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International Consolidated Airlines Group. S.A.

Investor Presentation Feb 29, 2024

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Actual results may differ from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements in this document and any related conference call or webcast (including any related Q&A session) as a result of any number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, including, but not limited to, economic and geo-political, market, regulatory, climate, supply chain or other significant external events, many of which are difficult to predict and are generally beyond the control of the Group, and it is not reasonably possible to itemise each item. Accordingly, readers of this document and participants in any related conference call or webcast (including any related Q&A session) are cautioned against relying on forward-looking statements. Further information on the primary risks of the business and the Group's risk management process is set out in the Risk management and principal risk factors section in the Annual Report and Accounts 2022; this document is available on www.iairgroup.com. All forward-looking statements made on or after the date of this document and attributable to IAG are expressly qualified in their entirety by the primary risks set out in that section.

Alternative Performance Measures:

This document and any related conference call or webcast (including any related Q&A session) contain, in addition to the financial information prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ('IFRS') and derived from the Group's financial statements, alternative performance measures ('APMs') as defined in the Guidelines on alternative performance measures issued by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) on October 5, 2015. The performance of the Group is assessed using a number of APMs. These measures are not defined under IFRS, should be considered in addition to IFRS measurements, may differ to definitions given by regulatory bodies relevant to the Group and may differ to similarly titled measures presented by other companies. They are used to measure the outcome of the Group's strategy based on 'Unrivalled customer proposition', 'Value accretive and sustainable growth' and 'Efficiency and innovation'.

For definitions and explanations of alternative performance measures, refer to the Alternative performance measures section in the IAG Annual report and accounts 2022 (IAG Annual Report and Accounts 2022 (iairgroup.com)) and the Interim Management Report for the year to 31 December 2023 (IAG FY 2023 Results (iairgroup.com)). These documents are available on www.iairgroup.com

Highlights

Luis Gallego Chief Executive Officer

A world-class business

  • Strong and sustained demand for travel, particularly in Leisure
  • Full year operating profit before exceptional items of €3.5bn, above historical levels (2022: €1.2bn; 2019: €3.3bn*); operating profit margin of 11.9% (2022: 5.4%; 2019: 12.7%)
  • Significant free cash flow generation of €1.3bn has delivered a strong balance sheet, with leverage at 1.7x (2022: 3.1x), below our target of 1.8x over the cycle
  • Positive outlook for 2024 significant free cash flow and disciplined capital allocation
  • Committed to sustainable shareholder value creation and cash returns

Delivering our strategy in 2023

  • Capacity growth of 23% focused on our core North Atlantic and South Atlantic markets
  • Revenue and cost transformation driving improvements to our customer proposition
  • Our Spanish businesses performed particularly well, delivering €1.4bn of operating profit
  • British Airways transformation starting to deliver significant operational improvements in 2024
  • IAG Loyalty grew its profit by 17% to £280m, adding 4.9m new members during the year
  • Investing in our people, with 13,000 new colleagues hired in 2023
  • One third of our Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) target for 2030 now contractually committed

On track to deliver world-class margins and returns

Financial results

Nicholas Cadbury

Chief Financial Officer

Our FY23 key metrics

The metrics included in this slide are before exceptional items

The 2022 results include a reclassification to conform with the current year presentation for the Net gain on sale of property, plant and equipment within Operating profit. Accordingly, for the year to 31 December 2022, the Group has reclassified gains of €22 million from Other non-operating credits to Expenditure on operations. There is no impact on the Profit after

2023 Full Year results

*See the APM summary for definition

tax.

Strong performance across the Group

FY 2023
(€m)
vLY FY 2023
(£m)
vLY FY 2023
(€m)
vLY FY 2023
(€m)
vLY FY 2023
(£m)
vLY
Total revenue 2,274 +28.5% 14,323 +29.9% 6,958 +26.2% 3,198 +23.1% 1,292 +53.3%
Passenger revenue 2,209 +31.5% 12,668 +37.5% 5,262 +30.2% 3,181 +23.1% 837 +47.1%
Operating result before exceptional items 225 +168 1,431 +1,125 940 +551 396 +209 280 +40
Operating margin before exceptional items 9.9% +6.7pts 10.0% +7.2pts 13.5% +6.4pts 12.4% +5.2pts 21.7% (6.7)%
ASK (m) 31,572 +20.3% 167,694 +28.1% 75,726 +18.5% 41,708 +10.5% - -
PRASK (cts/p) 7.00 +9.4% 7.55 +7.3% 6.95 +9.8% 7.63 +11.4% - -
Non-fuel CASK (cts/p) 4.47 (0.1)% 5.41 (9.2)% 5.97 +0.2% 4.54 +2.6% - -

*The 2022 results include a reclassification to conform with the current year presentation for the Net gain on sale of property, plant and equipment within Operating profit. Accordingly, for the year to 31 December 2022, the Group has reclassified gains of €22 million from Other non-operating credits to Expenditure on operations. There is no impact on the Profit after tax. Iberia figures exclude LEVEL

Profit after tax and exceptional items of €2.7bn in FY 2023

Twelve months to 31 December 2023
€m Statutory
2023
Exceptional
items
Before
exceptional items
2023
Statutory
2022
Exceptional
items
Before
exceptional items
2022
Revenue 29,453 - 29,453 23,066 - 23,066
Operating costs 25,946 - 25,946 21,788 (31) 21,819
Operating result 3,507 - 3,507 1,278 31 1,247
Finance costs (1,113) - (1,113) (1,017) - (1,017)
Finance income 386 - 386 52 - 52
Net change in fair value of financial instruments (11) - (11) 81 - 81
Net financing credit relating to pensions 103 - 103 26 - 26
Net currency retranslation credits/(charges) 176 - 176 (115) - (115)
Other non-operating (charges)/credits 8 - 8 110 - 110
Profit/(loss) before tax 3,056 - 3,056 415 31 384
Tax (401) - (401) 16 (2) 18
Profit/(loss) after tax 2,655 - 2,655 431 29 402

*The 2022 results include a reclassification to conform with the current year presentation for the Net gain on sale of property, plant and equipment within Operating profit. Accordingly, for the year to 31 December 2022, the Group has reclassified gains of €22 million from Other non-operating credits to Expenditure on operations. There is no impact on the Profit after tax.

