AI Terminal

MODULE: AI_ANALYST
Interactive Q&A, Risk Assessment, Summarization
MODULE: DATA_EXTRACT
Excel Export, XBRL Parsing, Table Digitization
MODULE: PEER_COMP
Sector Benchmarking, Sentiment Analysis
SYSTEM ACCESS LOCKED
Authenticate / Register Log In

Norse Atlantic ASA

Investor Presentation Feb 28, 2024

3683_rns_2024-02-28_7c5f3aa4-059b-4988-b0f3-592d37b5b298.pdf

Investor Presentation

Open in Viewer

Opens in native device viewer

Norse Atlantic Airways Q4 2023 Presentation 28 February 2024

This presentation and its appendices (the "Presentation") has been produced by Norse Atlantic ASA (the "Company", and together with its direct and indirect subsidiaries, the "Group").

This Presentation has been prepared for information purposes only, and does not constitute or form part of, and is not prepared or made in connection with, an offer or invitation to sell or a solicitation of an offer to subscribe for or purchase, or a recommendation regarding, any securities of the Company and nothing contained herein shall form the basis of any contract or commitment whatsoever.

No representation, warranty or undertaking, express or implied, is made by the Company or its affiliates or representatives as to, and no reliance should be placed on, the fairness, accuracy, completeness or correctness of the information or the opinions contained herein. Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates or representatives shall have any responsibility or liability whatsoever (for negligence or otherwise) for any loss whatsoever and howsoever arising from any use of this Presentation or its contents or otherwise arising in connection with this Presentation.

This Presentation includes and is based, inter alia, on forward-looking information and contains statements regarding the future in connection with the Group's profit figures, outlook, strategies and objectives. All forward-looking information and statements in this presentation are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about global economic conditions, the economic conditions of the major markets for the Group and its lines of business. These expectations, estimates and projections are generally identifiable by statements containing words such as "believe", "aim", "expect", "anticipate", "intend", "estimate", "will", "may", "continue", "should" and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions. Although the Company believes that these assumptions were reasonable when made, these assumptions are inherently subject to significant known and unknown risks, uncertainties, contingencies, and other important factors which are difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond its control. Such risks, uncertainties, contingencies, and other important factors could cause actual events to differ materially from the expectations expressed or implied in this Presentation by such forward-looking statements.

This Presentation is current as of the date hereof. Neither the delivery of this Presentation nor any further discussions of the Company with any of the recipients shall, under any circumstances, create any implication that there has been no change in the affairs of the Company since such date.

The distribution of this Presentation by the Company in certain jurisdictions is restricted by law. Accordingly, this Presentation may not be distributed or published in any jurisdiction except under circumstances that will result in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations. This Presentation does not constitute an offer of, or an invitation to purchase, any securities.

By accepting these materials, each recipient represents and warrants that it is able to receive them without contravention of an unfulfilled registration requirements or other legal or regulatory restrictions in the jurisdiction in which such recipients resides or conducts business.

Disclaimer

Q4 revenue increased 104% YoY, revenue per passenger up 42% YoY

Q4 load factor of 70% up by 12%-points YoY, on top of Q4 ASK increasing 81% YoY

Robust operational excellence with 100% completion of the Q4 planned flights

Seabury Securities appointed as investment banker into next phase of strategic review

-

-

-

Successful completion of first full year of operations, validating long-haul low-cost

Highlights from the quarter and the full year

6 New equity capital raised with USD 62 million including January subsequent offering

Carrying almost one million passenger across 4,000 flights over the full year

  • 100% completion rate through Q4
  • Generally strong completion rates through the year, including 100% through all peak season
  • Gradually improved on-time performance through fall, with bad weather causing dip in December

% of flights completed and arriving on time

Strong operational performance

Both scale and pricing on positive trend

Number of passengers and load factors increasing YoY...

… while both airfare and ancillary sales are growing YoY

YoY: Year on Year, Q4 2023 compared to Q4 2022

Lowering the cost and growing the revenue

Notes: CASK defined as CASK ex. Fuel, RASK defined as TRASK: Total revenue per available seat kilometer

Ancillary stabilizing at attractive levels

Ancillary revenue per passenger USD

• Bundles are ancillary items included in the original ticket price of Classic and Flextra fares and are showed as ticket revenue in our financials

USD thousands 3 months
Q4 2023
3 months
Q4 2022
12 months
FY 2023
12 months
FY 2022
Revenue 94,782 46,428 439,436 104,269
Personnel expenses 29,308 17,433 99,759 44,462
Fuel, oil & emissions 40,125 27,002 152,527 61,793
Other OPEX 44,199 22,345 162,886 42,706
SG&A 9,473 5,751 37,689 15,630
EBITDAR (28,324) (26,103) (13,425) (60,323)
Variable aircraft rentals 7,370 13,179 33,139 27,263
Depreciation & amortization 21,172 19,402 84,103 58,517
EBIT (56,866) (58,685) (130,667) (146,104)
Net finance cost 7,472 8,378 33,113 28,871
EBT (64,338) (67,063) (163,780) (174,974)

