Aeroflot passenger traffic reached 1.9 million passengers in October 2013, up 20.5% vs. October 2012

Moscow, Russia, 2013-12-04 — /travelprnews.com/ — Aeroflot announces traffic statistics for October and 10M 2013

Highlights

Aeroflot standalone

• Aeroflot (the “Company”) passenger traffic reached 1.9 million passengers in October 2013, up 20.5% vs. October 2012.  This brought the Company’s total passenger traffic for 10M 2013 to 17.6 million, up 18.6% year-on-year;
• Passenger turnover growth accelerated in October 2013, up 21.0% year-on-year to 5.4 billion revenue passenger kilometres, compared to 20.2% year-on-year for the 10M period;
• Capacity grew at a faster rate than turnover in October 2013, driven by the addition of new routes during the year. Passenger load factor in October 2013 was almost unchanged at 79.3% compared to October 2012;
• Aeroflot has added new aircraft to its fleet in 2013, including seven Airbus A320, three Airbus A321, two Boeing 737-800 and four Boeing 777, which also contributed to an increase in capacity of 21.1% in October 2013 vs. October 2012.

Aeroflot Group:

• Aeroflot Group’s (the “Group”) passenger traffic for October 2013 was 2.7 million passengers, up 13.1% from October 2012; the Group’s total passenger traffic for 10M 2013 reached 26.7 million, up 14.5% year-on-year;
• The Group’s passenger turnover growth in October 2013 was 11.2% year-on-year, reaching 7.3 billion revenue passenger kilometres for the month, and passenger turnover was up 15.7% year-on-year for the 10M period;
• Aeroflot Group’s passenger load factor also declined slightly in October 2013 to 77.2%, down 1.0 pp from October 2012. This was due to capacity additions at Group subsidiaries Orenair and Rossiya outstripping growth in passenger turnover.

Other highlights:

• Aeroflot suspended operations of its cargo plane fleet in 2013, switching to belly cargo operations.  This was the main factor driving the 17.5% decline in tonnes of cargo carried in October 2013 from October 2012;

The tables below provide key figures for Aeroflot on a standalone basis, as well as consolidated traffic figures for Aeroflot Group.

Aeroflot standalone

	October 2013	October 2012	Change	10M 2013	10M 2012	Change
Passengers carried (000s)	1,875.6	1,557.1	20.5%	17,607.9	14,849.5	18.6%
Revenue seat km (mln)	5,425.8	4,485.2	21.0%	50,787.8	42,255.9	20.2%
Available seat km (mln)	6,840.9	5,646.9	21.1%	63,785.3	53,780.4	18.6%
Passenger load factor	79.3%	79.4%	(0.1pp)	79.6%	78.6%	1.0pp
Cargo + mail carried (tonnes)	15,210.4	17,946.7	(15.2%)	147,425.5	159,768.3	(7.7%)
Revenue cargo ton kilometres (mln)	561.1	506.2	10.8%	5,357.1	4,730.6	13.2%
Available cargo ton kilometres (mln)	852.6	769.6	10.8%	8,284.9	7,373.9	12.4%
Revenue load factor	65.8%	65.8%	0.0pp	64.7%	64.2%	0.5pp

Aeroflot Group traffic figures

	October 2013	October 2012	Change	10M 2013	10M 2012	Change
Passengers carried (000s)	2,702.8	2,389.4	13.1%	26,709.6	23,327.2	14.5%
Of which international	1,477.7	1,412.1	4.6%	14,927.2	13,592.8	9.8%
Of which domestic	1,225.1	977.3	25.3%	11,782.4	9,734.4	21.0%
Revenue seat km (mln)	7,294.8	6,560.3	11.2%	72,657.7	62,789.7	15.7%
Of which international	4,733.0	4,507.2	5.0%	47,879.6	42,112.6	13.7%
Of which domestic	2,561.8	2,053.1	24.8%	24,778.1	20,677.1	19.8%
Available seat km (mln)	9,454.4	8,386.9	12.7%	92,062.4	79,727.1	15.5%
Of which international	6,099.2	5,727.7	6.5%	60,467.1	53,023.0	14.0%
Of which domestic	3,355.2	2,659.1	26.2%	31,595.3	26,704.1	18.3%
Passenger load factor	77.2%	78.2%	(1.0pp)	78.9%	78.8%	(0.1pp)
Of which international	77.6%	78.7%	(1.1pp)	79.2%	79.4%	(0.2pp)
Of which domestic	76.4%	77.2%	(0.9pp)	78.4%	77.4%	1.0pp
Cargo + mail carried (tonnes)	17,709.8	20,766.6	(14.7%)	171,312.8	184,449.7	(7.1%)
Of which international	9,147.5	13,679.7	(33.1%)	103,692.4	126,836.6	(18.2%)
Of which domestic	8,562.3	7,086.9	20.8%	67,620.4	57,613.1	17.4%
Revenue cargo ton kilometres (mln)	734.8	701.7	4.7%	7,389.0	6,652.9	11.1%
Of which international	469.2	487.0	(3.6%)	4,886.2	4,552.5	7.3%
Of which domestic	265.6	214.8	23.7%	2,502.8	2,100.4	19.2%
Available cargo tonne kilometres (mln)	1,134.8	1,062.5	6.8%	11,355.2	10,132.6	12.1%
Of which international	734.4	743.6	(1.2%)	7,547.5	6,940.6	8.7%
Of which domestic	400.3	318.9	25.6%	3,807.7	3,192.0	19.3%
Revenue load factor	64.8%	66.0%	(1.2)	65.1%	65.7%	(0.6pp)
Of which international	63.9%	65.5%	(1.6)	64.7%	65.6%	(0.9pp)
Of which domestic	66.3%	67.4%	(1.1)	65.7%	65.8%	(0.1pp)

Investor contacts:
Aeroflot
Investor Relations Group
+7 495 258 0686
ir@aeroflot.ru

Press contacts
Aeroflot
Press service
+7 (495) 752-90-71
+7 (499) 500-73-87
+7 (495) 753-86-39
presscentr@aeroflot.ru

EM
Peter Morley
+44 7927 186 645
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Tom Blackwell
+7 (919) 102 9064
blackwell@em-comms.com

Background information:
Celebrating its 90^th anniversary in 2013, Aeroflot is Russia’s flagship airline and the largest national air company.  A proud member of the SkyTeam global airline alliance, Aeroflot and its partner members serve more than 1,000 destinations in 178 countries. Aeroflot operates one of the most modern and youngest fleets in Europe, with 141 aircraft including Airbus, Boeing and Sukhoi airliners and an average airplane age of between five and six years. In June 2013, Aeroflot was named Best Airline in Eastern Europe by Skytrax for the second time.

In 2012 Aeroflot carried 17.7 million passengers (27.5 million passengers as Aeroflot Group), continuously showing the best results in modern Russia’s history. The Group had revenue of USD 8,138 million in 2012 and EBITDA of USD 671 million. Net profit totalled USD 166 million.

Find more at www.aeroflot.com.

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