We have high-quality and increasingly diverse earnings

Business and leisure revenue

  1. Business defined as business agencies & Travel Management Companies

  1. Corporate industry split reflects BA + IB only

*The 2019 results include a reclassification to conform with the current year presentation for the Net gain on sale of property, plant and equipment within Operating profit and also include a pensions accounting policy change

Strong performance in core markets in 2023

Total
% v22 ASKs PRASK
Q4 13.8% 1.7%
FY 22.6% 8.2%
  • Fourth quarter as expected, reflecting strategic capacity deployment and increased seasonality
  • Impact from Middle East conflict on Q4-23 and Q1-24 – now recovering

Cost improvements and investing in future productivity

Cost
category
FY 2023
CASK (% vly)
FY 2023 FY
2024
Ownership (18.2)% Reduction mainly reflecting capacity restoration and
aircraft utilisation improvements
Supplier (1.1)% High inflation and disruption impacts mitigated by
Group procurement initiatives

Non-fuel CASK expected to increase slightly year
on year

Transformation initiatives mitigating inflation
Employee (4.8)% Pay deals agreed with substantial
majority of bargaining
groups and employees during 2023

Investing in resilience, especially in British Airways
and Aer Lingus
Airline
non-fuel
(5.2)% Driven by passenger capacity increase and
transformation initiatives, offsetting inflation, and
investments in IT and customer improvements

Efficient capacity growth through increased
utilisation at Iberia and Vueling

Vueling and Aer Lingus pilot pay deals to be agreed
Total
non-fuel
(4.4)% Higher than guided due to cost-of-sale impact from
strong performance in Iberia third-party MRO

Strong balance sheet with leverage below our 1.8x target

€m 31 Dec 2019 31 Dec 2022 31 Dec 2023
Gross debt 14,254 19,984 16,082
Bank and other loans 1,954 6,546 2,688
Asset financed and lease liabilities 12,300 13,438 13,394
Cash, cash equivalents and interest-bearing deposits 6,683 9,599 6,837
Net debt 7,571 10,385 9,245
Net debt / EBITDA before exceptional items 1.4x 3.1x 1.7x
Note:
Net
debt
decrease
compared
to
31
December
2022
includes
non-cash
movements
Total liquidity (cash and facilities) 8,615 13,999 11,624
--------------------------------------- ------- -------- --------
  • c.€3.9bn gross debt repaid during 2023 including IAG unsecured bonds; €3.3bn early repaid (UKEF, ICO loans)
  • IAG and British Airways both upgraded by S&P to Investment Grade
  • Improving our liquidity position by paying off the UKEF loan (£2bn) and replacing it with a more flexible £1bn facility

Maturity profile de-risked with no major short-term payments

Bonds issued by ICAG

  • €500 million fixed rate 2.75 per cent bond 2025
  • €500 million fixed rate 1.50 per cent bond 2027
  • €825 million convertible rate 1.125 per cent bond 2028
  • €700 million fixed rate 3.75 per cent bond 2029

Other secured loans

• Floating rate euro mortgage loans secured on aircraft

Other unsecured bonds and loans

  • Fixed rate unsecured bonds
  • Fixed rate unsecured US dollar mortgage loan
  • Fixed rate unsecured euro loans with the Spanish State (Department of Industry)

Strong free cash flow of €1.3bn and positive drivers for 2024

€m 2023 2024
Operating profit 3,507 ASK grew 22.6% vly ASK growth around 7% in 2024 and 4-5% over
three years 2024-2026
Depreciation 2,063 Increases as investment increases
Working capital (142) Impacted by €0.2bn delayed receivables
payments
Unwind of 2023 collections timing; increase in
revenue
Pension (30) No contributions made to NAPS and APS No additional contributions anticipated
Provisions 237 ETS, net of restructuring and maintenance ETS increases as credits are phased out
Interest paid (1,005) Repayment of expensive debt with average
cost of borrowing of c.9%
Lower, to reflect debt repayments in 2023
(c.€200m in Q4 2023)
Interest received 365 Average interest rate of 3.7% Average rate expected to stay broadly the same
Tax paid (291) Cash tax rate of c.10% of profits before tax Expected cash tax rate continues to benefit from
available losses
Other 160 FX and other items
Net cash from Op activities 4,864
Gross capex (3,544) Slightly lower than planned €3.7bn in 2024 and average of €4.5bn over 3
years (2024 –
2026)
Free cash flow 1,320

Well-hedged fuel position - c.65% for 2024

Q1 2024 Q2 2024 Q3 2024 Q4 2024 Q1 2025 Q2 2025
Jet fuel price scenario \$880/mt \$875/mt \$835/mt \$820/mt \$800/mt \$790/mt
\$/€ scenario 1.094 1.094 1.094 1.094 1.094 1.094
Hedge ratio 81% 67% 61% 52% 41% 32%
Effective blended price post fuel and FX hedging* \$865/mt \$890/mt \$850/mt \$840/mt \$780/mt \$780/mt

