International Consolidated Airlines Group. S.A.

Business and Financial Review • Jul 5, 2017

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RNS Number : 2313K

International Cons Airlines Group

05 July 2017

JUNE 2017 - GROUP TRAFFIC AND CAPACITY STATISTICS

§ Group traffic in June, measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres, increased by 3.9 per cent versus June 2016; Group capacity measured in Available Seat Kilometres rose by 3.5 per cent.

§ Group premium traffic for the month of June increased by 6.8 per cent compared to the previous year.

5 July 2017

STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENTS

Iberia has been awarded a four star rating by Skytrax, reflecting the airline's punctuality improvement, product upgrades and excellent customer service.

LEI: 959800TZHQRUSH1ESL13

This announcement contains inside information and is disclosed in accordance with the company's obligations under the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014.

Enrique Dupuy, Chief Financial Officer, (responsible for arranging the release of this announcement).

Forward-looking statements:

Certain statements included in this report are forward-looking and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.

Forward-looking statements can typically be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, such as "expects", "June", "will", "could", "should", "intends", "plans", "predicts", "envisages" or "anticipates" and include, without limitation, any projections relating to results of operations and financial conditions of International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. and its subsidiary undertakings from time to time (the 'Group'), as well as plans and objectives for future operations, expected future revenues, financing plans, expected expenditures and divestments relating to the Group and discussions of the Group's Business plan. All forward-looking statements in this report are based upon information known to the Group on the date of this report. The Group undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

It is not reasonably possible to itemise all of the many factors and specific events that could cause the forward-looking statements in this report to be incorrect or that could otherwise have a material adverse effect on the future operations or results of an airline operating in the global economy. Further information on the primary risks of the business and the risk management process of the Group is given in the Annual Report and Accounts 2016; these documents are available on www.iagshares.com.

## Group Performance1	### Month of June					### Year to Date
	2017	2016	Change			2017	2016	Change
Passengers Carried ('000s)	9,752	9,453	3.2%			48,806	46,676	4.6%
Domestic2	2,288	2,130	7.4%			11,405	10,687	6.7%
Europe	5,358	5,303	1.0%			25,874	24,875	4.0%
North America	1,081	1,037	4.2%			5,291	5,120	3.3%
Latin America & Caribbean	401	391	2.6%			2,343	2,307	1.6%
Africa, Middle East & S,Asia	432	401	7.7%			2,774	2,637	5.2%
Asia Pacific	192	191	0.5%			1,119	1,050	6.6%
Revenue Passenger Km (m)	22,878	22,021	3.9%			119,157	114,295	4.3%
Domestic	1,552	1,445	7.4%			7,896	7,362	7.3%
Europe	6,445	6,378	1.1%			29,748	28,709	3.6%
North America	7,177	6,859	4.6%			35,042	33,926	3.3%
Latin America & Caribbean	3,450	3,284	5.1%			19,915	19,301	3.2%
Africa, Middle East & S,Asia	2,330	2,169	7.4%			15,312	14,533	5.4%
Asia Pacific	1,924	1,886	2.0%			11,244	10,464	7.5%
Available Seat Km (m)	27,127	26,201	3.5%			147,210	142,915	3.0%
Domestic	1,822	1,733	5.1%			9,760	9,361	4.3%
Europe	7,733	7,712	0.3%			37,236	37,097	0.4%
North America	8,222	7,845	4.8%			43,576	41,536	4.9%
Latin America & Caribbean	4,080	3,909	4.4%			23,924	23,488	1.9%
Africa, Middle East & S,Asia	3,042	2,778	9.5%			19,363	18,540	4.4%
Asia Pacific	2,228	2,224	0.2%			13,351	12,893	3.6%
Passenger Load Factor (%)	84.3	84.0	+0.3 pts			80.9	80.0	+0.9 pts
Domestic	85.2	83.4	+1.8 pts			80.9	78.6	+2.3 pts
Europe	83.3	82.7	+0.6 pts			79.9	77.4	+2.5 pts
North America	87.3	87.4	-0.1 pts			80.4	81.7	-1.3 pts
Latin America & Caribbean	84.6	84.0	+0.6 pts			83.2	82.2	+1.0 pts
Africa, Middle East & S,Asia	76.6	78.1	-1.5 pts			79.1	78.4	+0.7 pts
Asia Pacific	86.4	84.8	+1.6 pts			84.2	81.2	+3.0 pts
Cargo Tonne Km (m)
Cargo CTK	479	429	11.7%			2,786	2,654	5.0%
## Performance by Airline	Month of June					Year to Date
VUELING	2017	2016	Change			2017	2016	Change
Revenue Passenger Km (m)	2,827	2,818	0.3%			12,935	12,145	6.5%
Available Seat Km (m)	3,309	3,373	-1.9%			15,647	15,010	4.2%
Cargo Tonne Km (m)	0	0	n/a			0	0	n/a
AER LINGUS
Revenue Passenger Km (m)	2,292	2,001	14.5%			9,586	8,418	13.9%
Available Seat Km (m)	2,636	2,327	13.3%			12,161	10,659	14.1%
Cargo Tonne Km (m)	13	10	30.0%			77	62	24.2%
IBERIA
Revenue Passenger Km (m)	4,905	4,467	9.8%			25,426	23,838	6.7%
Available Seat Km (m)	5,798	5,337	8.6%			30,697	29,643	3.6%
Cargo Tonne Km (m)	88	80	10.0%			511	517	-1.2%
BRITISH AIRWAYS
Revenue Passenger Km (m)	12,854	12,735	0.9%			71,210	69,894	1.9%
Available Seat Km (m)	15,384	15,164	1.5%			88,705	87,603	1.3%
Cargo Tonne Km (m)	378	339	11.5%			2,198	2,075	5.9%

1 Group performance comprises Aer Lingus, British Airways, Iberia (including Iberia Express) and Vueling. Vueling traffic is currently accounted as non-premium traffic

2 Domestic includes routes within UK, Spain, Ireland and Italy

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