer to purchase CityJet. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2014.
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In November, Air France-KLM was named as 'Climate Performance Leader 2013' by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), a survey conducted on behalf of over 700 institutional investors, thereby joining the group of nine French recipients recognized within the top 250 French stock market capitalizations.
Agenda
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7th February 2014: January 2014 traffic
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20th February 2014: Full Year 2013 Results
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7th March 2014: February 2014 traffic
Investor relations
Bertrand Delcaire
SVP, Head of Investor Relations
Tel: +33 1 49 89 52 59
Email: bedelcaire@airfranceklm.com
www.airfranceklm-finance.com
Media relations
France: +33 1 41 56 56 00
Netherlands: +31 20 649 45 45
www.airfranceklm.com
STATISTICS
Passenger activity (in millions)
| December | Year to date | ||||||
| Total Group | 2013 | 2012 | Variation | 2013 | 2012 | Variation | |
| Passengers carried (000s) | 6,206 | 5,987 | 3.7% | 78,444 | 77,448 | 1.3% | |
| Revenue pax-kilometers (RPK) | 18,551 | 17,973 | 3.2% | 228,863 | 223,889 | 2.2% | |
| Available seat-kilometers (ASK) | 22,417 | 21,964 | 2.1% | 273,318 | 269,298 | 1.5% | |
| Load factor (%) | 82.8% | 81.8% | 0.9 | 83.7% | 83.1% | 0.6 | |
| Europe (including France) | |||||||
| Passengers carried (000s) | 4,169 | 4,008 | 4.0% | 53,887 | 53,301 | 1.1% | |
| Revenue pax-kilometers (RPK) | 3,331 | 3,209 | 3.8% | 44,345 | 43,937 | 0.9% | |
| Available seat-kilometers (ASK) | 4,468 | 4,568 | (2.2%) | 57,930 | 59,036 | (1.9%) | |
| Load factor (%) | 74.5% | 70.2% | 4.3 | 76.6% | 74.4% | 2.1 | |
| Americas | |||||||
| Passengers carried (000s) | 782 | 733 | 6.6% | 9,895 | 9,715 | 1.8% | |
| Revenue pax-kilometers (RPK) | 6,144 | 5,769 | 6.5% | 77,194 | 75,323 | 2.5% | |
| Available seat-kilometers (ASK) | 7,020 | 6,602 | 6.3% | 87,332 | 85,315 | 2.4% | |
| Load factor (%) | 87.5% | 87.4% | 0.1 | 88.4% | 88.3% | 0.1 | |
| Asia / Pacific | |||||||
| Passengers carried (000s) | 483 | 490 | (1.4%) | 6,095 | 5,971 | 2.1% | |
| Revenue pax-kilometers (RPK) | 4,205 | 4,235 | (0.7%) | 54,006 | 51,947 | 4.0% | |
| Available seat-kilometers (ASK) | 5,040 | 5,038 | 0.0% | 63,134 | 60,519 | 4.3% | |
| Load factor (%) | 83.4% | 84.1% | (0.6) | 85.5% | 85.8% | (0.3) | |
| Africa / Middle East | |||||||
| Passengers carried (000s) | 464 | 452 | 2.8% | 5,219 | 5,137 | 1.6% | |
| Revenue pax-kilometers (RPK) | 2,621 | 2,549 | 2.8% | 29,066 | 28,527 | 1.9% | |
| Available seat-kilometers (ASK) | 3,200 | 3,095 | 3.4% | 36,233 | 35,388 | 2.4% | |
| Load factor (%) | 81.9% | 82.4% | (0.5) | 80.2% | 80.6% | (0.4) | |
| Caribbean / Indian,Ocean | |||||||
| Passengers carried (000s) | 309 | 304 | 1.5% | 3,349 | 3,325 | 0.7% | |
| Revenue pax-kilometers (RPK) | 2,250 | 2,210 | 1.8% | 24,252 | 24,155 | 0.4% | |
| Available seat-kilometers (ASK) | 2,688 | 2,661 | 1.0% | 28,689 | 29,040 | (1.2%) | |
| Load factor (%) | 83.7% | 83.1% | 0.7 | 84.5% | 83.2% | 1.4 | |
Cargo activity (in millions)
| December | Year to date | ||||||
| Total Group | 2013 | 2012 | Variation | 2013 | 2012 | Variation | |
| Revenue tonne-km (RTK) | 848 | 881 | (3.7%) | 10,088 | 10,577 | (4.6%) | |
| Available tonne-km (ATK) | 1,298 | 1,317 | (1.5%) | 15,971 | 16,411 | (2.7%) | |
| Load factor (%) | 65.3% | 66.9% | (1.5) | 63.2% | 64.4% | (1.3) | |
| Europe (including France) | |||||||
| Revenue tonne-km (RTK) | 6 | 6 | (4.8%) | 67 | 69 | (3.1%) | |
| Available tonne-km (ATK) | 41 | 42 | (1.7%) | 527 | 534 | (1.3%) | |
| Load factor (%) | 14.7% | 15.2% | (0.5) | 12.6% | 12.9% | (0.2) | |
| Americas | |||||||
| Revenue tonne-km (RTK) | 352 | 364 | (3.4%) | 4,148 | 4,229 | (1.9%) | |
| Available tonne-km (ATK) | 540 | 527 | 2.5% | 6,670 | 6,597 | 1.1% | |
| Load factor (%) | 65.1% | 69.1% | (4.0) | 62.2% | 64.1% | (1.9) | |
| Asia / Pacific | |||||||
| Revenue tonne-km (RTK) | 316 | 321 | (1.7%) | 3,890 | 4,198 | (7.3%) | |
| Available tonne-km (ATK) | 391 | 408 | (4.1%) | 4,981 | 5,388 | (7.6%) | |
| Load factor (%) | 80.8% | 78.8% | 2.0 | 78.1% | 77.9% | 0.2 | |
| Africa / Middle East | |||||||
| Revenue tonne-km (RTK) | 130 | 144 | (9.8%) | 1,568 | 1,636 | (4.2%) | |
| Available tonne-km (ATK) | 227 | 239 | (5.1%) | 2,706 | 2,742 | (1.3%) | |
| Load factor (%) | 57.3% | 60.3% | (3.0) | 57.9% | 59.7% | (1.7) | |
| Caribbean / Indian Ocean | |||||||
| Revenue tonne-km (RTK) | 45 | 45 | (0.0%) | 415 | 446 | (6.9%) | |
| Available tonne-km (ATK) | 99 | 101 | (2.5%) | 1,088 | 1,150 | (5.4%) | |
| Load factor (%) | 45.0% | 43.9% | 1.1 | 38.2% | 38.8% | (0.6) | |