* Note: Effective blended price excluding into-plane cost

Jet fuel price
scenario
FY 2024
Fuel cost
\$730/mt c.€7.3bn
\$780/mt c.€7.6bn
Sensitivity \$850/mt c.€8.1bn
\$930/mt c.€8.4bn
\$980/mt c.€8.6bn

We are investing to deliver sustainable growth and returns

Gross capital expenditure by category (€bn)

Fleet investment driving network development, customer experience and sustainability

Fleet Size

2024 aircraft deliveries

Capital priorities to support sustainable growth and margins

Business overview and outlook

Luis Gallego Chief Executive Officer

Our strategic framework

Growing our North Atlantic position

  • British Airways grew NATL capacity +22% vLY, reinforcing its position as No.1 transatlantic carrier from Europe, serving 31 destinations
  • Adding network depth: e.g. more frequencies to San Diego and Chicago
  • Efficient, market-specific capacity deployment with A350-1000 and B787-10 deliveries
  • Aer Lingus focusing its network to maximise US POS opportunity
  • A321 XLR opportunity to develop market depth in an efficient way
  • No.1 long-haul airline in Barcelona
    • Building long-haul low-cost market from Barcelona to Miami, Los Angeles and Boston

Investing in the highly-attractive LatAm markets

  • Iberia increasing its depth in core cities such as Bogota (3x/daily), Buenos Aires (3x/daily) and Mexico City (3x/daily)
  • Significantly more efficient A350-900 fleet: vs previous A340-600; vs competitors (utilisation 15.6 block hrs/day)
  • Air Europa acquisition decision expected by end 2024

  • Profitable growth from a growing Barcelona market
    • New AOC and additional A330 aircraft present opportunities

• More frequencies to Rio de Janeiro and adding a tag to Buenos Aires

2023 Full Year results Source: IATA DDS, Dec 2022 - Nov 2023. Market share from our home cities (Barcelona, Dublin, London, Madrid) by passenger revenue including our JB partners LATAM for Peru & Ecuador markets

Leveraging our portfolio of efficient short-haul carriers

Euroflyer Cityflyer • 1 st LCC by number of seats in Madrid • Leading position connecting Canary and Balearic Islands with Madrid • Increased average frequencies per week - almost twice as many as our competitors – through increased utilisation • Strengthen Spanish domestic, investing in Barcelona and Bilbao • Continue to invest in our International bases, with leading positions in Paris and Spain, increasing in London Gatwick to Spain • Launched BA Euroflyer in January 2023 to be an efficient point-to-point airline at Gatwick. Grew from 5 to 20 aircraft in 2023 • BA Cityflyer increasing gauge and adding leisure weekend flights • Potential vehicle for low-costshort-haul growth

Future growth dependent on sustainable collective agreements

Selective growth in rest of the world, while developing global partnerships


Qatar Joint Business is now the world's largest joint
business by number of countries

Iberia launched Doha service and joined the Qatar Joint
Business in 2023

British Airways to fly two daily Heathrow -
Doha
services from April 2024

British Airways relaunched Beijing and Shanghai
services in the China Joint Business
with China Southern

Iberia restarting Tokyo in the Siberian Joint Business
and British Airways back to two daily in the Summer

Disciplined, efficient capacity growth in 2024

Capacity growth by operating company

% contribution to Group 2024 ASK growth YoY

Capacity growth drivers

ASK % yoy New routes Canx
routes
Sector length Gauge Freq/Other
c.7% c.3% c.(3)% c.0.5% c.0.5% c.6%
  • IAG growth driven by utilisation, gauge and continued re-building of British Airways' long-haul fleet to pre-pandemic levels
    • Vueling, Aer Lingus and Iberia Express growth subject to CBAs being agreed
    • Continued re-building of long-haul fleet through new deliveries
    • Long-haul fleet will be 4 less than 2019 by the end of 2024
    • Short-haul growth from increasing gauge
    • Iberia´s growth driven by utilisation and new A350/A321 XLR aircraft
    • Iberia´s long-haul fleet 2 more aircraft than in 2019 by end 2024
  • Aer Lingus´ investment contingent on pilot agreements
  • Opportunities from Dublin
  • Vueling investment contingent on collective agreements
  • Currently driven by increased utilisation
  • LEVEL´s growth driven by 13 extra long-haul aircraft

Investing in our customers' experience – more to come in 2024

Investing to improve our operations

British Airways continues to see success from some of the changes and initiatives introduced in 2023:

  • 7pts improvement in OTP at Heathrow for 2023.
  • 16% network & 19% Heathrow short-haul improvement in 'Ready-to-go' performance.

Key initiatives include:

  • Implementing a new Heathrow Operating Model
  • New Integrated Operations programme
  • New digital tools for ground-handling colleagues
  • A new precision time schedule for aircraft turnarounds
  • Focus on high-value routes: Heathrow JFK departures within 15-minutes (D15) performance improved by 31pts to 80% D15 since Spring 2023
  • Increased focus on minimising mishandled baggage

Transformation will continue delivering value in 2024

Customer & Innovation Efficiency

  • Booking journey improvements driving better merchandising. Greater integration with AJB partners: AA and IB codeshares; fare class realignment
  • Complete overhaul of commercial platforms, including ba.com and app; richer content through CMS; improvements to revenue management

• Greater personalisation capability; greater content differentiation; optimising digital marketing

• Growth in ticket and ancillary through digital and selfmanagement; enhancing experience at all contact points

