International Consolidated Airlines Group. S.A.

Regulatory Filings • Nov 6, 2015

National Storage Mechanism | Additional information

You don't have Javascript enabled. For full functionality this page requires javascript to be enabled.

RNS Number : 8138E

International Cons Airlines Group

06 November 2015

OCTOBER 2015 -GROUP TRAFFIC AND CAPACITY STATISTICS

§ Group traffic in October, measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres, increased by 16.6 per cent versus October 2014 (up 7.6 per cent on a pro-forma basis); Group capacity measured in Available Seat Kilometres rose by 13.2 per cent (up 4.3 per cent on a pro-forma basis).

§ Group premium traffic for the month of October increased by 5.7 per cent on a pro-forma basis.

6 November 2015

STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENTS

On 29 October, IAG's Board of Directors approved the distribution in cash of a gross interim dividend, against the 2015 financial results, of euro 0.10 per share. For the full year IAG expects to pay out 25 per cent of its underlying profit after tax in dividends and plans to announce a proposal for a final dividend for 2015 when the full year results are published in 2016.

On 21 October, Aer Lingus announced that in 2016 it will operate three new routes from Dublin to Los Angeles, Hartford (Connecticut) and Newark. 

On 30 September, British Airways took delivery of its first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.  The new aircraft is being operated to Delhi, Abu Dhabi and Muscat. It is the first of 22 787-9s that the airline is set to receive.

On 23 October, Iberia announced a new codeshare agreement with Boliviana de Aviación which offers connections to Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Cochabamba and La Paz in Bolivia.

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 October					### Year to Date
	2015	2014	Change	Pro-forma2		2015	2014	Change	Pro-forma3
Passengers Carried ('000s)	8,508	6,899	23.3%	9.6%		74,710	65,806	13.5%	9.8%
Domestic4	1,925	1,802	6.8%	4.5%		18,118	16,862	7.4%	6.8%
Europe	4,562	3,304	38.1%	14.1%		38,252	31,549	21.2%	14.6%
North America	976	816	19.6%	3.3%		8,132	7,711	5.5%	1.1%
Latin America & Caribbean	402	366	9.8%			3,885	3,489	11.3%
Africa, Middle East & S.Asia	462	447	3.4%			4,643	4,666	-0.5%
Asia Pacific	181	164	10.4%			1,680	1,529	9.9%
Revenue Passenger Km (m)	20,754	17,805	16.6%	7.6%		186,901	171,342	9.1%	6.6%
Domestic	1,319	1,186	11.2%	9.3%		12,176	11,184	8.9%	8.4%
Europe	5,361	3,939	36.1%	14.1%		45,649	37,721	21.0%	14.8%
North America	6,388	5,468	16.8%	3.5%		54,500	51,826	5.2%	1.6%
Latin America & Caribbean	3,378	3,121	8.2%			32,737	29,691	10.3%
Africa, Middle East & S.Asia	2,510	2,473	1.5%			25,186	25,810	-2.4%
Asia Pacific	1,798	1,618	11.1%			16,653	15,110	10.2%
Available Seat Km (m)	24,870	21,969	13.2%	4.3%		228,251	212,203	7.6%	5.2%
Domestic	1,616	1,509	7.1%	4.9%		15,537	14,446	7.6%	7.0%
Europe	6,595	4,956	33.1%	10.7%		57,183	47,877	19.4%	13.2%
North America	7,304	6,425	13.7%	0.6%		64,561	62,283	3.7%	0.4%
Latin America & Caribbean	4,055	3,865	4.9%			39,146	36,232	8.0%
Africa, Middle East & S.Asia	3,176	3,275	-3.0%			32,017	33,060	-3.2%
Asia Pacific	2,124	1,939	9.5%			19,807	18,305	8.2%
Passenger Load Factor (%)	83.4	81.0	+2.4 pts	+2.5 pts		81.9	80.7	+1.2 pts	+1.1 pts
Domestic	81.6	78.6	+3.0 pts	+3.2 pts		78.4	77.4	+1.0 pts	+1.0 pts
Europe	81.3	79.5	+1.8 pts	+2.4 pts		79.8	78.8	+1.0 pts	+1.1 pts
North America	87.5	85.1	+2.4 pts	+2.4 pts		84.4	83.2	+1.2 pts	+1.0 pts
Latin America & Caribbean	83.3	80.8	+2.5 pts			83.6	81.9	+1.7 pts
Africa, Middle East & S.Asia	79.0	75.5	+3.5 pts			78.7	78.1	+0.6 pts
Asia Pacific	84.7	83.4	+1.3 pts			84.1	82.5	+1.6 pts
Cargo Tonne Km (m)
Cargo CTK	476	480	-0.8%	-3.4%		4,347	4,503	-3.5%	-4.1%
## Performance by Airline	Month of October					Year to Date
VUELING	2015	2014	Change	Pro-forma		2015	2014	Change	Pro-forma
Revenue Passenger Km (m)	2,227	1,918	16.1%			21,738	18,768	15.8%
Available Seat Km (m)	2,678	2,350	14.0%			26,657	23,247	14.7%
Cargo Tonne Km (m)	0	0	n/a			0	0	n/a
AER LINGUS
Revenue Passenger Km (m)	1,638	0	n/a	9.9%		4,339	0	n/a	10.5%
Available Seat Km (m)	1,945	0	n/a	3.9%		5,044	0	n/a	5.8%
Cargo Tonne Km (m)	13	0	n/a	0.0%		31	0	n/a	3.3%
IBERIA
Revenue Passenger Km (m)	4,316	3,734	15.6%			40,891	35,912	13.9%
Available Seat Km (m)	5,201	4,759	9.3%			50,089	45,458	10.2%
Cargo Tonne Km (m)	104	98	6.1%			851	805	5.7%
BRITISH AIRWAYS
Revenue Passenger Km (m)	12,573	12,153	3.5%			119,933	116,662	2.8%
Available Seat Km (m)	15,046	14,860	1.3%			146,461	143,498	2.1%
Cargo Tonne Km (m)	359	382	-6.0%			3,465	3,698	-6.3%

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

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

END

MSCBFBRTMBMMMTA