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Air France-KLM

Earnings Release Apr 8, 2015

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March 2015 TRAFFIC

  • Network airlines: continued contrasted trends, strict capacity discipline
  • Ongoing accelerated development of Transavia in France

Traffic highlights

Network airlines activity Capacity Traffic Load Factor Change
(Air France, KLM, HOP!) (ASK, %ch.) (RPK, %ch.) (%) (pts)
Long-haul + 0.2% + 0.4% 85.2% + 0.1
North America + 1.2% + 2.7% 88.6% + 1.3
Latin America - 0.5% + 0.1% 84.3% + 0.6
Asia + 1.2% + 0.7% 86.0% - 0.4
Africa / Middle East - 1.9% - 3.1% 77.0% - 1.0
Caribbean / Indian Ocean - 0.0% - 0.1% 88.7% - 0.1
Short and Medium-haul - 2.5% - 2.1% 76.1% + 0.3
Total network airlines - 0.3% - 0.1% 83.3% + 0.2

6.3 million passengers, down 0.4%

Unit revenue per available seat kilometer (RASK) ex-currency down compared to March 2014, reflecting the expected capacity/demand balances: good performance on North America, the Caribbean/Indian Ocean and point-to-point, unit revenues under pressure on the other networks

Transavia activity Capacity Traffic
Load Factor
Change
(ASK, %ch.) (RPK, %ch.) (%) (pts)
Total + 2.4% + 3.2% 89.9% + 0.7

0.6 million passengers, +9.0%

Ongoing accelerated development of Transavia in France (capacity up 48%) partly offset by seasonal charter capacity adjustments in the Netherlands

Total group passenger Capacity Traffic Load Factor Change
activity (ASK, %ch.) (RPK, %ch.) (%) (pts)
Total - 0.2% + 0.1% 83.7% + 0.2

6.9 million passengers, +0.4%

Cargo activity Capacity Traffic Load Factor Change
(ATK, %ch.) (RTK, %ch.) (%) (pts)
Total - 0.9% - 8.7% 62.4% - 5.3

Unit revenue per available ton kilometer (RATK) ex-currency down compared to March 2014

Recent Developments

  • On March 10th, Air France-KLM published its 2015 Summer schedule. The Group capacity is increasing by +1.7% compared to Summer 2014 (excluding strike impact). Long-haul capacity is increasing by 1.8%, whereas medium-haul capacity is decreasing by 1.9% on the back of the restructuring of the point-to-point business. Transavia continues its planned strong growth, up 7.8%.
  • Air France-KLM is increasing services to Canada and launching two new routes: on March 29 th, Air France started servicing Vancouver, while KLM will start operating flights to Edmonton on May 19th, the fifth destination of the Group in Canada. The Group is also improving its position in South America thanks to the launch of a new KLM route to Bogota and Cali (Colombia), which started on March 31st .

On March 25th , Air France-KLM has successfully placed an issue of perpetual bonds for an amount of 400 million euros. This issue enables the consolidation of the Group's financial structure during the Perform 2020 implementation period. In view of this transaction, the Group has updated its net debt target for end 2015 from around 5 billion euros to around 4.6 billion euros.

Agenda

30 April 2015: Results of the First Quarter of 2015 11 May 2015: April 2015 traffic 21 May 2015: Annual General Meeting of shareholders 8 June 2015: May 2015 traffic

Investors Press

Bertrand Delcaire Dirk Voermans +33 1 41 56 56 00 +33 1 49 89 52 59 +33 1 49 89 52 60 [email protected] [email protected] Website: www.airfranceklm-finance.com www.airfranceklm-finance.com www.airfranceklm.com