• 100% Pay with Avios; maximise co-brand penetration, in UK credit card and other areas

• Significant focus on disruption. Integrated operations, Heathrow Operating Model, Customer care

• Fleet: deployment driving lower airport and en-route charges; aircraft efficiency benefits

• Digitalisation and automation of revenue management, customer care, payment processes

  • Engineering supply chain, engine maintenance savings
  • Centralised procurement benefits: airports, handling, engineering, property, distribution

Loyalty - strong member engagement fuelling profit growth

✓ Record profits

✓ Asset light, cash generative model

of 21.7%

✓ Operating profit margin

  • Collecting Avios
  • 36% more Avios collected in 2023 than prior year
  • Strong performance from both co-branded cards and proprietary Avios products
  • Completed transition of all IAG airlines' programmes to spend-based model of earning Avios
  • Revenue from external Avios sales >80% of total

Redeeming Avios

  • 41% more Avios redeemed in 2023 vs last year
  • Continued rollout of new redemption features, including BA Holidays for the first time
  • Successful launch of Avios-only flights with British Airways
  • New charity and sustainability options introduced

Our people are critical to our success

1 And
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Increasing resources – building capacity, resilience and flexibility, with c.72k colleagues an increase of 9% vs 2022

13k new hires, demonstrating the strength of our brands in attracting talent

Investing in careers including award winning apprentice programmes, new pilot cadet programmes

Multi-year agreements now agreed with employee groups across most of our teams

We made major strides across our sustainability programme

IAG has been awarded 2024 Eco-Airline of the year by Air Transport World for industry leadership and best-in-class SAF

IAG received an A- rating in its 2023 CDP disclosure, the fourth consecutive year IAG has achieved a 'leadership' rating, the longest running of any airline group

Climate leadership Sustainable aviation fuel Carbon intensity

Environmental management

programme

IAG is one of the largest users of SAF, purchasing 12% of all globally-produced SAF in 2023 In February we completed our largest SAF supply agreement with eSAF1 producer Twelve, increasing our secured supply to one-third of our target2

Carbon intensity reduced by 3.6% year-on-year, and more than 10% down on 2019 levels IAG is on track to exceed its 2025 target of a 10% reduction from 2019 levels

In 2023 all Group airlines were fully certified under the IEnvA standard in all our flight operations and corporate buildings, complying with the core certification scope

Booking momentum has driven a positive outlook for 2024

  • Good forward booking momentum since the turn of the year:
    • c.62% of H1-24 revenue already booked
    • Booked revenue is ahead of 2023 for H1-24
    • Demand for leisure travel remains strong
    • Encouraging momentum in corporate travel

Outlook: targeting substantial free cash flow in 2024

  • Demand and the revenue environment continue to be robust
  • We are investing in strengthening our core market positions with capacity (ASKs) expected to increase c.7%; Q1 2024 growing c.7.5% vs 2023
  • Non-fuel CASK up slightly due to investments in our customers and teams with inflation offset by our transformation program
  • Generating significant positive free cash flow after investing €3.7bn of capex
  • No pension payments and no significant debt to repay in 2024

Summary

  • Strong performance in 2023 driven by customer demand and transformation benefits
  • Strategy to drive world-class margins and returns:
    • We are focused on strengthening our core markets, with disciplined capital allocation
    • Investing in our world-class brands and operations
    • Strong earnings growth from asset-light businesses
    • Excellent progress in sustainability initiatives
  • Strong cash generation to sustain investment and maintain a strong balance sheet
  • Committed to sustainable shareholder value creation and cash returns

Appendices

Delivered €3.5bn operating profit

Before exceptional items *Other includes LEVEL, IAG Cargo, IAG GBS, ICAG and consolidation adjustments

The 2022 results include a reclassification to conform with the current year presentation for the Net gain on sale of property, plant and equipment within Operating profit. Accordingly, for the year to 31 December 2022, the Group has reclassified gains of €22 million from Other non-operating credits to Expenditure on operations. There is no impact on the Profit after tax.

Continuing strong performance across the Group (Q4 2023)

Before exceptional items

*Other includes LEVEL, IAG Cargo, IAG GBS, ICAG and consolidation adjustments

The 2022 results include a reclassification to conform with the current year presentation for the Net gain on sale of property, plant and equipment within Operating profit. Accordingly, for the three months to 31 December 2022, the Group has reclassified losses of €9 million Other non-operating credits to Expenditure on operations. There is no impact on the Profit after tax.

Our Q4 2023 key metrics

The metrics included in this slide are before exceptional items

The 2022 results include a reclassification to conform with the current year presentation for the Net gain on sale of property, plant and equipment within Operating profit. Accordingly, for the three months to 31 December 2022, the Group has reclassified losses of €9 million from Other non-operating credits to Expenditure on operations. There is no impact on the Profit after tax.

