International Consolidated Airlines Group. S.A.

Earnings Release • Jan 8, 2016

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International Cons Airlines Group

08 January 2016

DECEMBER 2015 - GROUP TRAFFIC AND CAPACITY STATISTICS

§ Group traffic in December, measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres, increased by 10.5 per cent versus December 2014 (up 3.8 per cent on a pro-forma basis); Group capacity measured in Available Seat Kilometres rose by 12.1 per cent (up 4.6 per cent on a pro-forma basis).

§ Including Aer Lingus, for the full year IAG airlines carried almost 95 million passengers in 2015.

§ Group premium traffic for the month of December decreased by 0.3 per cent on a pro-forma basis.

§ The terrorist incidents in Paris in November and the US Government travel advisory had a temporary negative impact on load factors and premium traffic in December. However, our guidance for full-year 2015 operating profit, issued with our third quarter results, remains unchanged.

8 January 2016

STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENTS

On 28 December, Iberia took delivery of its first of 13 Airbus 330-200 that IAG has ordered to replace and expand the airline's existing longhaul fleet. This modern, fuel efficient aircraft will bring both cost efficiencies and environmental benefits to Iberia. 

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", "may", "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 2014; these documents are available on www.iagshares.com.

## Group Performance1	### Month of December					### Year to Date
	2015	2014	Change	Pro-forma2		2015	2014	Change	Pro-forma3
Passengers Carried ('000s)	6,735	5,793	16.3%	5.0%		88,333	77,334	14.2%	9.3%
Domestic4	1,603	1,526	5.0%	2.8%		21,390	19,974	7.1%	6.2%
Europe	3,304	2,590	27.6%	7.5%		44,987	36,704	22.6%	13.9%
North America	796	699	13.9%	-0.6%		9,730	9,076	7.2%	1.2%
Latin America & Caribbean	403	368	9.5%			4,668	4,202	11.1%
Africa, Middle East & S,Asia	471	468	0.6%			5,558	5,562	-0.1%
Asia Pacific	158	142	11.3%			2,000	1,816	10.1%
Revenue Passenger Km (m)	17,553	15,878	10.5%	3.8%		221,996	202,562	9.6%	6.5%
Domestic	1,108	1,018	8.8%	6.9%		14,413	13,230	8.9%	8.2%
Europe	3,652	2,927	24.8%	8.1%		53,104	43,564	21.9%	14.2%
North America	5,203	4,686	11.0%	-0.8%		64,966	61,009	6.5%	1.6%
Latin America & Caribbean	3,342	3,116	7.3%			39,260	35,730	9.9%
Africa, Middle East & S,Asia	2,665	2,711	-1.7%			30,396	31,049	-2.1%
Asia Pacific	1,583	1,420	11.5%			19,857	17,980	10.4%
Available Seat Km (m)	22,328	19,923	12.1%	4.6%		272,702	251,931	8.2%	5.1%
Domestic	1,435	1,332	7.7%	5.4%		18,437	17,112	7.7%	6.9%
Europe	5,008	3,939	27.1%	8.6%		67,169	55,746	20.5%	12.5%
North America	6,395	5,608	14.0%	1.1%		77,315	73,429	5.3%	0.5%
Latin America & Caribbean	4,119	3,857	6.8%			47,251	43,895	7.6%
Africa, Middle East & S,Asia	3,350	3,428	-2.3%			38,659	39,841	-3.0%
Asia Pacific	2,021	1,759	14.9%			23,871	21,908	9.0%
Passenger Load Factor (%)	78.6	79.7	-1.1 pts	-0.6 pts		81.4	80.4	+1.0 pts	+1.0 pts
Domestic	77.2	76.4	+0.8 pts	+1.1 pts		78.2	77.3	+0.9 pts	+1.0 pts
Europe	72.9	74.3	-1.4 pts	-0.4 pts		79.1	78.1	+1.0 pts	+1.2 pts
North America	81.4	83.6	-2.2 pts	-1.5 pts		84.0	83.1	+0.9 pts	+0.9 pts
Latin America & Caribbean	81.1	80.8	+0.3 pts			83.1	81.4	+1.7 pts
Africa, Middle East & S,Asia	79.6	79.1	+0.5 pts			78.6	77.9	+0.7 pts
Asia Pacific	78.3	80.7	-2.4 pts			83.2	82.1	+1.1 pts
Cargo Tonne Km (m)
Cargo CTK	464	458	1.3%	-1.3%		5,293	5,453	-2.9%	-3.9%
## Performance by Airline	Month of December					Year to Date
VUELING	2015	2014	Change	Pro-forma		2015	2014	Change	Pro-forma
Revenue Passenger Km (m)	1,490	1,340	11.2%			24,775	21,445	15.5%
Available Seat Km (m)	1,903	1,735	9.7%			30,476	26,686	14.2%
Cargo Tonne Km (m)	0	0	n/a			0	0	n/a
AER LINGUS
Revenue Passenger Km (m)	1,142	0	n/a	11.0%		6,641	0	n/a	11.1%
Available Seat Km (m)	1,533	0	n/a	7.6%		8,080	0	n/a	6.3%
Cargo Tonne Km (m)	13	0	n/a	8.3%		56	0	n/a	1.8%
IBERIA
Revenue Passenger Km (m)	3,896	3,476	12.1%			48,564	42,686	13.8%
Available Seat Km (m)	4,950	4,453	11.2%			59,872	54,328	10.2%
Cargo Tonne Km (m)	103	95	8.4%			1,057	999	5.8%
BRITISH AIRWAYS
Revenue Passenger Km (m)	11,025	11,062	-0.3%			142,016	138,431	2.6%
Available Seat Km (m)	13,942	13,735	1.5%			174,274	170,917	2.0%
Cargo Tonne Km (m)	348	363	-4.1%			4,180	4,454	-6.2%

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

2 Monthly pro-forma includes Aer Lingus in the base

3 For Year to Date pro-forma, Aer Lingus data is only included from 18th August 2014/15

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

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