STATISTICS

Network airlines activity*

March Year to date
Total Network airlines* 2015 2014 Variation 2015 2014 Variation
Passengers carried ('000s) 6,274 6,298 (0.4%) 17,365 17,318 0.3%
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 18,645 18,660 (0.1%) 52,917 53,027 (0.2%)
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 22,371 22,447 (0.3%) 64,106 64,046 0.1%
Load factor (%) 83.3% 83.1% 0.2 82.5% 82.8% (0.2)
Long-haul
Passengers carried ('000s) 2,022 2,010 0.6% 5,799 5,787 0.2%
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 15,222 15,165 0.4% 43,636 43,707 (0.2%)
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 17,874 17,836 0.2% 51,581 51,307 0.5%
Load factor (%) 85.2% 85.0% 0.1 84.6% 85.2% (0.6)
North America
Passengers carried ('000s) 536 522 2.7% 1,454 1,413 2.9%
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 3,803 3,703 2.7% 10,347 10,068 2.8%
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 4,293 4,243 1.2% 12,022 11,796 1.9%
Load factor (%) 88.6% 87.3% 1.3 86.1% 85.3% 0.7
Latin America
Passengers carried ('000s) 233 233 0.1% 707 710 (0.4%)
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 2,253 2,249 0.1% 6,816 6,820 (0.1%)
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 2,674 2,688 (0.5%) 7,867 7,857 0.1%
Load factor (%) 84.3% 83.7% 0.6 86.6% 86.8% (0.2)
Asia / Pacific
Passengers carried ('000s) 510 499 2.3% 1,451 1,425 1.8%
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 4,446 4,415 0.7% 12,572 12,596 (0.2%)
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 5,172 5,110 1.2% 14,806 14,578 1.6%
Load factor (%) 86.0% 86.4% (0.4) 84.9% 86.4% (1.5)
Africa / Middle East
Passengers carried ('000s) 428 440 (2.9%) 1,246 1,299 (4.1%)
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 2,413 2,490 (3.1%) 7,022 7,368 (4.7%)
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 3,135 3,194 (1.9%) 9,109 9,272 (1.8%)
Load factor (%) 77.0% 78.0% (1.0) 77.1% 79.5% (2.4)
Caribbean / Indian,Ocean
Passengers carried ('000s) 315 317 (0.5%) 942 941 0.1%
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 2,306 2,308 (0.1%) 6,880 6,856 0.3%
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 2,600 2,601 (0.0%) 7,777 7,803 (0.3%)
Load factor (%) 88.7% 88.8% (0.1) 88.5% 87.9% 0.6
Short and Medium-haul
Passengers carried ('000s) 4,252 4,288 (0.8%) 11,565 11,530 0.3%
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 3,423 3,495 (2.1%) 9,280 9,320 (0.4%)
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 4,498 4,611 (2.5%) 12,525 12,740 (1.7%)
Load factor (%) 76.1% 75.8% 0.3 74.1% 73.2% 0.9

* Air France, KLM, and HOP!

Transavia activity

March Year to date
Transavia 2015 2014 Variation 2015 2014 Variation
Passengers carried ('000s) 636 584 9.0% 1,656 1,480 11.9%
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 1,138 1,102 3.2% 3,017 2,817 7.1%
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 1,266 1,236 2.4% 3,431 3,265 5.1%
Load factor (%) 89.9% 89.1% 0.7 87.9% 86.3% 1.7

Total group passenger activity**

March Year to date
Total group** 2015 2014 Variation 2015 2014 Variation
Passengers carried ('000s) 6,910 6,882 0.4% 19,020 18,798 1.2%
Revenue pax-kilometers (m RPK) 19,783 19,762 0.1% 55,933 55,844 0.2%
Available seat-kilometers (m ASK) 23,637 23,683 (0.2%) 67,537 67,312 0.3%
Load factor (%) 83.7% 83.4% 0.2 82.8% 83.0% (0.1)

** Air France, KLM, HOP! and Transavia

Cargo activity

March Year to date
Total group 2015 2014 Variation 2015 2014 Variation
Revenue tonne-km (m RTK) 822 900 (8.7%) 2,261 2,465 (8.3%)
Available tonne-km (m ATK) 1,318 1,329 (0.9%) 3,734 3,805 (1.9%)
Load factor (%) 62.4% 67.7% (5.3) 60.5% 64.8% (4.3)

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