2023 Full Year results

*The comparatives are 31 December 2022

Aer Lingus FY 2023 performance

(€m) 2023 2022* 2019* vLY
Passenger revenue 2,209 1,679 2,057 +32%
Cargo revenue 55 80 54 (32)%
Other revenue 10 10 14 +8%
Total revenue 2,274 1,769 2,125 +29%
Employee costs 471 393 405 +20%
Fuel, oil costs and emissions charges 639 539 460 +18%
Supplier costs 789 646 854 +22%
Ownership costs 150 134 130 +12%
Total expenditure on operations 2,049 1,712 1,849 +20%
Operating result before exceptional items 225 57 276 +168
Operating margin before exceptional items 9.9% 3.2% 13.0% +6.7pts
Operating result after exceptional items 225 57 276 +168
ASKs (m) 31,572 26,249 30,255 +20%
RPKs (m) 25,451 20,190 24,753 +26%
Load factor (%) 80.6% 76.9% 81.8% +3.7pts
Sector length (km) 2,350 2,187 2,021 +7%

  • Operating result up €168m vs 2022 (operating margin +6.7pts) on strong revenue performance.
  • Passenger revenue +32% vs 2022.
    • Total Capacity at 120% of 2022 levels (long-haul +24%; short-haul +13%).
    • Passenger unit revenue +9% vs 2022, yield +4%, and load factor +3.7pts.
    • Short-haul passenger unit revenue +11% vs 2022 , yield +4%, and load factor +5.0pts with H1 particularly positive across all markets and cities performing strong all year round.
    • Long-haul passenger unit revenue +10% vs 2022, yield +5%, and load factor +2.9pts with higher yields in every quarter.
  • Non-fuel unit costs in line with 2022; fuel unit costs (1.5)% vs 2022.
    • Employee unit costs down (0.5)% vs 2022 with pay inflation offset by capacity increases.
    • Supplier unit costs underlying performance down (5.5)% with costs increasing at a slower pace than capacity, up 1.6% due to non-recurring credits in 2022 for maintenance provision discounting and user charge incentives.
    • Ownership unit costs down (6.9)% vs 2022 with growth more than offsetting investments in fleet & technology.

*The 2022 and 2019 results include a reclassification to conform with the current period presentation for the Net Gain on Sale of Property, Plant and Equipment within Operating profit/(loss). Accordingly, for the year to 31 December 2023, Aer Lingus has reclassified €12 million of gains from Other non-operating (charges)/credits to expenditure on operations. There is no impact on the Loss after tax.

British Airways FY 2023 performance

(£m) 2023 2022* 2019** v22
Passenger revenue 12,668 9,215 11,899 +37%
Cargo revenue 757 1,060 711 (29)%
Other revenue 898 755 680 +19%
Total revenue 14,323 11,030 13,290 +30%
Employee costs 2,577 2,100 2,560 +23%
Fuel, oil costs and emissions charges 3,825 2,929 3,237 +31%
Supplier costs 5,475 4,614 4,497 +19%
Ownership costs 1,015 1,081 1,103 (6)%
Total expenditure on operations 12,892 10,724 11,397 +20%
Operating result before exceptional items 1,431 306 1,893 +1,125
Operating margin before exceptional items 10.0% 2.8% 14.2% +7.2pts
Operating result after exceptional items 1,431 325 1,893 +1,106
ASKs (m) 167,694 130,874 186,170 +28%
RPKs (m) 140,137 104,496 155,580 +34%
Load factor (%) 83.6% 79.8% 83.6% +3.8pts
Sector length (km) 3,149 3,061 3,183 +3%

  • Operating profit before exceptional items of £1,431m (+£1,125m vs FY-22) and operating margin of 10% (+7pts vs FY-22) with capacity +28% vs FY-22
  • Passenger revenue +37% vs FY-22 levels:
    • Traffic +34% / capacity +28% vs FY-22; load factor 83.6%, +3.8pts vs FY-22
    • Passenger unit revenue +7.3% vs FY-22
    • Revenue increase driven by strong leisure performance:
      • Long-haul and short-haul unit revenue above FY-22, both premium and non-premium
      • Leisure channel yields above FY-22 across all segments
      • Business channel yields are below FY-22
      • Leisure demand continues to outpace capacity. Business revenue steadily improving
  • Non-fuel unit costs down (9.2)%; fuel unit costs up 2.0% vs FY-22;
    • Employee unit costs down (4.2)% vs FY-22 driven by increase in capacity.
    • Supplier unit costs down (7.3)% vs FY-22 largely due to an increase in capacity.
    • Ownership unit costs down (26.7)% vs FY-22 driven by capacity growth.

2023 Full Year results *The 2022 and 2019 results include a reclassification to conform with the current year presentation for the Net gain on sale of property, plant and equipment within Operating profit. Accordingly, for the year to 31 December 2022, British Airways has reclassified gains of £3million / €4 million from Other non-operating credits to Expenditure on operations. There is no impact on the Profit after tax.

Iberia FY 2023 performance

(€m) 2023 2022* 2019* vLY
Passenger revenue 5,262 4,042 4,053 30%
Cargo revenue 275 347 291 -21%
Other revenue 1,421 1,122 1,301 27%
Total revenue 6,958 5,511 5,645 26%
Employee costs 1,284 1,161 1,164 11%
Fuel, oil costs and emissions charges 1,496 1,313 1,202 14%
Supplier costs 2,827 2,284 2,393 24%
Ownership costs 411 364 388 13%
Total expenditure on operations 6,018 5,122 5,147 17%
Operating result before exceptional items 940 389 498 551
Operating margin before exceptional items 13.5% 7.1% 8.8% 6.4pts
Operating result after exceptional items 940 389 498 551
ASKs (m) 75,726 63,904 73,354 +19%
RPKs (m) 66,024 53,826 63,991 +23%
Load factor (%) 87.2% 84.2% 87.2% +3.0 pts
Sector length (km) 2,722 2,602 2,841 +4.6%

