Earnings Release • Dec 6, 2013
Earnings Release
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In November 2013, passenger traffic rose by 0.9% for a 2.0% increase in capacity. As a result, the load factor declined by 0.8 points to 80.3%. As expected, unlike last year, traffic benefited much less from the French All Saints Day school holidays1 , the postponement in travel due to Hurricane Sandy, and the timing of Thanksgiving. The Group carried 6.0 million passengers (-0.2%). Unit revenue per available seat kilometer (RASK) ex-currency was down relative to November 2012.
Cargo posted a modest 0.4% increase in traffic for virtually stable capacity (-0.3%), leading to a 0.5 point rise in load factor to 68.7%. Unit revenue per available ton kilometer (RATK) ex-currency decreased compared with November 2012.
Air France-KLM continues its development in rapidly-growing markets.
1 In 2012: from 27th October to 12th November; in 2013: from 9th October to 4th November
Contacts
Dominique Barbarin Bertrand Delcaire SVP Investor Relations VP Investor Relations Tel : +33 1 49 89 52 60 Tel : +33 1 49 89 52 59 Email : [email protected] Email : [email protected]
website: www.airfranceklm-finance.com
| Passenger activity (in millions) | November | Year to date | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Group | 2013 | 2012 | Variation | 2013 | 2012 | Variation |
| Passengers carried (000s) | 5,992 | 6,005 | (0.2%) | 72,237 | 71,461 | 1.1% |
| Revenue pax-kilometers (RPK) | 17,371 | 17,216 | 0.9% | 210,312 | 205,917 | 2.1% |
| Available seat-kilometers (ASK) | 21,621 | 21,207 | 2.0% | 250,901 | 247,335 | 1.4% |
| Load factor (%) | 80.3% | 81.2% | (0.8) | 83.8% | 83.3% | 0.6 |
| Europe (including France) | ||||||
| Passengers carried (000s) | 4,130 | 4,162 | (0.8%) | 49,718 | 49,293 | 0.9% |
| Revenue pax-kilometers (RPK) | 3,307 | 3,327 | (0.6%) | 41,015 | 40,728 | 0.7% |
| Available seat-kilometers (ASK) | 4,474 | 4,603 | (2.8%) | 53,461 | 54,467 | (1.8%) |
| Load factor (%) | 73.9% | 72.3% | 1.6 | 76.7% | 74.8% | 1.9 |
| Americas | ||||||
| Passengers carried (000s) | 699 | 685 | 2.1% | 9,113 | 8,982 | 1.5% |
| Revenue pax-kilometers (RPK) | 5,525 | 5,409 | 2.2% | 71,049 | 69,553 | 2.2% |
| Available seat-kilometers (ASK) | 6,624 | 6,293 | 5.3% | 80,312 | 78,713 | 2.0% |
| Load factor (%) | 83.4% | 85.9% | (2.5) | 88.5% | 88.4% | 0.1 |
| Asia / Pacific | ||||||
| Passengers carried (000s) | 472 | 483 | (2.3%) | 5,612 | 5,481 | 2.4% |
| Revenue pax-kilometers (RPK) | 4,157 | 4,219 | (1.5%) | 49,801 | 47,712 | 4.4% |
| Available seat-kilometers (ASK) | 5,086 | 5,090 | (0.1%) | 58,093 | 55,481 | 4.7% |
| Load factor (%) | 81.7% | 82.9% | (1.1) | 85.7% | 86.0% | (0.3) |
| Africa / Middle East | ||||||
| Passengers carried (000s) | 418 | 411 | 1.7% | 4,754 | 4,685 | 1.5% |
| Revenue pax-kilometers (RPK) | 2,366 | 2,319 | 2.0% | 26,445 | 25,978 | 1.8% |
| Available seat-kilometers (ASK) | 3,131 | 2,969 | 5.5% | 33,033 | 32,293 | 2.3% |
| Load factor (%) | 75.6% | 78.1% | (2.5) | 80.1% | 80.4% | (0.4) |
| Caribbean / Indian,Ocean | ||||||
| Passengers carried (000s) | 273 | 264 | 3.4% | 3,040 | 3,021 | 0.6% |
| Revenue pax-kilometers (RPK) | 2,015 | 1,943 | 3.7% | 22,001 | 21,945 | 0.3% |
| Available seat-kilometers (ASK) | 2,305 | 2,252, | 2.4% | 26,001 | 26,380 | (1.4%) |
| Load factor (%) | 87.4% | 86.3% | 1.2 | 84.6% | 83.2% | 1.4 |
| Cargo activity (in millions) | ||||||
| November | Year to date | |||||
| Total Group | 2013 | 2012 | Variation | 2013 | 2012 | Variation |
| Revenue tonne-km (RTK) | 891 | 887 | 0.4% | 9,239 | 9,697 | (4.7%) |
| Available tonne-km (ATK) | 1,297 | 1,301 | (0.3%) | 14,673 | 15,094 | (2.8%) |
| Load factor (%) | 68.7% | 68.2% | 0.5 | 63.0% | 64.2% | (1.3) |
| Europe (including France) | ||||||
| Revenue tonne-km (RTK) | 6 | 6 | (6.8%) | 61 | 62 | (2.9%) |
| Available tonne-km (ATK) | 41 | 43 | (4.6%) | 486 | 492 | (1.3%) |
| Load factor (%) | 13.7% | 14.0% | (0.3) | 12.4% | 12.7% | (0.2) |
| Americas | ||||||
| Revenue tonne-km (RTK) | 360 | 361 | (0.3%) | 3,796 | 3,864 | (1.8%) |
| Available tonne-km (ATK) | 522 | 519 | 0.6% | 6,129 | 6,070 | 1.0% |
| Load factor (%) | 69.1% | 69.7% | (0.6) | 61.9% | 63.7% | (1.7) |
| Asia / Pacific | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue tonne-km (RTK) | 355 | 342 | 4.0% | 3,574 | 3,877 | (7.8%) |
| Available tonne-km (ATK) | 420 | 426 | (1.4%) | 4,590 | 4,980 | (7.8%) |
| Load factor (%) | 84.5% | 80.2% | 4.3 | 77.9% | 77.8% | 0.0 |
| Africa / Middle East | ||||||
| Revenue tonne-km (RTK) | 134 | 141 | (5.4%) | 1,437 | 1,492 | (3,6%) |
| Available tonne-km (ATK) | 224 | 224 | 0.2% | 2,479 | 2,503 | (1,0%) |
| Load factor (%) | 59.5% | 63.0% | (3.5) | 58.0% | 59.6% | (1.6) |
| Caribbean / Indian Ocean | ||||||
| Revenue tonne-km (RTK) | 36 | 37 | (2.5%) | 371 | 401 | (7,7%) |
| Available tonne-km (ATK) | 90 | 89 | 0.6% | 989 | 1,049 | (5,7%) |
| Load factor (%) | 40.2% | 41.5% | (1.3) | 37.5% | 38.3% | (0.8) |
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