Income Statement

First quarter of profit as capacity and revenue increase largely during summer season

• Q4 2023 revenue up 104% YoY due to;

  • ⚬ 81% increased capacity (ASK)
  • ⚬ 42% increased revenue per passenger
  • ⚬ Load factor up to average of 70% over quarter, compared to 62% in the same quarter last year
  • Variable aircraft rentals represents cash paid under Power By the Hour (PBH) aircraft lease terms
  • USD 10 million non-cash aircraft lease accounting cost under depreciation and net finance cost for Q4 (USD 60 million for the full year)

YoY: Year on Year, Q4 2023 compared to Q4 2022

Cash Flow Statement

USD thousands 3 months
Q4 2023
3 months
Q4 2022
12 months
FY 2023
12 months
FY 2022
Operating cash flows before
WC1) movements
(34,827) (35,553) (39,054) (90,862)
WC1)
movements
13,973 22,101 18,496 22,223
Operating cash flows (20,853) (13,453) (20,558) (68,639)
Investing cash flows (4,307) 1,641 (7,332) (24,956)
Financing cash flows 35,945 27,675 1,524 22,589
Currency effects 975 8,186 586 1,463
Net change in free cash 11,760 24,049 (25,780) (69,543)
Free cash at period end 39,330 64,709 38,929 64,709
Restricted cash held 15,500 5,000 15,901 5,000
Total cash 54,830 69,709 54,830 69,709
  • Free cash increased by USD 12 million during Q4 2023
  • Net cash outflow due to low season operations being more than outweighed by positive financing cash flow driven by November equity capital raise
  • USD 55 million total cash held at end Q4 2023

Balance Sheet

Statement of financial position

USD thousands 31 DEC 23 31 DEC 22
Total non-current assets 935,505 973,038
Credit
card
receivables
60
214
,
31
371
,
receivables/current
Other
assets
32
587
,
16
122
,
Cash
and
cash
equivalents
54
830
,
69
709
,
Total current assets 147,945 117,202
Total assets 1,083,136 1,090,240
Total equity (89,697) 10,535
Total non-current liabilities 960,060 971,284
Deferred
passenger revenue
52
394
,
17
001
,
liabilities
Other
current
160
379
,
91
420
,
Total current liabilities 212,773 108,421
Total equity & liabilities 1,083,136 1,090,240

• USD 20 million refundable aircraft lease deposits carried at \$16 million

• USD 60 million receivables from credit card companies for booked tickets

• USD 52 million liabilities to passengers for fares booked, not yet flown

• Other current liabilities increasing as the next 12 months' lease payments converts from variable to fixed payments

• Book equity reflects USD 141 million accumulated non-cash aircraft lease accounting cost since inception

• Value adjusted equity positive including NPV value of the aircraft leases

Summary and Outlook

Strategy and business
Strategy and business
case validated
case validated

Successful completion of first full year of operations

CASK still decreasing YoY, on journey to validate long-haul low-cost
Increased activity
Increased activity

Q4 production in terms of ASK up by 81% YoY

Fleet under own operations to increase from 10 to 12 aircraft into summer 2024

High on maintenance during low season –
thrust reversers one-off at USD 10 million
Revenue outlook
Revenue outlook

Upgraded Premium product is launched –
providing basis for better fares

Value of ticket sales YTD '24 +80% versus YTD '23

Group bookings and charters on positive trend
Flexibility
Flexibility

Improving network based on lessons learned from past route performances

Seasonal strategies develops –
focus own network during summer, charter during winter

Subleases for three 787-8 aircraft extended until spring '25 –
allowing for careful growth
Financing &
Strategy

Successful private placement & subsequent offering –
new capital of gross USD 62 million

Seabury Securities appointed as investment banker into next phase of strategic review

Building a profitable long-haul low-cost transatlantic airline

YoY: Year on Year, Q4 2023 compared to Q4 2022

Norse will be ...

The first truly low-cost sustainable transatlantic airline

The lowest unit cost airline amongst peers

The highest ancillary revenue per passenger in the industry

The lowest emissions per passenger versus long-haul peers

The most affordable and best value transatlantic product

Appendix

Monthly break-down over last five quarters

Key Operational Numbers

Oct22 Nov22 Dec22 Jan23 Feb23 Mar23 Apr23 May23 Jun23 Jul23 Aug23 Sep23 Oct23 Nov23 Dec23
Number of aircraft
in fleet
14 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15
Number of aircraft
subleased out
4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
ASK (millions) 567 293 384 397 344 390 449 511 750 1,215 1,207 1,152 900 557 800
RPK (millions) 338 145 233 206 172 234 300 371 619 1,034 1,036 896 676 339 564
Load factor 60% 50% 61% 52% 50% 60% 67% 73% 83% 85% 86% 78% 75% 61% 71%
Number of
passengers
(thousand)
61 30 44 35 33 42 49 57 97 151 151 133 102 49 79
Number of flights 307 190 228 229 203 223 218 243 351 524 520 503 403 242 343

Contact: Investors: [email protected] Media: [email protected]

Talk to a Data Expert

Have a question? We'll get back to you promptly.