  • Group operating profit before exceptional items +551m v22. Positive results in all business areas (Airline, MRO and Handling).
    • Airline operating profit +547m above 2022, due to strong passenger revenue performance and capacity growth +18.5%
    • MRO operating profit +3m v22. Mixed performance across the three business units, positive year for Engines and Shops, but HM below expectations. Also, impacted by USD exchange rate
    • Strong results delivered by the handling business underpinned by improved productivity (+20m v22)
  • Passenger revenue improving +30% v22:
    • Capacity +18.5% above last year. LH +22% v22 focused on North America and LACAR
    • Passenger unit revenue +10% v22 mainly driven by strong yields +6% v22
  • Overall, the Group non-fuel unit costs were in line with 22 despite non-airline businesses growth:
    • Employee unit costs improved (6.7%) v22: driven by activity increase
    • Supplier unit costs +4.5% v22: airline performance improving thanks to cost initiatives and higher utilisation, offset by CPI and higher MRO activity
    • Ownership unit costs (6.7%) v22: The fleet renewal cost impact was fully compensated by higher utilisation of the assets

2023 Full Year results *The 2022 and 2019 results include a reclassification to conform with the current year presentation for the Net gain on sale of property, plant and equipment within Operating profit. Accordingly, for the year to 31 December 2022, Iberia has reclassified gains of €6 million from Other non-operating credits to Expenditure on operations. There is no impact on the Profit after tax.

Vueling FY 2023 performance

(€m) 2023 2022* 2019* V22
Passenger revenue 3,181 2,584 2,437 +23%
Cargo revenue - - - -
Other revenue 17 14 18 +16%
Total revenue 3,198 2,598 2,455 +23%
Employee costs 399 370 301 +8%
Fuel, oil costs and emissions charges 907 739 548 +23%
Supplier costs 1,240 1,088 1,116 +14%
Ownership costs 256 214 249 +19%
Total expenditure on operations 2,802 2,411 2,214 +16%
Operating result before exceptional items 396 187 241 +209
Operating margin before exceptional items 12.4% 7.2% 9.8% +5.2 pts
Operating result after exceptional items 396 195 241 +201
ASKs (m) 41,708 37,749 38,432 +10%
RPKs (m) 38,125 32,917 33,410 +16%
Load factor (%) 91.4% 87.2% 86.9% +4.2pp
Sector length (km) 1,037 1,030 966 +1%

  • Operating profit before exceptional items of €396m, €209m better than FY-22 and €155m better than FY-19
  • Passenger revenue +23% vs FY-22:
    • Passenger unit revenue +11.4% vs FY-22
    • Passenger yield +7.0% vs FY-22
    • Passenger load factor of 91%, +4pts vs FY-22
    • Sales performance delivering a PRASK +20% above 2019, with LFs at 91% (+4pp v2019), ancillary unit revenue increasing to 27€/pax which is +95% above 2019 and ticket yields increasing +3%
  • Non-fuel unit costs +2.6% vs FY-22; fuel unit costs +11% vs FY-22;
    • Employee unit costs (2.6)% vs FY-22 driven by 2023 post-COVID higher activity
    • Supplier unit costs +3.2% vs FY-22 due to operating 4 ACMI through peak summer and inflation pressure partly mitigated by transformation
    • Ownership unit costs +8.2% vs FY-22 fully explained by 2022 FX derivatives one-off. Excluding this FX impact, it reduced by (5.5%), driven by higher utilisation.

Group performance

Q4 2023 traffic and capacity statistics vs 2022 Group performance Q4 2023 Quarter
Q4 2022
vLY 2023 Year to date
2022
vLY
Group performance
Passengers carried ('000s) 28,011 25,222 +11.1% 115,559 94,726 +22.0%
Domestic (UK & Spain) 7,134 6,652 +7.2% 29,161 25,649 +13.7%
Europe 14,285 12,723 +12.3% 59,872 48,754 +22.8%
North America 3,075 2,809 +9.5% 12,809 9,951 +28.7%
Latin America & Caribbean 1,726 1,468 +17.6% 6,426 5,418 +18.6%
Africa, Middle East & South Asia 1,524 1,445 +5.5% 6,242 4,662 +33.9%
Asia Pacific 267 125 +113.6% 1,049 292 +259.2%
Revenue passenger km (m) 67,648 59,125 +14.4% 275,727 215,749 +27.8%
Domestic (UK & Spain) 5,816 5,400 +7.7% 23,214 20,578 +12.8%
Europe 16,550 14,780 +12.0% 71,910 59,108 +21.7%
North America 20,364 18,542 +9.8% 84,938 66,039 +28.6%
Latin America & Caribbean 14,029 11,633 +20.6% 52,246 42,698 +22.4%
Africa, Middle East & South Asia 8,383 7,623 +10.0% 33,513 24,695 +35.7%
Asia Pacific 2,506 1,147 +118.5% 9,906 2,631 +276.5%
Available seat km (m) 80,818 71,048 +13.8% 323,111 263,592 +22.6%
Domestic (UK & Spain) 6,569 6,277 +4.7% 25,935 24,055 +7.8%
Europe 19,669 18,109 +8.6% 83,677 72,520 +15.4%
North America 25,145 22,817 +10.2% 102,409 83,259 +23.0%
Latin America & Caribbean 16,308 13,295 +22.7% 59,632 50,190 +18.8%
Africa, Middle East & South Asia 10,201 9,225 +10.6% 40,246 30,436 +32.2%
Asia Pacific 2,926 1,325 +120.8% 11,212 3,132 +258.0%
Passenger load factor (%) 83.7 83.2 +0.5 pts 85.3 81.8 +3.5 pts
Domestic (UK & Spain) 88.5 86.0 +2.5 pts 89.5 85.5 +4.0 pts
Europe 84.1 81.6 +2.5 pts 85.9 81.5 +4.4 pts
North America 81.0 81.3 -0.3 pts 82.9 79.3 +3.6 pts
Latin America & Caribbean 86.0 87.5 -1.5 pts 87.6 85.1 +2.5 pts
Africa, Middle East & South Asia 82.2 82.6 -0.4 pts 83.3 81.1 +2.2 pts
Asia Pacific 85.6 86.6 -1.0 pts 88.4 84.0 +4.4 pts
Cargo tonne km (m) 1,304 1,090 +19.6% 4,666 3,980 +17.2%

