Aeroflot published its operating results for April and 4M 2020 on its corporate website.
In 4M 2020, Aeroflot Group carried 11.4 mio passengers, 34.7% down year-on-year. Aeroflot airline carried 7.1 mio passengers (-38.5% y-o-y).
Group and Company RPKs decreased by 35.4% and 38.6% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs decrease by 27.1% year-on-year for the Group and by 27.7% year-on-year for the Company.
The passenger load factor decreased by 8.9% y-o-y to 69.7% for Aeroflot Group and decreased by 11.5% to 65.4% for Aeroflot airline.
In April 2020, Aeroflot Group carried 229K passengers, a year-on-year decrease of 95.2%. Aeroflot airline carried 147.7K passengers (y-o-y decrease of 95.2%).
Group and Company RPKs were down 95.4% and 95.5% year-on-year, respectively. ASKs decrease by 89.6% for Aeroflot Group and by 89.1% for Aeroflot airline.
Aeroflot Group’s passenger load factor was 35.4%, representing a 45.3% decrease versus the same period a year earlier. The passenger load factor at Aeroflot – Russian Airlines decreased by 47.2% year-on-year to 32.8%.
In 4M and April 2020, operating results were affected by the dynamics of demand and significant flight restrictions imposed amid the spread of the novel coronavirus infection. In addition to the suspension of international flights, quarantine restrictions in Russia and passengers’ propensity to travel amid pandemic affected the decline in domestic traffic indicators.
After reduced traffic volumes in April and May, in June Aeroflot Group begins to gradually restore operating volumes (Pobeda airlines will resume flights on June 1), initially focusing on the progressive resumption of flights to domestic destinations.