Group performance Q4 2023 traffic and capacity statistics vs 2019

Group performance Quarter Year to date
Q4 2023 Q4 2019 v19 2023 2019 v19
Passengers carried ('000s) 28,011 27,805 +0.7% 115,559 118,253 -2.3%
Domestic (UK & Spain) 7,134 6,836 +4.4% 29,161 28,278 +3.1%
Europe 14,285 14,035 +1.8% 59,872 62,344 -4.0%
North America 3,075 3,126 -1.6% 12,809 12,662 +1.2%
Latin America & Caribbean 1,726 1,613 +7.0% 6,426 6,317 +1.7%
Africa, Middle East & South Asia 1,524 1,576 -3.3% 6,242 6,162 +1.3%
Asia Pacific 267 619 -56.9% 1,049 2,490 -57.9%
Revenue passenger km (m) 67,648 69,138 -2.2% 275,727 285,745 -3.5%
Domestic (UK & Spain) 5,816 5,168 +12.5% 23,214 20,859 +11.3%
Europe 16,550 15,613 +6.0% 71,910 72,148 -0.3%
North America 20,364 20,470 -0.5% 84,938 83,415 +1.8%
Latin America & Caribbean 14,029 13,371 +4.9% 52,246 52,411 -0.3%
Africa & Middle East 8,383 8,567 -2.1% 33,513 33,033 +1.5%
Asia & Pacific 2,506 5,949 -57.9% 9,906 23,879 -58.5%
Available seat km (m) 80,818 82,005 -1.4% 323,111 337,754 -4.3%
Domestic (UK & Spain) 6,569 6,037 +8.8% 25,935 23,915 +8.4%
Europe 19,669 18,873 +4.2% 83,677 86,349 -3.1%
North America 25,145 24,274 +3.6% 102,409 99,197 +3.2%
Latin America & Caribbean 16,308 15,547 +4.9% 59,632 60,644 -1.7%
Africa, Middle East & South Asia 10,201 10,383 -1.8% 40,246 39,816 +1.1%
Asia Pacific 2,926 6,891 -57.5% 11,212 27,833 -59.7%
Passenger load factor (%) 83.7 84.3 -0.6 pts 85.3 84.6 +0.7 pts
Domestic (UK & Spain) 88.5 85.6 +2.9 pts 89.5 87.2 +2.3 pts
Europe 84.1 82.7 +1.4 pts 85.9 83.6 +2.3 pts
North America 81.0 84.3 -3.3 pts 82.9 84.1 -1.2 pts
Latin America & Caribbean 86.0 86.0 +0.0 pts 87.6 86.4 +1.2 pts
Africa, Middle East & South Asia 82.2 82.5 -0.3 pts 83.3 83.0 +0.3 pts
Asia Pacific 85.6 86.3 -0.7 pts 88.4 85.8 +2.6 pts
Cargo tonne km (m) 1,304 1,432 -8.9% 4,666 5,580 -16.4%

Group performance by Opco Q4 2023 traffic and capacity statistics vs 2022

Performance by airline Quarter
Q4 2023
Q4 2022
vLY
Year to date
FY2023
FY2022
vLY
Passengers carried ('000s) 2,407 2,278 +5.7% 10,743 8,950 +20.0%
Revenue passenger km (m) 5,696 5,340 +6.7% 25,451 20,190 +26.1%
Available seat km (m) 7,672 7,028 +9.2% 31,572 26,249 +20.3%
Passenger load factor (%) 74.2 76.0 -1.8 pts 80.6 76.9 +3.7 pts
Cargo tonne km (m) 44 37 +18.9% 153 131 +16.8%
Passengers carried ('000s) 10,677 9,332 +14.4% 43,315 33,348 +29.9%
Revenue passenger km (m) 34,452 29,670 +16.1% 140,137 104,496 +34.1%
Available seat km (m) 41,697 36,359 +14.7% 167,694 130,874 +28.1%
Passenger load factor (%) 82.6 81.6 +1.0 pts 83.6 79.8 +3.8 pts
Cargo tonne km (m) 933 792 +17.8% 3,427 2,929 +17.0%
Passengers carried ('000s) 6,067 5,472 +10.9% 24,036 19,979 +20.3%
Revenue passenger km (m) 17,069 14,398 +18.6% 66,024 53,826 +22.7%
Available seat km (m) 19,860 16,709 +18.9% 75,726 63,904 +18.5%
Passenger load factor (%) 85.9 86.2 -0.3 pts 87.2 84.2 +3.0 pts
Cargo tonne km (m) 313 248 +26.2% 1,046 883 +18.5%
Passengers carried ('000s) 162 142 +14.1% 701 499 +40.5%
Revenue passenger km (m) 1,412 1,262 +11.9% 5,990 4,320 +38.6%
Available seat km (m) 1,586 1,403 +13.0% 6,411 4,816 +33.1%
Passenger load factor (%) 89.0 90.0 -1.0 pts 93.4 89.7 +3.7 pts
Cargo tonne km (m) 13 13 +0.0% 39 37 +5.4%
Passengers carried ('000s) 8,698 7,998 +8.8% 36,764 31,950 +15.1%
Revenue passenger km (m) 9,019 8,455 +6.7% 38,125 32,917 +15.8%
Available seat km (m) 10,003 9,549 +4.8% 41,708 37,749 +10.5%
Passenger load factor (%) 90.2 88.5 +1.7 pts 91.4 87.2 +4.2 pts
Cargo tonne km (m) n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Group performance by Opco Q4 2023 traffic and capacity statistics vs 2019

Performance by airline Quarter Year to date
Q4 2023 Q4 2019 v19 2023 2019 v19
Passengers carried ('000s) 2,407 2,608 -7.7% 10,743 11,649 -7.8%
Revenue passenger km (m) 5,696 5,720 -0.4% 25,451 24,753 +2.8%
Available seat km (m) 7,672 7,132 +7.6% 31,572 30,255 +4.4%
Passenger load factor (%) 74.2 80.2 -6.0 pts 80.6 81.8 -1.2 pts
Cargo tonne km (m) 44 49 -10.2% 155 173 -10.4%
Passengers carried ('000s) 10,677 11,553 -7.6% 43,315 47,710 -9.2%
Revenue passenger km (m) 34,452 38,146 -9.7% 140,137 155,580 -9.9%
Available seat km (m) 41,697 45,556 -8.5% 167,694 186,170 -9.9%
Passenger load factor (%) 82.6 83.7 -1.1 pts 83.6 83.6 +0.0 pts
Cargo tonne km (m) 934 1,055 -11.5% 3,429 4,210 -18.6%
Passengers carried ('000s) 6,067 5,547 +9.4% 24,036 22,449 +7.1%
Revenue passenger km (m) 17,069 15,591 +9.5% 66,024 63,991 +3.2%
Available seat km (m) 19,860 17,997 +10.4% 75,726 73,354 +3.2%
Passenger load factor (%) 85.9 86.6 -0.7 pts 87.2 87.2 +0.0 pts
Cargo tonne km (m) 313 326 -4.0% 1,045 1,194 -12.5%
Passengers carried ('000s) 162 530 -69.4% 701 1,877 -62.7%
Revenue passenger km (m) 1,412 2,326 -39.3% 5,990 8,011 -25.2%
Available seat km (m) 1,586 2,737 -42.1% 6,411 9,543 -32.8%
Passenger load factor (%) 89.0 85.0 +4.0 pts 93.4 83.9 +9.5 pts
Cargo tonne km (m) 13 2 +550.0% 38 3 +1166.7%
Passengers carried ('000s) 8,698 7,567 +14.9% 36,764 34,568 +6.4%
Revenue passenger km (m) 9,019 7,355 +22.6% 38,125 33,410 +14.1%
Available seat km (m) 10,003 8,583 +16.5% 41,708 38,432 +8.5%
Passenger load factor (%) 90.2 85.7 +4.5 pts 91.4 86.9 +4.5 pts
Cargo tonne km (m) n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Alternative Performance Measures (APMs) and Financial terminology definitions

Measure IFRS/APM Definition Source of calculation
Operating profit (and other Income statement
items) before exceptional items
APM See FY 2023 Results Release (Reconciliation of alternative performance measures
section, note a: Profit after tax before exceptional items) and accounting policies
2023 Full Year Results Release (Reconciliation of alternative performance measures section, note
a: Profit after tax before exceptional items)
EBITDA before exceptional items APM Operating result before exceptional items, interest, taxation, depreciation,
amortisation and impairment.
2023 Full Year Results Release (Reconciliation of alternative performance measures section, note
f: Net debt to EBITDA before exceptional items)
Unit measures (PRASK, Fuel CASK, Non Fuel CASK) APM Passenger revenue, fuel costs, non-fuel costs (before exceptional items) divided by
capacity (ASKs)
Glossary in the FY 2022 ARA
Gross debt IFRS Total borrowings (current and non-current) Direct from Balance sheet (Current liabilities, Non-current liabilities)
Cash IFRS Cash and cash equivalents and Current interest-bearing deposits Direct from Balance sheet (Current assets)
Airline Non-fuel CASK APM Total operating expenditure before exceptional items, less fuel, oil costs and
emission charges and less non-flight specific costs divided by total ASKs, and is
shown on a constant currency basis.
2023 Full Year Results Release (Reconciliation of alternative performance measures section, note
d: Airline non-fuel costs per ASK)
Free cash flow APM Cash flows from operating activities less the cash flows associated with the
acquisition of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets
2023 Full Year Results Release (Reconciliation of alternative performance measures section, note
e: Free cash flow)
Net debt IFRS Gross debt (per above) less Cash 2023 Full Year Results Release (Note 22b of consolidated financial statements and Reconciliation
of alternative performance measures section, note f: Net debt to EBITDA before exceptional
items)
Net debt to EBITDA before exceptional items (or
Leverage)
APM Based on Net debt (per above) as a proportion of EBITDA before exceptional items 2023 Full Year Results Release (Reconciliation of alternative performance measures section, note
f: Net debt to EBITDA before exceptional items)
Liquidity (or Total liquidity) APM Cash (per above) plus committed and undrawn general and overdraft facilities, and
aircraft-specific financing facilities
2023 Full Year Results Release (Reconciliation of alternative performance measures section, note
i: Liquidity)
Movements in working capital IFRS Net movements in working capital per cash flow statement Direct from Cash flow statement (Net cash flows from operating activities)
Capex (or gross capital expenditure) IFRS Acquisition of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets per cash flow
statement
Direct from Cash flow statement (Net cash flows from investing activities)

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